How to setup NC program preferences in PowerMILL with a macro

Modified on Thu, 3 Apr at 12:13 PM

Issue:

How to quickly set the settings in the post preferences using a macro.

Solution:

A macro can be recorded to speed up the settings of the NC code preferences and to quickly change the type of machine tool:

Start recording macro.
Select the name/location folder of macro.
Set the NC program preferences.
Stop recording macro.
Repeat from step 1 for each machine type.

Note: to apply nc program preferences as default settings to each PowerMILL session add the macro lines below to the macro pmuser.mac.

Example macro:

FORM NCPREFERENCES
PATHSELECTOR PATHLISTS LISTCHANGE OUTPUT PATHSELECTOR PATHLISTS CLEAR PATHSELECTOR PATHLISTS ADD PROJSELECTOR
"D:\"
OPTIONFILE SELECTFOR NCPROGRAM PREFERENCES
OPTIONFILE SELECT -1 NEW
OPTIONFILE BROWSE FILEOPEN
"D:\Post\base\Fanuc_base.pmoptz"
EDIT NCPROGRAM PREFERENCES TAPEOPTIONS 'D:\Post\base\Fanuc_base.pmoptz' FORM ACCEPT SelectOptionFile
EDIT NCPROGRAM PREFERENCES FILEMASK "{ncprogram}.s"
EDIT NCPROGRAM PREFERENCES MACHINETOOL ""
EDIT NCPROGRAM PREFERENCES WORKPLANE ""
EDIT NCPROGRAM PREFERENCES CONNECTION ROTATE_MOVE
NCPREFERENCES ACCEPT

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