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macro help

kl1445 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:07:22 GMT

hi all

I have two Macros, one is D4 and the other is D6. I want to use Macro to determine the model height to execute D4 or D6, but I don't know how to write it. Can anyone help me? Thank you

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icse — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:06:16 GMT

you could do somehting like this:

real $sz = limits(folder('Model')[0])[5] - limits(folder('Model')[0])[4] if $sz >= 30 { macro 'c:\pathtoyourmacro\D6-0Angle-RF.mac' } else { macro 'c:\pathtoyourmacro\D4-0Angle-RF.mac' }

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kl1445 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:09:35 GMT

hi icse

I think I did something wrong? Because when executing the following macro, POWERMILL has no action but only counts Z. My powermill version is 2014.

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icse — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:31:46 GMT

it looks like your formatation is off.

Does any error shows in command line?

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kl1445 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:39:31 GMT

Unfortunately, PowerMill did not show any errors, so I could not figure out what the problem was.

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kl1445 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:44:45 GMT

I found the error but I don't know if it's the problem

"No { follows expression"

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icse — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:23:35 GMT

Your format is off, it looks like you have everything in one line. This does not work.

you need to make the inside of your file looks like this:

real $sz = limits(folder('Model')[0])[5] - limits(folder('Model')[0])[4] if $sz >= 30 { macro 'c:\pathtoyourmacro\D6-0Angle-RF.mac' } else { macro 'c:\pathtoyourmacro\D4-0Angle-RF.mac' }

NOT like this:

real $sz = limits(folder('Model')[0])[5] - limits(folder('Model')[0])[4] if $sz >= 30 {macro 'c:\pathtoyourmacro\D6-0Angle-RF.mac'} else {macro 'c:\pathtoyourmacro\D4-0Angle-RF.mac'}

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kl1445 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:38:00 GMT

You are right. After I re-edited it, powermill can be executed. Thank you very much.

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kl1445 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:50:49 GMT

hi icse

I would like to ask you another question. If you want to automatically execute D10-10-0-angle or D10-10-1-angle after determining that the angle is 0 or above 0, how do you edit the macro?

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icse — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:07:21 GMT

This is much more komplex...

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kl1445 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:23:56 GMT

Got it, thanks for your reply, have a nice day

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kl1445 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:12:46 GMT

hi icse

I tried to change the macro, but encountered trouble. Now I want to automatically determine the three dimensions of Z <=28, >=48, >=28.01 or <=47.99. However, when executing this macro, the macro executes the two macros D6R0.2 and D8R0.5, which gives me a headache.How do you think such a macro should be edited? Can you help me?

real $sz = limits(folder('Model')[0])[5] - limits(folder('Model')[0])[4]

if $sz <= 28 {

macro 'C:\dcam\pmill4\D6R0.2-poin.mac'

}

if $sz >= 45 {

macro 'C:\dcam\pmill4\D10R0.5-poin.mac'

} else {

macro 'C:\dcam\pmill4\D8R0.5-poin.mac'

}

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icse — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:22:41 GMT

real $sz = limits(folder('Model')[0])[5] - limits(folder('Model')[0])[4] if $sz <= 28 { macro 'C:\dcam\pmill4\D6R0.2-poin.mac' } elseif $sz >= 45 { macro 'C:\dcam\pmill4\D10R0.5-poin.mac' } else { macro 'C:\dcam\pmill4\D8R0.5-poin.mac' }

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kl1445 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:07:28 GMT

Great, it's no problem now, thank you very much

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kl1445 — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:40:33 GMT

hi icse

Is it possible to use the surface color to determine which macro to execute? For example, in 3D, if there is red, execute macro A, if there is yellow, execute macro B, if there is blue, execute macro C, and if there is both yellow and red, execute macro D?

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kl1445 — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:50:16 GMT

This is the macro I found, but it is used in the hole. I tried to change it, but failed because my English is not good.




FORM RIBBON BACKSTAGE CLOSE RESET ALL
VIEW MODEL ; SHADE RAINBOW
EDIT MODEL ALL DESELECT ALL
EDIT SELECTION MODEL CLEAR EDIT SELECTION MODEL APPLY

EDIT SELECTION MODEL FILTER "255,255,0"
 
INT $OP1_HOLES = 0
FOREACH m in folder('model') {
  $OP1_HOLES = $OP1_HOLES + number_selected(m.Components)
}

IF $OP1_HOLES > 0 {
EDIT SELECTION SMART NO FORM MODELSELECT
EDIT SELECTION MODEL DELETE
EDIT SELECTION MODEL FILTER " 255,255,0"
EDIT SELECTION MODEL APPLY
FORM CANCEL MODELSELECT
EDIT FEATURECREATE TYPE HOLE EDIT FEATURECREATE CIRCULAR ON EDIT FEATURECREATE FILTER HOLES EDIT FEATURECREATE TOPDEFINE ABSOLUTE EDIT FEATURECREATE BOTTOMDEFINE ABSOLUTE FORM CANCEL FEATURE FORM CREATEHOLE
EDIT FEATURECREATE HOLES FIXED ON
EDIT FEATURECREATE HOLES DIRECTION DOWN
EDIT FEATURECREATE CREATEHOLES
FORM CANCEL CREATEHOLE
EDIT MODEL ALL DESELECT ALL
RENAME Featureset ; "OP1_HOLES"
} 

IF $OP1_HOLES == 0 {
MACRO ABORT
}

REAL $DIA = 0
REAL $DEPTH = 0

// Print out the diameter of each hole 
FOREACH f in components(entity('featureset','OP1_HOLES')) { 
IF f.Type == "hole" { 
PRINT = f.name + " has a diameter of " + f.Diameter 
$DIA = ROUND(f.diameter,4) 
$DEPTH = ROUND(f.depth,4)


//COUNTERBORE SECTION
IF $DIA LE 1.001 AND $DIA GE .999 AND $DEPTH <= .751 {
FOREACH ent IN folder('setup') { 
FOREACH TP IN components(ent) {
IF $tp.name == '750_DRILL_1' {
/// need some code to skip over this section and contiune on
}
}
}
MACRO"C:\(..path..)\1_000x750_cbore.mac"
}

IF $DIA LE .876 AND $DIA GE .874 AND $DEPTH <= .626 {
FOREACH ent IN folder('setup') { 
FOREACH TP IN components(ent) {
IF $tp.name == '625_DRILL_1' {
/// need some code to skip over this section and contiune on
}
}
}
MACRO"C:\(..path..)\875x625_cbore.mac"
}

//BLIND TAP SECTION//
IF $DIA LE .657 AND $DIA GE .655 {
FOREACH ent IN folder('setup') { 
FOREACH TP IN components(ent) {
IF $tp.name == '656_TAP_DRILL_1' {
/// need some code to skip over this section and contiune on
}
}
}
MACRO"C:\(..path..)\750-10.mac"
}

IF $DIA LE .532 AND $DIA GE .530 {
FOREACH ent IN folder('setup') { 
FOREACH TP IN components(ent) {
IF $tp.name == '546_TAP_DRILL_1' {
/// need some code to skip over this section and contiune on
}
}
}
MACRO"C:\(..path..)\625-11.mac"
}
}
}

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CxyAce丶 — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 03:52:58 GMT

Is this only applicable to one?

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kl1445 — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 04:16:02 GMT

hi CxyAce

This is similar to a macro, but it does more than just determine the color.