><Greg Possible new feature request – a package file. Not long ago there was discussion on “conversational”programming. Hurco owns the trademark on the term “Conversational Programming”and has made more money suing competitors for using that term than buildingmachine tools. Even so, I found the Hurco Ultimax II conversational control tobe outstanding for most 2 ½ D type machine programming needs. I have used FanucFAPT, Okuma IMAP, and Mazatrol, and none of these came remotely close. One great feature that Ultimax included was that it savedthe part setup offsets, parameter table and all the tool data with each partprogram. The tool data included cutter geometry type, cutter dia., cutter materialtype, SFPM, default RPM and spindle direction, Z height offset, and Coolantmode. I was wondering if there could be a way to generate a “package file” (TAR ? ) That would have the G-code file, Tool table, and variable table allunder the parent g-code file name. I know that upon reading/loading such a package file somedata would need to be stripped out and discarded as obsolete and currentmachine state would take precedence. Things like ATC state etc. Also either onsave or load it would need to read the Primary G-code file and all sub programsto determine which G54-G59 offsets were in use in the program and not disturboffsets not in use. I know this feature adds bloat to the storage file system,but HDD space is dirt cheap. I know some MasterCAM posts insert tooling comments which can be very helpful. I used to include the entire tooling list and complete part setup info after the M2 in OKUMA OSP *.MIN files as the control never tried to read past an M2. On FANUC systems I put comment blocks between the M30 and the final EOF %.
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