topic Re: Inventor HSM 2016 Post Processor documentation in HSM Forum

topic Re: Inventor HSM 2016 Post Processor documentation in HSM Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-forum/inventor-hsm-2016-post-processor-documentation/m-p/6081100#M18000 Got it. I though I'd share some code to do the listing I was talking about above. Not the best code in the world ( new to JS ), but gets the job done. This is called from on open and lists the tool sequence with the underlying ops per tool with the minimum Z and cycle times. // formats the tool line in the header to display min Z and CycleTime function entryFixup( entry, minZ, ct ) {     ct += 0.5;     var d = new Date(1899, 11, 31, 0, 0, ct, 0);     var zCol = 42;     var ctCol = 60;         if ( entry.length < zCol ) {         for( var i = entry.length; i < zCol; ++i ) {             entry += " ";         }     }     entry += "Z : " +  zFormat.format( minZ )     if ( entry.length < ctCol ) {         for( var i = entry.length; i < ctCol; ++i ) {             entry += " ";         }     }     entry +=  "CT: " +                 timeFormat.format( d.getHours( ) ) + ":" +                 timeFormat.format( d.getMinutes( ) ) + ":" +                 timeFormat.format( d.getSeconds( ) );     return entry; } /** writes the tool and op info. */ function writeToolInfo() {     var result = [];     var lastToolIndex;     var _maxZ = 1000000;     var minimumZ;     var cycleTime;     var tn_;     var numberOfSections = getNumberOfSections();             for (var i = 0; i < numberOfSections; ++i) {         var section = getSection(i);         // the next tool is up...         if (section.getTool().number != tn_) {             // fix up the last tool entry...on the first iteration tn_ will be empty             if (tn_) {                 result[ lastToolIndex ] = entryFixup( result[ lastToolIndex ], minimumZ, cycleTime );             }             cycleTime = 0;             minimumZ = _maxZ;             tn_ = section.getTool().number;             lastToolIndex = result.length;             result.push( new String( "-- tool: " + tn_ + " " + section.getTool().vendor + " " + section.getTool().description ) );         }         if ( is3D( ) ) {             minimumZ = Math.min(minimumZ, section.getGlobalZRange().getMinimum());         }         cycleTime += section.getCycleTime(); //      if (properties.rapidFeed > 0) { //          cycleTime += rapidDistance/properties.rapidFeed * 60; //      }                 result.push( new String( "          op: " +  section.getParameter( "operation-comment" ) ) );     }     if ( result.length > 0 ) {         result[ lastToolIndex ] = entryFixup( result[ lastToolIndex ], minimumZ, cycleTime );     }     writeComment("Tool / Op list ...................................................")     for (var i = 0; i < result.length; ++i )         writeComment( result ); } output looks something like this... ; Tool / Op list ................................................... ; -- tool: 2  SVJBR12-3B                    Z : -0.02        CT: 00:00:25 ;          op: face part ; -- tool: 20  #3 Center drill              Z : -0.1258      CT: 00:00:03 ;          op: center drill ; -- tool: 2  SVJBR12-3B                    Z : -1.9743      CT: 00:06:12 ;          op: diameter roughing ;          op: rear roughing ;          op: finish profile ; -- tool: 15 Dorian Slot Grip              Z : -1.858        CT: 00:00:10 ;          op: part-off I find this useful .. maybe someone else will Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:07:54 GMT ubunibme 2015-06-19T01:07:54Z