Macro for saving boundary to temp folder

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,
I would really appreciate if you could help with me the following macro question:
How can i save whats in boundary folder such as supportpins type *pic into an external temp folder with the same type *pic

[rafael.sansao]

STRING $TEMP_FOLDER = "C:\Temp" //Change this
FOREACH $Boun IN FOLDER('BOUNDARY') {
	STRING $FILE_SAVE = $TEMP_FOLDER + "\" + $Boun.Name + ".pic"
	KEEP BOUNDARY $Boun.Name $FILE_SAVE YES
}

[rafael.sansao]

With some additional checks ...

STRING $TEMP_FOLDER = "C:\Temp" //Change this
FOREACH $Boun IN FOLDER('BOUNDARY') {
	IF $Boun.Computed == true AND segments($Boun) > 0 {
		STRING $FILE_SAVE = $TEMP_FOLDER + "\" + $Boun.Name + ".pic"
		KEEP BOUNDARY $Boun.Name $FILE_SAVE YES
	}
}

[Anonymous]

Thank you Rafael. I deeply appreciate it, but when I run the macro Powermill gives me an error saying, "Unsupported Powermill command and Feature: STRING

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@rafael.sansao wrote:

STRING $TEMP_FOLDER = "C:\Temp" //Change this
FOREACH $Boun IN FOLDER('BOUNDARY') {
	STRING $FILE_SAVE = $TEMP_FOLDER + "\" + $Boun.Name + ".pic"
	KEEP BOUNDARY $Boun.Name $FILE_SAVE YES
}

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$TEMP_FOLDER = "C:\Temp" 

[rafael.sansao]

Save the attached macro and run it. If the Powermill returns an error, take a print and send it here.

[Anonymous]

I am currently using PowerMill 2010 and this is the error I'm getting below: 

[Anonymous]

This is the error given by PowerMill. 

[rafael.sansao]

Most macro commands do not work in version 10.
If you want to take advantage of the macros, you'll need to migrate to a newer Powermill version (2016 or later)

[Anonymous]

Oh, okay, I had a feeling it might be due to my version of PowerMill 2010. Thank you again so much for your help. I deeply appreciate it. 

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous

Have you tried removing the "$" from the line:

STRING $TEMP_FOLDER = "C:\temp"

Generally, when you first declare (create) a STRING VARIABLE....you don't need the $ in front of the name of the variable.

In this case, the variable is called: TEMP_FOLDER

However, anytime after this initial variable declaration, when you need to use or modify the variable's content...you must have the "$" in front of it's name.

Anyway, worth a try...but as @rafael.sansao mentioned...perhaps it's just not possible in Pmill 2010

Good luck,

Glen

[lloyd.patton]

Try removing the trailing //comment

[Anonymous]

Yes I tried it without the $ and it gave me the same error. 

[Anonymous]

Also I removed the //comment and it still gave me the same error. However, this code below works for Supportpin_0_1 boundary but then gives me the same error. I need it to run for all the supportpin boundaries.  How can I run the macro once so it goes thru each of the boundaries and saves it in the temp folder? 

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary 'SUPPORTPIN_0_1' NEW

KEEP BOUNDARY 'SUPPORTPIN_0_1' FILESAVE

c:\TEMP\SUPPORTPIN_0_1.PIC

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary 'SUPPORTPIN_0_1' NEW

KEEP BOUNDARY 'SUPPORTPIN_0_1' FILESAVE

c:\TEMP\SUPPORTPIN_0_1.PIC

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary 'SUPPORTPIN_0_2' NEW

KEEP BOUNDARY 'SUPPORTPIN_0_2' FILESAVE

c:\TEMP\SUPPORTPIN_0_2.PIC

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary 'SUPPORTPIN_0_2' NEW

KEEP BOUNDARY 'SUPPORTPIN_0_2' FILESAVE

c:\TEMP\SUPPORTPIN_0_2.PIC

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary 'SUPPORTPIN_0_3' NEW

KEEP BOUNDARY 'SUPPORTPIN_0_3' FILESAVE

c:\TEMP\SUPPORTPIN_0_3.PIC

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary 'SUPPORTPIN_0_3' NEW

KEEP BOUNDARY 'SUPPORTPIN_0_3' FILESAVE

c:\TEMP\SUPPORTPIN_0_3.PIC

[rafael.sansao]

That's not possible. The logic programming language was inserted into the Powermill in the 2012 R2 version.

[Anonymous]

Referring to Powermill 2010 question: I guess I have to sign up with Scribd to access the entire guideline. 

[Anonymous]

I know there is a way of saving the boundaries in PowerMill 2010 because there are other macros that I run that function perfectly. 

[Anonymous]

I know this code below works for saving supportpin into the temp folder, but for some reason it doesn't overwrite the old supportpin.pic files. How can I delete the old SUPPORTPIN.PIC files, so the new SUPPORTPIN.PIC files saves into the temp folder.  

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary "Boundary\SUPPORTPIN_0_1" NEW

ACTIVATE Boundary "SUPPORTPIN_0_1"
EXPLORER SELECT Boundary "Boundary\SUPPORTPIN_0_1" NEW

KEEP Boundary "SUPPORTPIN_0_1" FILESAVE

"C:\temp\SUPPORTPIN_0_1.PIC" 

EXPLORER SELECT Boundary "Boundary\SUPPORTPIN_0_2" NEW

ACTIVATE Boundary "SUPPORTPIN_0_2"
EXPLORER SELECT Boundary "Boundary\SUPPORTPIN_0_2" NEW

KEEP Boundary "SUPPORTPIN_0_2" FILESAVE

"C:\temp\SUPPORTPIN_0_2.PIC"                    //and so on for the rest of supportpin 3, 4, 5 ,6...

[urizenYHS3W · Accepted solution]

You don't need the EXPLORER SELECT commands, you don't need the FILESAVE, and you don't need to activate the boundary each time. You specify YES to the potential OVERWRITE query.

KEEP Boundary "SUPPORTPIN_0_1" "C:\temp\SUPPORTPIN_0_1.PIC" YES
KEEP Boundary "SUPPORTPIN_0_2" "C:\temp\SUPPORTPIN_0_2.PIC"  YES

 You can delete files and directories with

DELETE FILE <filepath>
DELETE DIRECTORY <dirpath>

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much. It worked. 

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

I wanted to know is there a way I can delete curves within a boundary and then save that boundary to an external temp folder using PowerMill?