JParis, Thanks for taking the time answering my question. Worked great. Wouldn't have figured that out myself in close to a millions years... Turned out we do have support from the reseller. Was just so hooked up to the internet I guessed. This is a great site and I learned a lot from here. Thanks again.

Could anyone tell me what this parameter or variable is? Thanks a lot in advance.

Hi Ben, I tried that way too. However, all the routines that has "pcout" when "called" will also output "\ M80". In other word, from the G1 Z feed down up to the rapid Z up move will have "\ M80" in the line. I found a temporary fix that would do just that but wasn't happy with it. I don't remember what that routine was but it's supposed to be used with switches. I replaced pcout with that routine and it did what I wanted. I've been extremely busy with other tasks and will revisit this again. Thanks all for the help.

JParis, I tried the code and ran it with the debugger: pindex: The debugger did stop at the breakpoint set here but it seemed that the result wouldn't come from here. Spelling checked, even pfbld changed to pbld. Even the whole line commented out. : ) but the angle still got posted out. plinout: It seemed the angle got posted out from here thru "pcout" when it was its turn. If M80 inserted here it would come out but so was x or z move, with M80. In the nci lines below, the angle gets posted out from the red line with number 1100 at the end. Can that number get captured somehow and analyzed in a logic? 142 -2.485 6.44659664 -0.375 54. 200010 -2.485 -6.44659664 -0.375 -1. 11001140 -2.585 -6.44659664 -0.375 -1. 200 for G42 D8 X-2.485 F54. A55.68 F256.34 < - - - - - G40 X-2.585 F54. Your thought? (before I fry my brain) And thanks for your help.

Hi, I'd like to convert this rotary move G0 G90 G54 X-2.585 Y0. S6000 M3 G43 H8 Z15.445 M8 Z12.545 G1 Z12.07 F100. G42 D8 X-2.485 F54. A55.68 F256.34 < - - - - - G40 X-2.585 F54. G0 Z12.32 into this: G0 G90 G54 X-2.585 Y0. S6000 M3 G43 H8 Z15.445 M8 Z12.545 G1 Z12.07 F100. G42 D8 X-2.485 F54. \ M80 (A55.68 F256.34) < - - - - - G40 X-2.585 F54. G0 Z12.32 I think this is the spot (using Generic Fanuc 4X Mill.pst, M17.0) plinout #Output to NC of linear movement - feed pcan1, pbld, n$, sgfeed, sgplane, `sgcode, sgabsinc, pccdia, pxout, pyout, pzout, pcout, feed, strcantext, pscool, e$ I think I need to know when "pcout" is about to be "executed" to apply my logic and the M code. What and how do I need to "capture"? Like if pcout = "valid". Could someone give some guidance? Thank you.