thanx =D

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ok problem solved. use the number 34 for " output. my result: pbld, *n$, "T-"spaces$ = 034,*strtool$,34spaces$ = sav_spc"M06", ptoolcomm, e$ output: N100 T-"CENTERDRILL 12" M06 ;CENTERDRILL 12 note: sav_spc is used to store de default spaces$, defined in the control file. in this case I need two formatations, one space and no spaces between words. Because mastercam uses this variable(spaces$) to compose lines with words, if space$=0, the code will come out with no spaces. The "T" statment and 34 statment are treated as words, so if spaces$=1 the result is T- " toolName " instead of T-"toolName". If spaces$=0 the whole line will be N100T-"CENTERDRILL 12"M06;CENTERDRILL 12 and could be different from the rest of the code, deppending of the spaces definition on control file. To avoid this you can set the sapce$ to zero, use your code and then reset the spaces$ to default, and then the rest of the code. any doubt or error found tell me please =D

my CYCLE81 (so far...)MCALL CYCLE81(50.,0.,3.,-20.)X9.634 Y14.106X32.685 Y-22.708X-11.526 Y-31.825X-14.794 Y20.815X-23.912 Y34.061X-78.272 Y29.073MCALL CYCLE81 (RTP, RFP, SDIS, DP, DPR) RTP – Return plane or Retraction plane (absolute) RFP – Reference plane (absolute) SDIS – Safety distance (enter without sign) DP – Final drilling depth (absolute) DPR – Final drilling depth relative to reference plane (enter without sign) this is different from fanuc's G81... in reallity there's no G98/99 option in nci code, you must check if the last Z pos and retract value are the same to set the G98/G99 option in G81 cycle. my RTP equals to initht$ (cleance or last Z) my RFP equals to drl_sel_tos$ (top of stock) my SDIS equals to abs(drl_sel_tos$-drl_sel_ref$) my DP equals to depth$ you don't need the DPR since you have the DP. I'm not use to work with SINUMERIK, I'm learning this also =D

Hi everyone! I'm a newbe in Mastercam and this is my first post here. I need a post processor for a Sinumerik and so I'm editing a mpmaster post for me. It has been fun, I learned a lot with this (now I know what's a nci file!), but is difficult because I use to program gcode, java and C and this is a strange language... for now I have one question that really bothers me: - I want to print a special charater, the cotation mark " but I can't find enougth documentation on the web. I need to print the tool name instead of the tool number, but the name must be inside cottation marks example: T1 M06; CENTERDRILL must be: T "CENTERDRILL" M06 in java or C is printf("T\""%s"\"", toolName); btw... for now I have made the header and footer, tool change and CYCLE81 drill cycle where can I find documentation? this is not easy and without documentation is really hard core... many thanx in advance and congrats for your forum =D