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Create folder within toolpath explorer's folder

karan30782 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:32 GMT

Hi all !

I'm tring to make a macro which will create some folders eg. ROUGH & FINISH in each folder which are already available in toolpath explorer.

Like I have 3 folders named Electrode 01,Electrode 02,Electrode 03.

I need to create ROUGH & FINISH folders in all 3 folders , which I already have.

please have a look on my macro and point me in right direction.

REAL lengthx = "" REAL lengthy = "" REAL lengthz = "" STRING limits = "" STRING R = 'ROUGH' STRING F = 'FINISH' FOREACH ll IN FOLDER ('LEVEL') { UNDRAW LEVEL ALL DRAW LEVEL $ll.name EDIT LEVEL $ll.name SELECT SURFACE FORM BLOCK EDIT BLOCK RESETLIMIT "0" DELETE BLOCK EDIT BLOCK RESET DRAW BLOCK DELETE SCALE $lengthx = $widget("RoughBlock.LimitFrame.LenX").value $lengthy = $widget("RoughBlock.LimitFrame.LenY").value $lengthz = $widget("RoughBlock.LimitFrame.LenZ").value $limits = $ll.name + " _ " + round($lengthx, 0) + " X " + round($lengthy, 0) + " X " + round($lengthZ, 0) BLOCK ACCEPT IF NOT folder_exists("Toolpath\" + $limits ) { CREATE FOLDER "Toolpath" $limits + '\' + '$R' CREATE FOLDER "Toolpath" $limits + '\' + '$F' } }

Thank you !

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icse — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:14:31 GMT

exchange this:

//you whant to create the subfolder only if the main folder exists(removed the not) IF folder_exists("Toolpath\" + $limits ) { string $path = 'Toolpath\' + $limits CREATE FOLDER ${path} ${R} CREATE FOLDER ${path} ${S} }

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karan30782 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:32:37 GMT

Not working ..... BRO

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icse — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:07:11 GMT

can you show me the error message?

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karan30782 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:16:37 GMT

It doesn't show any error ,but not any folder nor sub folder created.

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icse — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:26:04 GMT

ah now i see... i thougth the base folders are already existant as you wrote in your original post.

try this then:

REAL lengthx = "" REAL lengthy = "" REAL lengthz = "" STRING limits = "" STRING R = 'ROUGH' STRING F = 'FINISH' FOREACH ll IN FOLDER ('LEVEL') { UNDRAW LEVEL ALL DRAW LEVEL $ll.name EDIT LEVEL $ll.name SELECT SURFACE FORM BLOCK EDIT BLOCK RESETLIMIT "0" DELETE BLOCK EDIT BLOCK RESET DRAW BLOCK DELETE SCALE $lengthx = $widget("RoughBlock.LimitFrame.LenX").value $lengthy = $widget("RoughBlock.LimitFrame.LenY").value $lengthz = $widget("RoughBlock.LimitFrame.LenZ").value $limits = $ll.name + " _ " + round($lengthx, 0) + " X " + round($lengthy, 0) + " X " + round($lengthZ, 0) BLOCK ACCEPT CREATE FOLDER 'Toolpath' ${limits} IF folder_exists("Toolpath\" + $limits ) { string $path = 'Toolpath\' + $limits CREATE FOLDER ${path} ${R} CREATE FOLDER ${path} ${F} } }

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karan30782 — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:28:11 GMT

It's fantastically working !

Thank you !!