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ThorHaarr

Member

From: Portland

Registered: 2007-04-26

Posts: 5

Ignore comments in mcd

Hi,
    I'm trying to see if i can modify my machine control file,
                       Acramatic 950 CNC Controller
    to ignore everything to the right of a ; ( semi-colon ), in G-code.

    in this case, parts of the mcd were created using insert statements
    to probe the fixture offsets.

    at the ends of the insert statements ( ; ) semi-colons were used
    to leave notes to the programmer, of what he was doing.
    see example :
N74G10=[T4]V[M31];SAVING THE PROGRAMMED X
N76G10=[T5]V[M32];SAVING THE PROGRAMMED Y
N78 G78 Z-1.6 P2.5
N80G0Z30.5
N82G10=[T6]V[M210];SAVING THE PROBED X
N84G10=[T7]V[M211];SAVING THE PROBED Y
N86G10=[T8]V[T6]-[T4]; CALCULATE THE X OFFSET
N88G10=[T9]V[T7]-[T5]; CALCULATE THE Y OFFSET
N90G10=[FOF,6,B]V 90;REFRENCE TO B90
N92G10=[FOF,6,X]V[T8];LOAD THE X VALUE
N94G10=[FOF,6,Y]V[T9];LOAD THE Y VALUE

    when I run machine simulation, I'm getting erroneous machine moves
    from the comments, words with X Y Z A B C U & V

    so I'm trying to see if there is any way to allow the 1st portion of the
    block to be read, but when it gets to a semi-colon, it ignores
    [u  ]everything to the right [/u]of that punctuation,
    as comments...

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SteveC

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2007-09-26

Posts: 8

Re: Ignore comments in mcd

You will need to create the word ";"

Setup, Control, Word Format.

Name      = ;
Type       = Special
Sub Type = Begin Comment

Steve

ThorHaarr

Member

From: Portland

Registered: 2007-04-26

Posts: 5

Re: Ignore comments in mcd

That worked perfect

Thank you very much...   8)

jsmillett

Member

From: Chatsworth, CA

Registered: 2005-02-25

Posts: 42

Re: Ignore comments in mcd

"Begin Comment " will work MOST of the time.  But what if someone codes:

STRING1 ; STRING2 ( STRING3 ) STRING4

Only "STRING1" should be interpreted, everything else passed over.

In this case the ")" is generally interpreted as End Comment and Vericut will try and process "STRING4". No joy! 

What you REALLY want for ";" is:

Name = ;
Type = Special
Sub Type = Skip

This will skip EVERYTHING from the ";" to the end of the line. 

Jerry

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Jerry Millett

ThorHaarr

Member

From: Portland

Registered: 2007-04-26

Posts: 5

Re: Ignore comments in mcd

Thanks Jerry,
                     Thats an even better solution.      8)