topic Re: Macro to Auto adjust Overhang, using holder profile in PowerMill Forum

Macro to Auto adjust Overhang, using holder profile

Sean570 — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:42:02 GMT

I've got a macro that will calculate the holder profile for all tools being used. The issue I have is when I add a line of code auto adjust the overhang based on the holder profile. It works just fine, until it comes across a locked tools. So I have been trying to get something to detect that the tool is locked, and if so, not calculate the overhang.

I have used ERROR DOCOMMAND in the past to catch things like this, but I can't seem to get the syntax right for DOCOMMAND to work properly. I am using powermill 2015
Here's what I have, any ideas would be appreciated:

ENTITY LIST usedTools = {} $usedTools = extract(folder('toolpath'), 'tool') INT Duplicates = 0 $Duplicates = remove_duplicates($usedTools) FOREACH tool IN $usedTools { EDIT TOOL $tool PROFILE_INCLUDE_ALL EDIT TOOL $tool UPDATE_TOOLPATHS_PROFILE BOOL error = 0 STRING toolName = $tool.name STRING cmd = "EDIT TOOL" + $toolName + "AUTO_OVERHANG" $error = ERROR DOCOMMAND $cmd IF NOT $error { EDIT TOOL $toolName AUTO_OVERHANG } }

Re: Macro to Auto adjust Overhang, using holder profile

mark.sully — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:05:15 GMT

Try this:

ENTITY LIST usedTools = extract(folder('toolpath'), 'tool') INT Duplicates = remove_duplicates($usedTools) FOREACH t IN $usedTools { EDIT TOOL $t.Name PROFILE_INCLUDE_ALL EDIT TOOL $t.Name UPDATE_TOOLPATHS_PROFILE IF NOT locked($t.Diameter) { EDIT TOOL $t.Name AUTO_OVERHANG } }

The locked() function checks if a parameter is locked (tool diameter is a good check if a tool is locked).

Hope this helps.

Mark

PS. I also changed your variable name in the loop from 'tool' to 't' as it isn't good practice to use variables with the same name as PowerMill entities.

Re: Macro to Auto adjust Overhang, using holder profile

Sean570 — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 21:27:30 GMT

Thanks! That works perfectly. I searched through the parameters/functions many times but it seems I missed that one. I just adjusted the macro to check if the overhang is locked instead of the diameter.

ENTITY LIST usedTools = {} $usedTools = extract(folder('toolpath'), 'tool') INT Duplicates = 0 $Duplicates = remove_duplicates($usedTools) FOREACH tl IN $usedTools { EDIT TOOL $tl.Name PROFILE_INCLUDE_ALL EDIT TOOL $tl.Name UPDATE_TOOLPATHS_PROFILE IF NOT locked($tl.Overhang) { EDIT TOOL $tl.Name AUTO_OVERHANG } }

Re: Macro to Auto adjust Overhang, using holder profile

mayankpatel5523 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:49:42 GMT

Please, create this macro for single toolpath