Need help with hole depth macro

[Bryan_Shoff]

I'm trying to write a macro for Powermill that will limit the z depth for a threadmill or drill. I want to be able to select multiple hole feature sets that have different depths but for the ones that are deeper than the cutting length of my tool I want it to know that it can not go past a specific depth. Any help is much appreciated

thanks

Bryan

[Ed__Jobe]

You haven’t given any information regarding your environment or shown any code. Are you working with AutoCAD? 2D or 3D? Help us out a little. 

[Bryan_Shoff]

Hi Ed,

I'm using Powermill. The code I currently have is this

IMPORT TEMPLATE PROJECT FILEOPEN
"REFRENCE\T30 .500-13 Thriller_Guhring_Threadmilling OP.ptf"

MACRO PAUSE "SELECT FEATURESET"
EDIT FEATURESET ; DIAMETER ".422"
EXPLORER SELECT Toolpath "Toolpath\T30 .500-13 Thriller_Guhring_Threadmilling OP" NEW
EDIT PAR SELECTED WORKPLANE
EDIT PAR SELECTED BLOCK
ACTIVATE Toolpath "T30 .500-13 Thriller_Guhring_Threadmilling OP"
EDIT DATAFROMTOOL ;
EDIT TOOLPATH ; CALCULATE
EDIT TOOLPATH SAFEAREA RESET
RESET TOOLPATH RAPID

MACRO PAUSE "WARNING!!!!! CHECK Z DEPTH IS LESS THAN 1 INCH"

DIALOGS MESSAGE ON
DIALOGS ERROR ON

[Ed__Jobe]

I’m sorry but that’s not VBA. If you’re using a script for software called powermill, why are you asking in a forum for AutoCAD VBA?  You should be looking here. 

[Bryan_Shoff]

Ok I feel dumb. It's pretty obvious I haven't used these forums before. Thanks for the link Ed, I appreciate it