To achieve the desired functionality, you can add the following lines of code inside the loop after the "ACTIVATE TOOLPATH" command:
// Get the folder entity of the current toolpath
ENTITY folderEntity = parent(tp)
// Expand the folder
EXPLORER EXPAND folderEntity
This code will retrieve the folder entity of the current toolpath and expand the folder in the PowerMill explorer. Here is the modified code with the above changes:
STRING LIST $names = extract(folder("Toolpath"),"name")
INT LIST $Choices = INPUT CHOICE MULTIPLE $names "Choose_Toolpats"
FOREACH tpn IN $Choices {
ENTITY tp = entity("Toolpath",$names[$tpn])
ACTIVATE TOOLPATH $tp.Name
// Get the folder entity of the current toolpath
ENTITY folderEntity = parent(tp)
// Expand the folder
EXPLORER EXPAND folderEntity
}
STRING LIST tpathFolders = extract(folder("Toolpath"),"name")
STRING LIST tPaths = {}
$tPaths = extract(folder("Toolpath"),"name")
STRING first = $tpathFolders[$i] + "\" + remove_first(tPaths)
STRING last = $tpathFolders[$i] + "\" + remove_last(tPaths)
// Select all the toolpaths in the folder
EXPLORER SELECT TOOLPATH $first NEW
EXPLORER SELECT TOOLPATH $last SERIES
Note that the above code assumes that each toolpath is located in a folder. If you have toolpaths that are not in folders, you may need to add additional checks to handle those cases.
