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Pattern Finishing

jsweatherbie — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:22:42 GMT

Im making a engraving macro and i cant seem to get the pattern to apply into the drive curve selection box. just remains empty.

ive tired to look at other posts. like one suggested to use this.

$toolpath.Pattern = $patternName

didnt make a selection just left it also blank....

heres my full macro.

DIALOGS MESSAGE OFF DIALOGS ERROR OFF //THIS IS COPYED FROM YOUR FORUM POST //READ ABOVE JAMES RESET LOCALVARS //USER CHOOSES TOOL STRING userTool = INPUT ENTITY Tool "Choose a Tool for Engraving" FORM RIBBON BACKSTAGE CLOSE IMPORT TEMPLATE PROJECT FILEOPEN "M:\PowerMill\MACROS\TEMPLATES\ENGRAVING.ptf" ACTIVATE TOOLPATH # ACTIVATE TOOL $userTool STRING $patternName = '$tool.name'+''+'ENGRAVING' if entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) { $patternName = new_entity_name('pattern',$patternName) } //TOOLPATH BLOCK EDIT BLOCK ALL UNLOCK EDIT BLOCK RESETLIMIT "0.1" EDIT BLOCKTYPE BOX EDIT BLOCK COORDINATE WORKPLANE EDIT BLOCK RESET $toolpath.Pattern = $patternName EDIT PAR 'UpperLimit.Active' 1 //INSERTS USER SELECTION EDIT PATTERN $patternName INSERT MODEL EDIT PATTERN $patternName MERGE EDIT PATTERN $patternName FLATTEN RENAME TOOLPATH # "ENGRAVING" EDIT TOOLPATH ; CALCULATE DIALOGS MESSAGE ON DIALOGS ERROR ON

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gosmann.andreas — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:37:36 GMT

this should work

EDIT PAR 'Pattern' "$patternName"

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jsweatherbie — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:42:35 GMT

yeah i figured it out like 5 min after posting lol
Thank you !

Re: Pattern Finishing

iamcdn79 — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:46:51 GMT

i think the problem is your pattern may not be active, try this

DIALOGS MESSAGE OFF DIALOGS ERROR OFF //THIS IS COPYED FROM YOUR FORUM POST //READ ABOVE JAMES RESET LOCALVARS //USER CHOOSES TOOL STRING userTool = INPUT ENTITY Tool "Choose a Tool for Engraving" FORM RIBBON BACKSTAGE CLOSE IMPORT TEMPLATE PROJECT FILEOPEN "M:\PowerMill\MACROS\TEMPLATES\ENGRAVING.ptf" ACTIVATE TOOLPATH # ACTIVATE TOOL $userTool STRING $patternName = '$tool.name'+''+'ENGRAVING' if entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) { $patternName = new_entity_name('pattern',$patternName) } // Create unique pattern name STRING $patternName = $tool.name + "ENGRAVING" IF entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) { $patternName = new_entity_name('pattern',$patternName) } // Ensure pattern exists + is active IF entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) { ACTIVATE PATTERN $patternName } ELSE { CREATE PATTERN $patternName ACTIVATE PATTERN $patternName } //INSERTS USER SELECTION EDIT PATTERN $patternName INSERT MODEL EDIT PATTERN $patternName MERGE EDIT PATTERN $patternName FLATTEN // Noe assign it to toolpath $toolpath.Pattern = $patternName //TOOLPATH BLOCK EDIT BLOCK ALL UNLOCK EDIT BLOCK RESETLIMIT "0.1" EDIT BLOCKTYPE BOX EDIT BLOCK COORDINATE WORKPLANE EDIT BLOCK RESET EDIT PAR 'UpperLimit.Active' 1 RENAME TOOLPATH # "ENGRAVING" EDIT TOOLPATH ; CALCULATE DIALOGS MESSAGE ON DIALOGS ERROR ON