topic Re: please help with macro in PowerMill Forum

please help with macro

romanov-kovrov — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:14:18 GMT

FOREACH tp IN folder('Toolpath') {
ACTIVATE TOOLPATH $tp.Name
STRING NewName = replace(Name, 'DRAFT', 'FINAL')+'...'+limits('toolpath','')[4]
RENAME TOOLPATH ; $NewName
}

1.help me modify it to round or leave 2 digits after the point like 0.00

2. tell me a macro to rename all Toolpaths at once, delete everything to the right of ... dots, thanks

Re: please help with macro

iamcdn79 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:31:04 GMT

This rounds to 2 decimal places.

FOREACH tp IN folder('Toolpath') { ACTIVATE TOOLPATH $tp.Name REAL zVal = round(limits('toolpath','')[4]; 2) STRING NewName = replace(Name, 'DRAFT', 'FINAL') + '...' + $zVal RENAME TOOLPATH ; $NewName }

I don't understand your renaming request. you want to delete the z min limits that were added to your toolpath name? Thats what is to the right of the dots.

Re: please help with macro

romanov-kovrov — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:16:27 GMT

yes, you understood everything correctly, before you write to delete the values, if I recalculate TOOLPATH and run the macro again it turns out like this, which can be confusing

Re: please help with macro

iamcdn79 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:42 GMT

FOREACH tp IN folder('Toolpath') { ACTIVATE TOOLPATH $tp.Name REAL zVal = round(limits('toolpath','')[4]; 2) STRING baseName = replace(Name, 'DRAFT', 'FINAL') // Remove any existing "...zVal" value from previous runs INT lastDotPos = position($baseName, '...') IF lastDotPos > 0 { $baseName = substring($baseName, 0, lastDotPos) } STRING NewName = $baseName + '...' + $zVal RENAME TOOLPATH ; $NewName }

Re: please help with macro

romanov-kovrov — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:30:26 GMT

Thank you so much! Everything worked as I wanted.