CAM Setup Sheets defaults and preferences

[LibertyMachine]

Please consider adding a simple User Interface or User Preference tab for selecting which Setup Sheet we wish to use.

Details:

I can choose whichever Post Processor I wish to use, whether it's in my cloud storage, locally stored, or even just the generic deafulats that are shipped with Fusion, and Fusion does a great job of remebering the post and location

Hovering over the Setup Sheet button, I get a little blurb about what the button does and at the very bottom, a little note saying that the Setup Sheet is fully customizable.

So, if I start tweaking it, where do I store it? This isn't self-evident. I'd prefer to store it in the cloud with my posts. But if I do that, in order to try it out, I have to go through my Post Process dialog and actually "post" out my setup sheet. 

Perhaps consider adding a second tab to the Post Processor dialog box? Or perhaps something up in Preferences? (first option would be preferred) Keep in mind that some people might wish to have Setup Sheet "A" for Milling, Setup Sheet "B" for Lathes, and Setup Sheet"C" for MILL/TURN.

I know this is not likely going to be a feature that so many people have been clamoring for, but it never hurts to throw it out there....

[al.whatmough]

This would make a nice enhancment.

In the short term - you can use the post process dialog to use a specfic setup sheet as you have identified.

If you always use the same style setup sheet for specfic post, you could modify your post to run the setupsheet post when is is done posting the code.

[al.whatmough]

There is a thread here that explains how to call a post from a post.

(Internally, Setupsheets are actually post processors)

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/post-processors/post-calling-a-post/td-p/6075525

[LibertyMachine]

@al.whatmough

Thanks for chiming in. That was one of the ideas that had been mentioned, and on the surface, it sounds like a perfect solution.

However, if I'm just changing a speed or adding a pass, I don't think I'd want to regenate my setup sheet each time, especially(!) if I have to make tweaks to what is on it and it's something that can't be brought over (automatically) from Fusion. Of course, that dovetails into my thread I have going on in the Post Processor forum about how to tweak my Setup sheet "just so"

[jeff.pek]

This item has been archived. Tracking with this one:

  http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-ideas/having-the-capability-to-select-a-default-setup-sheet/idi-p/...

[DavidAtFastmill]

I read the thread about the post calling a post, is it as easy as changing the directory's to different file locations?

Newb to this kind of codeing so 

  var outputPath = getOutputPath();
  var postPath = findFile("setup-sheet-excel.cps");
  var intermdiatePath = FileSystem.replaceExtension(outputPath, "cnc");
  var arguments = "--property unit 0"; // use 0 for inch and 1 for mm
  arguments += " --property programName \"'" + programName + "\"'";
  arguments += " --property programComment \"'" + programComment + "\"'";
  arguments += " --log temp.log " + quote(postPath) + " " + quote(intermdiatePath) + " " + quote(outputPath);
  var exePath = "C:\\Program Files\\HSMWorks x64\\post.exe";

  execute(exePath, arguments, false, "");