Need macro command for a set value in the surface default tab

[iamcdn79]

I am trying to make a macro that takes a set value from the surface default tab of set 5 and uses the radial thickness value only as my curve thickness for 2D curve Profile but I get an error. 

I don't know what that command would be and if it would be REAL or STRING.

Real overburn= EDIT THICKNESS DEFAULTLIST UPDATE\r 5 NEW 

IMPORT TEMPLATE ENTITY TOOLPATH TMPLTSELECTORGUI "Curve-Machining/2D-Curve-Profile.003.ptf"

EDIT PAR 'CurveThickness' $overburn

EDIT PAR 'Tolerance' ".001"
EDIT PAR 'AreaClearance.Rest.Active' '0'
EDIT PAR 'AreaClearance.Profile.CutDirection' 'climb'
EDIT PAR 'Thickness' "0"
STRING pattern = $entity('pattern','').name
$toolpath.Pattern = $pattern

[kukelyk]

As I remember, the last row can cause error, instead of

$toolpath.Pattern = $pattern

 try 

EDIT PAR "Pattern" $pattern

 at least older versions of pmill.

[old_snickers]

I found something interesting here by looking for how to capture the RGB-values of a surface...

Try this instead of your first line:

REAL overburn = 0
EDIT THICKNESS DEFAULTLIST UPDATE\r 5 NEW

// Capture the value using a tracefile into file C:\Temp\thickness.txt
ECHO OFF DCPDEBUG UNTRACE COMMAND ACCEPT
TRACEFILE OPEN "C:\Temp\thickness.txt"
PRINT formvalue Thickness.Shell.ThickDef.Radial
TRACEFILE CLOSE

// Read the first line of the Tracefile into variable $overburn
FILE OPEN "C:\Temp\thickness.txt" FOR READ AS input
FILE READ $overburn FROM input
FILE CLOSE input

EDIT PAR 'CurveThickness' $overburn

[kevin.hammond3WX4X · Accepted solution]

Replace your first line with this

EDIT THICKNESS DEFAULTLIST UPDATE\r 5 NEW
Real Overburn = $widget("Thickness.Shell.ThickDef.Radial").value

[iamcdn79]

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@kukelyk wrote:

As I remember, the last row can cause error, instead of

$toolpath.Pattern = $pattern

 try 

EDIT PAR "Pattern" $pattern

 at least older versions of pmill.

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In 2023 that's no problem

[old_snickers]

That's very much cleaner 👍! Tomorrow I'll try this method with my RGB-issue also.