Hi , I am trying to generate gcode automatically but seem to have a problem. Can anyone tell me why I get the error message
near line 27 bad character '*' used in this code running on axis on emc 2.4.0 simulator thanks Alan (----------------------------------------) (Date: 27/05/2009 00:00:00) (Code for 3 Paths) (3 depth passes) (Work Rotates around A axis) (EMC GCode generated automatically) (----------------------------------------) O1000 sub (Path 0) <-------------------- not generated this yet. O1000 endsub (End of Path 0) O2000 sub (Path 1) O2000 endsub (End of Path 1) O3000 sub (Path 2) O3000 endsub (End of Path 2) (Loop to cut each path in turn) (Uses the following global variables) #<_loop_count> = 0 (the current loop count) #<_max_count> = 3 (the maximum loop count) #<_max_cut> = 2 (the cutter depth increment for rough cuts) #<_current_depth> = 0 (the current cutter depth) #<_max_depth> = 5 (The maximum depth of paths in the model) O4000 while [#<_loop_count> LT #<_max_count>] #<_current_depth> = [#<_loop_count> + 1] * [#<_max_cut>] <----------------- this is line 26 assume problem here O4100 if [#<_current_depth> GT #<_max_depth>] #<_current_depth> = [#<_max_depth>] O4100 endif (End of depth check) O1000 call (Call Path 0) O2000 call (Call Path 1) O3000 call (Call Path 2) #<_loop_count>= [#<_loop_count>+1] O4000 endwhile (End of cutter depth loop) (Move up to safe height and zero position) G90 G00 Z-10.0 G00 X0.0 Y0.0 A0.0 M2 (-----End of Program-----) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users