Best method of saving tool pocket content

[Battwell]

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added a tool rack disply- of the simplest form to the main run screen.

havnt tried it- but il play with writekey.

[Robertspark]

With the imminent arrival of g41+g42 to uccnc will the present single value tooltable not have to change?

That being said are we able to have a peek at what is proposed?

I suspect that tool diameter is essential, however, would there not be some merit in adding two position geometry for lathe X+Z....

Maybe "H" should become Z for turning, then it's only one other parameter required?

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Thought I'd ask so no one is wasting their time if something is being done by cncdrive or others

(Progress made collaboratively... same distance traveled, but less waste)

[ger21]

Based on CNC Drive's response the other day, it doesn't look like you're going to see any Lathe features any time soon.

But I wouldn't mind seeing a preview of the G42/G42 feature.

[Robertspark]

Based on CNC Drive's response the other day, it doesn't look like you're going to see any Lathe features any time soon.

Yes, I agree.

But g41+42 are supposed to be in development (for mill router and plasma) and I would have thought you'd need tool diameter.

Tool table already has tool length, so for lathe we may be able to reuse these assigned codes for other X Z tool geometry offsets.

Hence cncdrive have to create additional fields for the tooltable, why not wait for them to become available and look to reuse them for your own purpose (avoids having to do major screenshot edit the tooltable and macro write to the profile)

[Battwell]

strings, integers, doubles- are doing my head in! lol

[Robertspark]

I know that it is frowned upon in the land of c#, but I use my own form of Hungarian notation

It allows me to keep track of what the variables are to make sure I am using the same types together or convert them at the right time.

str ... String
int ... Integer
dbl ... Double
fcn ... Function

Whatever works for you...

Use notepad++, and keep the errorlog file open so when you edit a macro (or macro loop) and run it you flip back to notepad and it will tell you if there is an error by taking you to the changed errorlog file

[Battwell]

How do you convert a string to a double
Using readkey gives me a string
But I need to write it with setfield as a double

[Battwell]

I have worked out most of what I need and tested in a macro
Just stumped on this last bit

[ger21]

Convert.ToDouble(string)

So something like this:

double NewKey = Convert.ToDouble(keystring)

[Dan911]

Hey Barttwell,

I created a simple plugin for a friend a while back similar to your needs, I just modified it a bit. It will save tool and pocket # to your .pro file. You would just have to modify your M6 to read from your .pro. Example below is tool3 and what ever you set your pocket to.

UC.Readkey("ATC Setup", "Tool3pocket", "");


To test drop it in plugin folder check "start up" and "enable". Use configure to set up

Hope you can find this of some use,

Dan

EDIT- And yes I' m a idiot and spelled compression wrong, I'm lost without spell check...lol