Post editing with Visual Studio Code

[andrew.todd1]

Morning all.

Im have been diving into post editing with studio code.

See screenshot. Im editing a generic doosan milling post. the post has 5 axis capability but when i try and edit a 3 & 2 toolpath in studio code im getting this.

What am i doing wrong?

[seth.madore]

Hmm. Are you working with a sample part you can share? 5 axis Doosan should "just" be setting "has5axis" to "true" and you should be good to go.

[andrew.todd1]

Sure.

Both files attached.

Thanks.

[seth.madore · Accepted solution]

Using the stock post (not yours), I get code:

(FACE)
N10
T1 M06
(12 FLAT ENDMILL)
S7639 M03
G54
G00 A0. C0.
G00 X2.275 Y-1.882
G43 Z8.4744 H01
M08
G00 Z8.0744

And the whole program gets posted out. Using your post, I get the same. The trick is to change this:

Oddly enough, when I also set it to "no", I still get a program......

 

[andrew.todd1]

thanks for your help on this Seth

[andrew.todd1]

also, can you tell me how i can add custom test that would appear at the start of every program?

Like after the program num (PROGRAM IS UNPROVEN, PROCEED WITH CAUTION)

Is this doable?

[seth.madore]

This is what I have in my own posts, located right before the switch (unit) { line

  writeComment("SEE SETUP SHEET");
writeln("(LAST RUN)(UNPROVEN)");
writeComment("PROGRAM BY=STM")
writeComment((now.getMonth()+1) + "/" + now.getDate() + "/" + now.getFullYear() + " " + now.getHours() + ":" + ('0'+now.getMinutes()).slice(-2));

Now, before you go and paste that exact line in, you're going to need to add a new variable:

// collected state
var sequenceNumber;
var currentWorkOffset;
var optionalSection = false;
var forceSpindleSpeed = false;
var activeMovements; // do not use by default
var currentFeedId;
var g68RotationMode = 0;
var angularProbingMode;
var now = new Date ();      <-------------
var wfo;

It's the "var now = new Date (); line. I just wanted to show you where it went in the variables.

Oh, and you'll likely need to add a few characters to your var permittedCommentChars list:

var permittedCommentChars = " ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.,=_-/*#:";

[andrew.todd1]

thanks. Where to add new variable Seth?

[seth.madore · Accepted solution]

Somewhere in the "// collected state" area (line 209). If it's before any other variable, don't forget your ";" at the end

Example with the Doosan post:

// collected state
var sequenceNumber;
var now = new Date ();      <--------------
var currentWorkOffset;
var optionalSection = false;
var forceSpindleSpeed = false;
var activeMovements; // do not use by default
var currentFeedId;
var g68RotationMode = 0;
var angularProbingMode;
var subprograms = [];
var currentPattern = -1;
var firstPattern = false;
var currentSubprogram;
var lastSubprogram;
var definedPatterns = new Array();
var incrementalMode = false;
var saveShowSequenceNumbers;
var cycleSubprogramIsActive = false;
var patternIsActive = false;
var lastOperationComment = "";
var incrementalSubprogram;
var previousABC = new Vector(0, 0, 0);
var retracted = false; // specifies that the tool has been retracted to the safe plane
probeMultipleFeatures = true;

And then further down the post (line 460):

// absolute coordinates and feed per min
  writeBlock(/*gAbsIncModal.format(90),*/ gFeedModeModal.format(properties.useG95 ? 95 : 00),gFormat.format(17), gFormat.format(40), gFormat.format(80), gFormat.format(90), gFormat.format(94),gFormat.format(98));

  writeComment("SEE SETUP SHEET");
  writeln("(LAST RUN)(UNPROVEN)");
  writeComment("PROGRAM BY=STM")
  writeComment((now.getMonth()+1) + "/" + now.getDate() + "/" + now.getFullYear() + " " + now.getHours() + ":" + ('0'+now.getMinutes()).slice(-2));

Resulting code (note the date time format, doesn't reflect the missing charcters mentioned above)

G00 G17 G40 G80 G90 G94 G98

(SEE SETUP SHEET)

(LAST RUN)(UNPROVEN)

(PROGRAM BY=STM)

(12312020 825)

[andrew.todd1]

Almost there Seth and thanks so much for the help.

One more thing bugging me. See attached screenshot. tis is from my customers original G code.

at the start of every toolpath we have this G68.2 line.

What is it and how can we replicate it on the post? 

[seth.madore]

Sorry Andrew, this last question is above my skill level to answer. I will point you to THIS THREAD where they explore adding Euler angles to a Mazak post.

[andrew.todd1]

Thanks Seth