It's buried in the menu, Look for Create - Next Menu - Add-ins - Mcam_vb. Karl

Thanks for the rapid reply. You just can't beat this forum Renaming the bmp did the trick. Karl

I have written vb scripts for ver. 9, and put them onto the toolbar. The problem is mastercam assigns all vb scripts the same icon. Is there a way to specify a different icon for each VB script icon? Karl

Thanks Mick That solution worked great. I was told ( incorrectly I guess) by another that the file had to be created before the stream writer could use it. The try also is a much more readable style. I am going to use this often. Karl

Mick, I have a close statement after writing. The error comes only when the script has to create the file first in the first place. If the file already exists the streamwriter works as advertised. I am not to familar with the try-catch statement, could you give me an example? Karl

Hi All, I know there are a lot of vb programmers here so I thought i'd ask. I have a program that checks if a file exists. If not it creates it. As long as I do not use the routine which creates the file all is good. If the file does not exist the routine crashes at the streamwriter routine with the error: File is in use by another process. The snippet is here : If System.IO.File.Exists(strFileName) = False Then ' Create File Dim file As System.IO.FileStream file = System.IO.File.Create(strFileName) End If ' File exist already Dim objWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(strFileName) ' Write Header objWriter.WriteLine("Job# " & txtJobNumber.Text) Do I need to close the file after I create it? If so how? Thanks in advance!!! Karl

I found that the openmc(String) functiun does not ask for comfirmation. Just what I was looking for. Karl

Hi All, Is there a way to merge a file into an open mastercam file using a string variable? I would like to ask for a file name save it as a string then merge this file with no other user intervention. We have Directory with over 500 drawings and finding the correct one is time comsuming. Karl

I'd like to modify the mcam example script of nc for each operation in order to make an nc file using a different post file for each group of tool paths in a file. Is there a GetToolpathGroup somewhere? Karl Sorry this would be using mcam ver 9.1 Do not know if it makes a difference.

Thanks Bullines, I will check them out to see which fits my current skill level. Karl

Any body know of any books for learning the vb scripting for mcam? I know a little of VB and am taking a class to polish my skills. Karl

Hi All, Would someone please e-mail the above subout zip file? Don't have access to the FTP at work. E-mail is karl_stickel at verizion dot net Thanks Karl

Thanks for the quick reply Adding the , e$ to the prapid, plin, and pcir fixed the problem. Nothing can beat this forum for the quality of the responses. Karl

Christian, I have looked at the control definition and neither the remove cr/lf or alternate eob boxes are checked. I will e-mail you the nc code in a second. Thanks Karl

I did a search of this post and found no e's without $'s (except for notes etc.).

I could not find any setting that controls the end of line. It is as if the post does not put any end of line codes. All hard-coded lines are correct. G-Code looks like this: G00X1.2345Y1.345G1X1.Y2.Z2.F40.S2800M3G0T8M6G0X1.23Y2.43B0.0G3X1.Y2.I3.4J4.F30.G2X1.234.....til the end of the code. Karl

After updating ver 9 post to X all g-code is on 1 line. Is there something easy I'm missing? Karl

Slighty off topic Does anybody have or know of a c-hook or other utility to change the surface normals of all surfaces on a level? We get files with 100's of small surfaces all the wrong way of course. Karl

Thanks James, Of course now that i'm at work i'm to busy to try this. Will try as soon as I have time (lunch or home!). Karl

James, It must be past my bedtime 'cause I can't explain my problem clearly. I have the macro call working... I can't post the operation manager groups seperatly. On a side note I think you did some work for my ex-boss a few years back (Alan Budnik). Small World Huh? Karl

Thanks Guys Great Info on the custom drill cycles. Problem I have though is each part has from 1 to 6 operation groups in the operation manager. I need the output to look like this: G65 P9001 RXXXX ( R is input as a answer to a post question ) ; I got this to work can't get this to work!!! only g-code from all of tool path group #1 ( end of toolpath group #1 ) G65 P9002 Rxxxx ( Same as R above ) ; only g-code from all of tool path group #2 ( end of toolpath group #2 ) ... ... ... end of program Karl [ 12-07-2005, 12:55 AM: Message edited by: Karl@CP PISTONS ]

James, Thanks for the reply, but The macro statement is easy in that it needs only one varible (sp?). What I need to figure out is how to post all of group one only, then output another macro call (easy) then all of group 2 etc... Karl

anyone?

JMPARIS, I've got the post to ask questions to output the macro call. What i'm looking for is this: G65 P8001 A2.5 B4.6 R.8 F50. g-code form toolpath group 1 G65 P8001 A2.5 B4.6 R.8 F50. g-code from toolpath group 2 G65 P8001 A2.5 B4.6 R.8 F50. g-code from toolpath group 3 etc... as many times as their are toolpath groups Karl

Using ver 9. is there any way to have the post use the toolpath groups? What I would like to do is output some macro statements then the g-code from group #1 then output other macro statements and the g-code from all of group #2 etc... I might need to loop depending on the number of groups in a file anywhere from 1 to maybe 6 groups. We are using a modified fanuc post with the macro statements hardcoded in. Thanks Karl