Adding a block delete to haas post.

[ELAFING]

Adding a block delete to haas post.

I want the coolant line to post as

/M8.

instead of 

M8

when I simply add the / to the post it errors out.

[Chetan.Bankar]

Hi @ELAFING,

Thanks for raising your query onto Autodesk forum.

If I understand your query correctly it seems that you wish to avoid coolant code to output in the output G-code file?  If yes, then I will suggest setting the coolant to Disabled in the toolpath while generating. This will avoid generating M08 to be output in the G-code for that toolpath.

I hope this answers your query.

Thanks and Regards,

[ELAFING]

I want the coolant line to post. 

With the haas control there is a block delete button on the control panel. Any blocks with "/" get skipped when the option is enabled. During dry runs I will enable it so coolant doesn't turn on. Then I disable it for actual runs. 

I hope this clarifies what I am looking for.

[seth.madore]

What post/machine do you have; Pre-NGC or NGC?

[ELAFING]

Pre

[ELAFING]

Haas post, Pre-NGC

[seth.madore · Accepted solution]

Roger that. Sorry for the delay. There were some changes to the post syntax which made seemingly simple tasks such as adding a "/" a bit more complex.

Here's what you need to do:

1) Open up the Generic (OEM) Post Processor and do a "Save As". Save it to a local folder, not the Generic post library.

2) Go to line 2676 which should read: writeBlock(coolantCodes[c]);

3) Change that to: writeBlock(conditional((coolant != COOLANT_OFF), "/"), coolantCodes[c]);

Save.

Post.

Have Fun 🙂

[zwelsh91 · Accepted solution]

I have attached a post for early pre NGC HAAS, that I have edited for my 1990 VF-1. It has the block delete character where you want it.

[ELAFING]

Thank you both very much. Have a great day and I appreciate this community and all the help you provide.