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Rename toolpath macro

todd.murphy8YH67 — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:06:08 GMT

Good day,

I am looking for a Macro that will add a prefix to all selected toolpaths, but with a variable .

i want to add "OP 10"

then next toolpath add "OP 20"

"OP 30" and so on...

i have searched pretty well in forums and can not find one that suits this.

if so can anyone help me out?

Re: Rename toolpath macro

TK.421 — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:37:32 GMT

here's the one I use. you'll have to modify it to suit your needs

Re: Rename toolpath macro

todd.murphy8YH67 — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:07:43 GMT

thanks for the solution, it does exactly what you said . I was hoping there was anymore solutions out there?

Re: Rename toolpath macro

icse — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:01:37 GMT

i use following macros to Prefix or Suffix any selected entity in powermill explorer, except for folders.

I've bound em to [control + y] and [shift + control + y]

Prefix:

entity LIST $input = explorer_selected_entities() if size($input) <= 0 { return } string $prefix = input "Prefix" if $prefix == ' ' { return } foreach $et in $input { string $newName = $prefix + $et.Name string $tempName = $newName int $i = 1 while entity_exists($et.RootType, $newName) { $newName = $tempName + '_' + $i $i = $i + 1 } string $cmd = "Rename " + et.RootType + ' "' + $et.Name + '" "' + $newName + '"' DoCommand $cmd }

Suffix:

entity LIST $input = explorer_selected_entities() if size($input) <= 0 { return } string $suffix = input "Suffix" if $suffix == ' ' { return } foreach $et in $input { string $newName = $et.Name + $suffix string $tempName = $newName int $i = 1 while entity_exists($et.RootType, $newName) { $newName = $tempName + '_' + $i $i = $i + 1 } string $cmd = "Rename " + et.RootType + ' "' + $et.Name + '" "' + $newName + '"' DoCommand $cmd }

Following macro adds a prefix and an increasing number to the name:

entity LIST $input = explorer_selected_entities() if size($input) <= 0 { return } string $prefix = input "Prefix" if $prefix == ' ' { return } int $counter = 0 foreach $et in $input { $counter = $counter + 10 string $newName = $prefix + '_' + $counter + '_' + $et.Name string $tempName = $newName int $i = 1 while entity_exists($et.RootType, $newName) { $newName = $tempName + '_' + $i $i = $i + 1 } string $cmd = "Rename " + et.RootType + ' "' + $et.Name + '" "' + $newName + '"' DoCommand $cmd }

I couldn't test it because I'm not at work...

Re: Rename toolpath macro

todd.murphy8YH67 — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 20:06:16 GMT

Beautiful, thanks a lot @icse , only thing i wished it asked which programs, but the fix was for me to highlight all toolpaths prior to running the macros.

Re: Rename toolpath macro

icse — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:14:33 GMT

Do you want to execute this on all toolpaths within an NC program?

Something like this?

entity $nc = input entity ncprogram "Chose NC PGM" foreach $tp in components($nc) { //do the rename }

Re: Rename toolpath macro

todd.murphy8YH67 — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:35:52 GMT

@icse ,

No just what is in the toolpath folder.

Re: Rename toolpath macro

icse — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:53:15 GMT

like this?

entity $input= input entity multiple toolpath "Chose" foreach $tp in $input { //do the rename }