Macro Request

[Anonymous]

You guys are so good at Macros, maybe you can help me with these two.

1) I would like to be able to invalidate all toolpaths, then calculate them all. 

I have tried "queuing", but that takes forever. I just want everything calculated without having to click 90 times.

2) Gouge check and collision check for all toolpaths. (no split toolpath, 0.0 verification thickness, calculate collision depth, but do not adjust tool)

I use automatic verification on new programs, but we have a lot of old programs where automatic verification was not used.

[Anonymous]

You guys are so good at Macros, maybe you can help me with these two.

1) I would like to be able to invalidate all toolpaths, then calculate them all. 

I have tried "queuing", but that takes forever. I just want everything calculated without having to click 90 times.

2) Gouge check and collision check for all toolpaths. (no split toolpath, 0.0 verification thickness, calculate collision depth, but do not adjust tool)

I use automatic verification on new programs, but we have a lot of old programs where automatic verification was not used.

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

Could you explain this bit more,I tried using the macro and it it says variable missing

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

Could you explain this bit more,I tried using the macro and it it says variable missing

[icse]

If you post your macro i can take a look at it

[icse]

If you post your macro i can take a look at it

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

There you go

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

There you go

[icse]

I think the problem was that you did not start the macro from the toolpath context menue...

try running this maco:

//gets all the toolpaths that are selected in the explorer wich are computed and not empty
entity list $tps = filter(explorer_selected_entities(),'this.RootType == "toolpath" and this.Computed and segments(this) > 0')

//if nothing was selected we exit the macro here
if size($tps) < 1 {
	return
}

dialogs message off

//iterate over all selected toolpaths with the foreach loop
foreach $tp in $tps {

	// activate the next toolpath
	ACTIVATE TOOLPATH ${tp.Name}
	
	//set the parameter for collision check
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE GOUGE
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE COLLISION
	EDIT COLLISION STOCKMODEL_CHECK N
	EDIT COLLISION SPLIT_TOOLPATH N
	EDIT PAR 'Verification.UseVerificationThickness' 0
	EDIT COLLISION SHANK_CLEARANCE "0.0"
	EDIT COLLISION HOLDER_CLEARANCE "0.1"
	EDIT COLLISION ADJUST_TOOL N
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
}

dialogs message on

this runs a collision check over all selected toolpaths selected in the explorer

[icse]

I think the problem was that you did not start the macro from the toolpath context menue...

try running this maco:

//gets all the toolpaths that are selected in the explorer wich are computed and not empty
entity list $tps = filter(explorer_selected_entities(),'this.RootType == "toolpath" and this.Computed and segments(this) > 0')

//if nothing was selected we exit the macro here
if size($tps) < 1 {
	return
}

dialogs message off

//iterate over all selected toolpaths with the foreach loop
foreach $tp in $tps {

	// activate the next toolpath
	ACTIVATE TOOLPATH ${tp.Name}
	
	//set the parameter for collision check
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE GOUGE
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE COLLISION
	EDIT COLLISION STOCKMODEL_CHECK N
	EDIT COLLISION SPLIT_TOOLPATH N
	EDIT PAR 'Verification.UseVerificationThickness' 0
	EDIT COLLISION SHANK_CLEARANCE "0.0"
	EDIT COLLISION HOLDER_CLEARANCE "0.1"
	EDIT COLLISION ADJUST_TOOL N
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
}

dialogs message on

this runs a collision check over all selected toolpaths selected in the explorer

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

Its not working it shows the following error message

 Not sure if am missing any plugin or files asociated with the powermill application in order to run the macros

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

Its not working it shows the following error message

 Not sure if am missing any plugin or files asociated with the powermill application in order to run the macros

[icse]

wich PM version do you use?

you could try this:

entity list $tps = explorer_selected_entities()

//if nothing was selected we exit the macro here
if size($tps) < 1 {
	return
}

dialogs message off

//iterate over all selected toolpaths with the foreach loop
foreach $tp in $tps {

	// activate the next toolpath
	ACTIVATE TOOLPATH ${tp.Name}
	
	//set the parameter for collision check
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE GOUGE
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE COLLISION
	EDIT COLLISION STOCKMODEL_CHECK N
	EDIT COLLISION SPLIT_TOOLPATH N
	EDIT PAR 'Verification.UseVerificationThickness' 0
	EDIT COLLISION SHANK_CLEARANCE "0.0"
	EDIT COLLISION HOLDER_CLEARANCE "0.1"
	EDIT COLLISION ADJUST_TOOL N
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
}

dialogs message on

[icse]

wich PM version do you use?

you could try this:

entity list $tps = explorer_selected_entities()

//if nothing was selected we exit the macro here
if size($tps) < 1 {
	return
}

dialogs message off

//iterate over all selected toolpaths with the foreach loop
foreach $tp in $tps {

	// activate the next toolpath
	ACTIVATE TOOLPATH ${tp.Name}
	
	//set the parameter for collision check
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE GOUGE
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
	EDIT COLLISION TYPE COLLISION
	EDIT COLLISION STOCKMODEL_CHECK N
	EDIT COLLISION SPLIT_TOOLPATH N
	EDIT PAR 'Verification.UseVerificationThickness' 0
	EDIT COLLISION SHANK_CLEARANCE "0.0"
	EDIT COLLISION HOLDER_CLEARANCE "0.1"
	EDIT COLLISION ADJUST_TOOL N
	EDIT COLLISION APPLY
}

dialogs message on

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

Still not working,I use 2022 version

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

Still not working,I use 2022 version

[icse]

how do you run the macro?

[icse]

how do you run the macro?

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

[anto_joseph4HH2K]

[evo80]

Good Day,

The only things I find with this function structure is I'm unable to debug, you get the 'variable missing' error when you try to debug??

Do you guys find this?

FUNCTION Main(
    STRING $Selected_tool
    ) 
    {
    ACTIVATE TOOL $Selected_tool     
    EDIT TOOLSTOCKMATERIAL SPECIFIED_TOOL $Selected_tool FORM SETSTOCKMATTOOL        
    EDIT TOOLSTOCKMATERIAL MATERIAL "A36-(P)"
    FORM APPLY SETSTOCKMATTOOL
    FORM ACCEPT SETSTOCKMATTOOL
    return
}

[evo80]

Good Day,

The only things I find with this function structure is I'm unable to debug, you get the 'variable missing' error when you try to debug??

Do you guys find this?

FUNCTION Main(
    STRING $Selected_tool
    ) 
    {
    ACTIVATE TOOL $Selected_tool     
    EDIT TOOLSTOCKMATERIAL SPECIFIED_TOOL $Selected_tool FORM SETSTOCKMATTOOL        
    EDIT TOOLSTOCKMATERIAL MATERIAL "A36-(P)"
    FORM APPLY SETSTOCKMATTOOL
    FORM ACCEPT SETSTOCKMATTOOL
    return
}