This is a portion taken from our Bostomatic manual toolchanger template
file where we use the TLCMT in the step notes. This control does not require
( ) brackets.
#ONBLKG1G90G97F
V6D0
<#S1>
<#S2>
<#S3>
M0 T#TOOL #TLCMT
T#TOOL
For comments before the tool we use User Events at the beginning of the tool
in the pm4 file like so..
#S1=M0 REMOVE SIDE CLAMPS
For additional comments through out the tool we use an @COMMENT section
@COMMENT
#IF(#U8=1)<**** COMMENT>
#S9
which we call using User Events in the .pm4 file like so...
@COMMENT(#S9=CHECK DRILL TIP FOR WEAR)
-----Original Message-----
From: Lauzus, Frederick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:35 AM
To: Alfaro, Steve; SmartCAM Mailing List (E-mail)
Subject: [mfg-smartcam] RE: Text output question...
The contents of the step notes can be accessed in the code
generator
template file with the #TLCMT variable. You could put the
file name in as
is, i.e.
4G000400.001
then use the #INCLUDE function with the #TLCMT variable in
the @START,
@TOOLCHG and @STEPCHG sections of the template file, i.e.
@START
T#TOOL M6
#INCLUDE(#TLCMT)
S#SPEED #SPNDL
I haven't tried this, but it should work.
(I assume you were already using the #INCLUDE function with
the #S10
variable.)
=============================================
Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator
High Steel Structures, Incorporated
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highsteel.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alfaro, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:13 AM
To: SmartCAM Mailing List (E-mail)
Subject: Text output question...
Hi All,
We put a lot of machinist information into our programs,
usually 5 to 10
lines of text per PROCESS STEP. Needless to say, the STEP
NOTES section of
the Job Planner is woefully underpowered in this respect.
To work around this, we write separate text files that
correspond to each
step. Then we call these files into the TMP file by using
USER EVENTs in
each process model. Yes, it is as cumbersome as it sounds.
What we would LIKE to do is to call the files in through the
PROCESS STEP
LIST. We have pulled in user variables into the TMP file by
defining them in
the JOB INFO section of the Job Plan. Unfortunately, when we
try to
re-define the variables in the STEP NOTES section of the Job
Planner all we
get is the literal text (i.e. #S10=4G000400.001).
Does anyone have any suggestions that will allow us to get
more text into
the machine code without so many "work-arounds"? Any ideas
would be greatly
appreciated, thanks.
Regards,
Stephen Alfaro
Manufacturing Engineering Group
Flowserve Corp.
Rotating Equipment Division
Nuclear Products - Los Angeles
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