topic Re: rounding numbers up or down in PowerMill Forum

rounding numbers up or down

jsweatherbie — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 01:19:09 GMT

im not sure how to round a decimal number to a whole......
i have this macro to make feed and speeds and to apply it but the problem im having is that itll have a decimal and when i post it... it will error due to a decimal number with the rpm.

in the end im trying to make both feed and speed a whole number after it goes thru the formula.

//CREATED BY: JAMES REAL $drillRpm = 250/$tool.Diameter EDIT RPM $drillRpm RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE REAL $drillIpm = '$drillRpm * 0.005' EDIT FRATE '$drillIpm' RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE

Re: rounding numbers up or down

nguyenthinhvt95 — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:10:14 GMT

Try this: //CREATED BY: JAMES INT $drillRpm = 250/$tool.Diameter EDIT RPM $drillRpm RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE REAL $drillIpm = $drillRpm * 0.005 EDIT FRATE $drillIpm RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE

Re: rounding numbers up or down

jsweatherbie — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:28:43 GMT

Nothing was changed ...

Re: rounding numbers up or down

jsweatherbie — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:33:13 GMT

Worked good

Betreff: rounding numbers up or down

icse — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:02:11 GMT

you can use the round() function:

//CREATED BY: JAMES REAL $drillRpm = 250/$tool.Diameter $drillRpm = round($drillRpm,0) EDIT RPM ${drillRpm} RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE REAL $drillIpm = $drillRpm * 0.005 $drillIpm = round($drillIpm,0) EDIT FRATE ${drillIpm} RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE

Re: rounding numbers up or down

hrh46 — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:23:58 GMT

I think its better to change format of "Feed" in the post processor to "Integer".

then you always get round numbers.