I'm just as confused as you are. #CYCLE should automatically be set to the
correct value form the planner. You can however access the active step in
the planner from the template file using the jos data tags. the data tag for
cycle is:
jos(cycle)
You could try to force it to update by
#EVAL(#CYCLE=jos(cycle))
but you shouldn't need to.
Could you post your template file? There must be something else going on
that I can't see.
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Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator
High Steel Structures, Incorporated
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Templates
I am have a confusion on my .tmp logic. This is an example of the problem.
At line 1, the file hasn't updated the #CYCLE value so it comes up as value
0 each time. BUT... when it then gets to line 2, it does pull up the
correct #CYCLE value for the tool as stated in the.jof. Then, on line 3, it
stays as the same value as line 2 since it is modal. How do I force line 1
to look at the .jof of the current tool and update its value prior to being
called out in the machine cycle
line 1 #CYCLE
line 2 #ABSI #CYCLE #RTNLVL X#XPOS Y#YPOS Z#ZDPTH R#V5 F#V6 S#SPEED
line 3 #CYCLE
Thanks to all you guys that know so much more than me
Jon
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