Vbscript question: How do I? ... another ops question

[bryan314]

In vbscript how to I turn tool display on/off? How by op id? How by opertion group?

 

And for that matter Locking on/off and Posting on/off too?

 

Bryan

[Mick from CNC Software Inc.]

bryan314

 

Can you give me an idea how you want to implement these, I can't think straight at the moment.

[bryan314]

Lets see:

 

Be able to get a list of operations groups, name or group id.

GetGroupCount(FileName or "" for current file) return total # of groups, or error

GetGroupName(Group id #) return string or error

SetGroupName(group id #, New name string) error if name already exists

 

Create or delete groups

DeleteGroup(group id#) return ok or error

DeleteGroupByName(group name as string) return ok or error

CreateGroup( name as string) return group id # or error

 

Group type (optional since we only want to deal with op groups.)

GetGroupType(group id #) return 0=geometry, 1=operations, 2=SystemGroup, 3=SystemResult

 

Prob something for subgroups since X is supposed to have this

GetParent or GetChild group?

SetAsParent or SetasChild group?

 

Get group name or id of operation.

GetOperationGroupId(op id #) return group #

 

Move operation to another group

SetOperationGroupId(op id#, group id #)

 

Tooldisplay

GetToolDisplay(op id #) return on/off true/false or error

 

turn tool display on/off by op id

SetToolDisplay( op id# , on/off or true/false)

 

Turn on/off all tool display

SetToolDisplayAll(on/off true/false) or just loop thru operation and do this on by one

 

turn off/on tool display by group id or name

SetToolDisplayGroup(Group name or group id, on/off true/false) or again use above functions from above to do this in a sub routine.

 

Replace tooldisplay with posting or locking for posting and locking on/off.

 

There's probably more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

 

Tie this in with some view manipulation

rotate view ? degrees in (x, y, z)

or set view relative to view (X). ie what would be FRONTVIEW relative to CURRENT CPLANE.

and DometaFile (or view and metafile by themselves) and you have some awsome possiblities.

 

eMastercams html setup sheet already adds one screen capture. Think top, front, side, and iso ->automatic part prints.

 

 

Bryan

[CAM Disciple]

+1

 

How can I know what operation group does an Operation id belong to?

 

If I have the op id, is there a way to know which group it belongs to?

 

Thanks

[bryan314]

Cam,

 

via vbScript

1.Currently can't

2. No

 

That was the reason for my request, we (mastercam users) need some expanded operation functions for Mastercam VBscript.

 

Bryan

[CAM Disciple]

well, hopefully it will be thre by the time X release. Then again, it will not be VB Script anymore.

 

I was trying to get the operation tool information from the mc9 file, and I thought VB Script will be the easiest. I haven't look into Chook yet, is that info available?

[bryan314]

Yes that info is available. All the operation and tool info and much more than you'd ever want. The group stuff is there too but a little hard to find if you don't know what you're looking for.

 

Bryan