[e30ryan]

Hi all,

I am currently an HSMWorks / Solidworks user and I'm trying to see if Camworks will fit my needs...
I am trying to modify the post to output some "special" characters in the final gcode file. For example, on my machine (Fanuc 18M) I need to bring the table to a certain position at the end of the cycle. This position is stored in macro variable #531.

My current HSMWorks code will output the following line:
G00 G53 X[#531] Y0.0

What I am struggling with in Camworks is how to insert the square brackets [ ] and number sign #.

Using the EC Editor, in my SRC file I have the following:

:SECTION=END_OF_TAPE
:T:<N><G:00><G:91><G:28> Z0<EOL>
:T:G00 G53 X[#531] Y0.0<EOL>
:T:<N><M:30><EOL>

However, when I post with this I only get the "G00 G53 X" and it seems to get confused with the square bracket. I assume these brackets are reserved for programming syntax. I have tried defining a new Attribute, but I don't think I am implementing it correctly.

I have added this into the MILL.lib file:


:ATTRNAME=LEFT SQ
:ATTRTYPE=POST
:ATTREMARK=
:CODETYPE=HARDCODE
:CODE=[
:ATTREND

:ATTRNAME=RIGHT SQ
:ATTRTYPE=POST
:ATTREMARK=
:CODETYPE=HARDCODE
:CODE=]
:ATTREND

And then try to use it like:

:SECTION=END_OF_TAPE
:T:<N><G:00><G:91><G:28> Z0<EOL>
:T:G00 G53 X<LEFT SQ>#531<RIGHT SQ> Y0.0<EOL>
:T:<N><M:30><EOL>

But my output puts out literally "<LEFT SQ>". How do I call up these attributes to use them in the post?

Any better ways to get around this? Are there any "escape characters" I can use to allow my just to type the exact text I want to see in the final posted file?

Cheers.

[deadlykitten]

hy i can help you with a small program, that will edit your file automatically, in background

thus, you won't even know that it is there / kindly

[e30ryan]

hy i can help you with a small program, that will edit your file automatically, in background

thus, you won't even know that it is there / kindly

Thanks, but I'd rather understand the syntax of these files and how to use them better so that I can make subsequent changes as I need. This is just one of several.....

[e30ryan]

I have solved this issue and will follow-up with this for those in the future who run into this....

Although I defined my custom attributes with a SPACE in between (i.e. "LEFT SQ"), you cannot reference this attribute with a space.... You need to use underscore ("LEFT_SQ"). Perhaps this is something they teach you on the first day of Camworks training Guess I missed that one.

This line posts as expected:
:T:G90 G53 X<LEFT_SQ><POUND_SIGN>531<RIGHT_SQ> Y0.0<EOL>

Cheers