Pattern Finishing

[jsweatherbie]

Im making a engraving macro and i cant seem to get the pattern to apply into the drive curve selection box. just remains empty. 

ive tired to look at other posts. like one suggested to use this.

$toolpath.Pattern = $patternName

didnt make a selection just left it also blank....

heres my full macro. 

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//THIS IS COPYED FROM YOUR FORUM POST
//READ ABOVE JAMES

RESET LOCALVARS

//USER CHOOSES TOOL
STRING userTool = INPUT ENTITY Tool "Choose a Tool for Engraving"
FORM RIBBON BACKSTAGE CLOSE IMPORT TEMPLATE PROJECT FILEOPEN "M:\PowerMill\MACROS\TEMPLATES\ENGRAVING.ptf"
ACTIVATE TOOLPATH #
ACTIVATE TOOL $userTool

STRING $patternName = '$tool.name'+''+'ENGRAVING'
if entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) {
 $patternName = new_entity_name('pattern',$patternName)
}
//TOOLPATH BLOCK
EDIT BLOCK ALL UNLOCK
EDIT BLOCK RESETLIMIT "0.1"
EDIT BLOCKTYPE BOX
EDIT BLOCK COORDINATE WORKPLANE
EDIT BLOCK RESET
$toolpath.Pattern = $patternName
EDIT PAR 'UpperLimit.Active' 1

//INSERTS USER SELECTION
EDIT PATTERN $patternName INSERT MODEL
EDIT PATTERN $patternName MERGE
EDIT PATTERN $patternName FLATTEN

RENAME TOOLPATH # "ENGRAVING"

EDIT TOOLPATH ; CALCULATE

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[gosmann.andreas · Accepted solution]

this should work

EDIT PAR 'Pattern' "$patternName"

[jsweatherbie]

yeah i figured it out like 5 min after posting lol 
Thank you ! 

[iamcdn79]

i think the problem is your pattern may not be active, try this 

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//THIS IS COPYED FROM YOUR FORUM POST
//READ ABOVE JAMES

RESET LOCALVARS

//USER CHOOSES TOOL
STRING userTool = INPUT ENTITY Tool "Choose a Tool for Engraving"
FORM RIBBON BACKSTAGE CLOSE IMPORT TEMPLATE PROJECT FILEOPEN "M:\PowerMill\MACROS\TEMPLATES\ENGRAVING.ptf"
ACTIVATE TOOLPATH #
ACTIVATE TOOL $userTool

STRING $patternName = '$tool.name'+''+'ENGRAVING'
if entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) {
 $patternName = new_entity_name('pattern',$patternName)
}

// Create unique pattern name
STRING $patternName = $tool.name + "ENGRAVING"

IF entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) {
    $patternName = new_entity_name('pattern',$patternName)
}

// Ensure pattern exists + is active
IF entity_exists('pattern',$patternName) {
    ACTIVATE PATTERN $patternName
} ELSE {
    CREATE PATTERN $patternName
    ACTIVATE PATTERN $patternName
}

//INSERTS USER SELECTION
EDIT PATTERN $patternName INSERT MODEL
EDIT PATTERN $patternName MERGE
EDIT PATTERN $patternName FLATTEN

// Noe assign it to toolpath
$toolpath.Pattern = $patternName

//TOOLPATH BLOCK
EDIT BLOCK ALL UNLOCK
EDIT BLOCK RESETLIMIT "0.1"
EDIT BLOCKTYPE BOX
EDIT BLOCK COORDINATE WORKPLANE
EDIT BLOCK RESET

EDIT PAR 'UpperLimit.Active' 1

RENAME TOOLPATH # "ENGRAVING"

EDIT TOOLPATH ; CALCULATE

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