I have never ran the mac turn but I think okuma quality speeks for itself

ok x form project pick the wire frame project to z level seems to work

I think you would need a # in front of the 3 also

but I am not sure if you can verify 2 numbers in that way

Usualy seperate

IF[#120EQ1]GOTO1

N0001

IF[#3EQ1]GOTO2

N0002

then carry on

88matt are you using ver 10 ?

I do not see create>curve>project

do you have Macro capability?

You can just say Z=#100 or which ever numbers you have available.

whats the control?

ok I did this

ptlchg_com #Tool change common blocks

pcom_moveb

c_mmlt$ #Multiple tool subprogram call

#ptoolcomment

n$ = t$*100

wcs_no:0

wcs_no = p_wcs

pbld, n$, no_spc, wcs_no, e$

still just get N2600

thanks John I will try that

Crazy, I know the # doesn't read I just turned it off while Im working on it

I am not having any luck

here is the code

ptlchg_com #Tool change common blocks

pcom_moveb

c_mmlt$ #Multiple tool subprogram call

#ptoolcomment

n$ = t$+p_wcs #*100

#pbld, n$, no_spc, p_wcs, e$

I blocked the n$ first time and added your line under now I have it blocked and tried this

Ill give it a try

I got the counter working with the N number and tool number

Start of tool 26 posts like this

N2600

I can't figure out how to get it to add the offset

like T26 offset G54

N2654

any ideas?

Also guys good idea on the 3d chaining then switch back to 2d contour works great also

Nice job everyone, thanks so much for the help.

bulletman nice one on the trim solid

yes it is a parameter setting.

center rotation is a greta way to program, but if you have very tight tolerance on 2nd op multiple parts you will need to create seperate coordinates

I was just hoping there was a trick for this

I dont know 2 of used the c hook with the file it is really bad. Try the part on the ftp site

That is exactly why I used that part for an example there is no face around the entire solid

Thank alot, works great!

ok i did the c-hook but it did a terrible job try it

How do I use the c-hook never have before?

It is very helpful to have all you tombs drawn up if you are progamminng from center rotation. Be careful and make sure you WCS is top and you t/c planes are front right and left or other angles as neede. On the 2nd op you will have to go with back view rotated and set a new wcs to the top of that view so you can use front right left etc.

Lets say I have a hudred circles on the screen but I wnt to change them all from .5 diamter to .75 any quick ways?

Yes this is a simple part but it was just for example

I just thought there might be a couple click method of doing this now with X

if you look at the file on the ftp site, I created a dark blue line on level 1000 2 line horiz 2 lines vert and then 4 fillets. I want a way to create that profile without having to do that or if you can do it with tool path like kannon

I posted it at the FTP site under MCX folder 2DCONT.mcx