Mill tool manager??

[Brendan P]

Good evening everyone.

This has been bugging me for a while so here is my question.

 

nc utils/define tools/library/tool manager.

If you right click in the tool manager,you can create new tool,edit tool,delete tool,change library.

Now this is as far as I know what I'm doing!

So what is the function of:

Convert library to text,and create library from text do??

What would yo need this for,and how do you use it>

 

Thank you

[Thad]

Bucket,

 

Convert you library to text and see what you get. I did it one time just for kicks. I was able to read it, but I don't know what else I'd use it for. You'll end up with a .txt file that is somewhat in a "report" type format. It doesn't do anything to your original .TL9 file (IIRC), but you may want to back it up first anyway.

 

In past threads about tool libraries being slowly accessed when on a network, some said that if you converted your library to text, then back, it sped up the process. This never made sense to me, but others claimed it helped.

 

Play around with it when you get some "down time."

 

Thad

[Brendan P]

Thanks Thad,

Sounds like something i wouldn't be using anytime soon.

I will give it a wirl though.

[crazy^millman]

Well bucket here is another way to look at the TXT ability. If you have a tool in that libary that has thing you dont like or you have copies of tools and want to change it then you output it a TXT file and then can edit them out. If you have speeds and feeds you would like to change then you can if you look at what relates to what it is easy to see and make changes to. I have saved stuff in a hurry and didnt liek they way it looked but dont know of any way to take them out or chage them and this is where it helps.

 

Last lets say you have a libary of tools you want to add into another libary then this done easy with a cut & paste in the program you are doing it in. If I had Mazak with the ability to have there own definitions then I would do it here verse trying to add it all in the long way in Mastercam tool for tool. I hope that give you soem ideas and ways too look at it.

 

Crazy Millman

[Thad]

Millman,

 

I think it's much easier and efficient to edit the library using NCUtil. Although, if you ever wanted to take the library home to edit it, or edit it at work without tying up a seat of MC, that sounds like a decent way to go. I also like the idea of merging libraries together like you mentioned. Great ideas!

 

That's what makes this board so great. Everyone is accustomed to doing things a certain way and using certain features a certain way. Here you get options from people all over who all do things differently. Get all the input you can and see what works best for your situation.

 

Thad

 

[ 10-23-2003, 07:22 AM: Message edited by: Thad ]

[Polite Luther]

The text tool library has a defined format (obvious statement). But it allows users who are fluent in a programming language (like BASIC) to write "tool library generation" utilities that will output a text file in this format to be imported into a Mastercam tool library.

 

Scenario: you want to automatically create a library of drills with diameters starting at .0015 up to 3.000 in increments of .015625. That's a lot of drills to do one by one, so you write some Visual Basic program that loops and increments to create this text file. Saves a lot of time.

 

SECRET FUNCTION ALERT!

 

If you go into your mill9.txt file and enable #4564 by changing the text from 4564. "" &Make lib" to 4564. "&Make lib" you'll have access to a utility that does this for you in your NC Utils/Def Tools menu.

[Rekd™]

Well, Luther, it seems I'm not the only one that likes to tinker in the text files. Did you find this by yourself or did someone point you to it. Very handy indeed!

 

'Rekd teh

[mayday]

quote:

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SECRET FUNCTION

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well maybe not this. try this odd thing

click your wheel mouse for dynamic rotate,then hold down alt F1. move your mouse around

[Polite Luther]

quote:

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Did you find this by yourself or did someone point you to it.

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Friends in high places

[Eric S.]

Tricky tricky Luther

 

Any other SECRET FUNCTIONS that people might want to share?

[crazy^millman]

Cool Trick Luther and people wonder why I like this place.

 

 

Crazy Millman

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

In the operations manager, if you press Ctrl+Shift and double righ click you have access to a bunch of hidden stuff relating to the binary NCI in your file.

 

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I too enjoy modifying my Text File. There's a lot of cool things you can do to "customize" the software. I would imagine that a lot of that customizability will disappear in "X" though.

[Rekd™]

True, James.

 

Have you ever seen Trevor Bailey's computer? He's always got some funky xxxx fonts to go with clashing color schemes. And ever time I see it it's different. Cracks me up.

 

'Rekd

[crazy^millman]

Yeah Rekd Javier the guy I work wit hhas his set-u pall different with funny fonts also. If I go to his computer feels like I am looking at soem werid hybrid Mastercam or something.

 

Crazy Millman

[Rekd™]

It's cool cuz you can change the names of all the menu items too.

 

'Rekd

[crazy^millman]

This is what I want to come up on the Toolbar sometimes though.

 

Just be nice to be reminded of the world out there sometimes. But seriously I have put all the named view in my tool bar and the same for all the c-views and the the VB script box for all the c-hooks.

 

Crazy Millman

[Fig sign]

I changed also the color scheme of the color command layout to some custom scheme .

I removed all the dark colors and added bright ones .

I don`t like a situation when on the black background you don`t see some entety due to it`s almoust black color especially when it `s line width is small.

 

 

Iskander teh hack your own pc

[Brendan P]

iskander,

are you saying that you don't use a black background?

I tried other colors for graphic background,but always end up back at black.

[Fig sign]

The opposite !

 

I use black background and I don`t use dark colors .

 

I changed all the dark colors that close to black to bright colors and now I never have problem that I had before ,when the enteties with a color close to black I was not been able to see them .

It can happend when you export file especially when that program uses white background or using colrsurf.dll c-hook

 

HTH

 

[ 10-26-2003, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: plasttav ]

[Brendan P]

yes,when i import autocad files i noticed this also

 

Good tip

[crazy^millman]

Well It has been soemthing I have done wit hevery program I have used is Black I even set-up pro e that way. It is a real paint usign the HTML set-u psheet becuase it prints out the Black back ground but ok beside that for me soemthign I just got use to is all.

 

 

Crazy Millman

[Prism Engineering Inc.]

try holding the control button down when you select the post button from the ops manager. you'll see a button that outputs toolplanes relative to the WCS

[crazy^millman]

This is where I hate the non ability to go back and edit a post. I am the worst speller and I know have my terrible spelling up there again from and older post. In case you guys have not noticed I have slacked off alot because I try to help and since so many think we need to type perfect I dont want my mis-types to keep coming back on me.