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feliks_tk

Member

From: WI, USA

Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 9

AutoSave : arbitrary text appended to the vct file name

Hi all,
Using : 'AutoSave...->VERICUT Solid->File End', specifying the exact name of the file to be saved, including full filesystem path, for example: c:\bar\foo.vct
Problem:   When Vericut Solid file was created some arbitrary text was appended to the end of the file name, for example:
c:\bar\foo1S1F1L69550T16.vct

Does anybody know how to disable this? Or where is a template for this auto-string is located and can it be modified?

TIA.
FV.

SergeV

Senior Member

From: Irvine, CA

Registered: 2004-10-08

Posts: 507

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Re: AutoSave : arbitrary text appended to the vct file name

Hi Feliks,

it is actually not arbritrary names, because of the multiple setups capability we had to create a naming convention to quickly know where the file was created.

Unique file names are maintained based on the following naming convention:
"Basefilename + seq# + setup# + file# + line# + tool#"

For example: test1S1F1L350T3.vct
test = basefilename
1 = sequence #1 (First file automatically saved. The next file automatically saved will
be seq. 2, and so on)
S1 = setup #1
F1 = File (NC program) #1 for this setup.
L350 = Line #350 caused file to be saved.
T3 = Tool #3 was in use when file was automatically saved.
When multiple stock components are defined, the naming convention is altered slightly to
include an "M" identifier for .vct files saved after the first one. For example, when two
stock components were defined, the following models were automatically saved at end of
file:
test1S1F1L350T3.vct <= NO "M" identifier for the first model automatically saved
for the first cut stock.
test2S1M1F1L350T3.vct <= "M1" added for the second model automatically saved
for the second cut stock

If  you want to turn off specified fields, you can do so by specifying which fields you want, using the following format:

    name[IMSFLT].ext

    I:  Turns on the unique Index value
    M:  Turns on the Model number (Only applicable for VCT files when there is more then 1 stock file)
    S: Turns on the Setup number
    F: Turns on the File number
    L: Turns on the Line number
    T: Turns on the Tool number

The letters must be capitalized.  The square brackets must come after the name and before the file extension.  The brackets and file extension are optional. The above feature applies to:

    Auto Save In Process File
    Auto Error In Process File
    Auto Save View Capture File
    Auto Error View Capture File
    Auto Save VERICUT Solid File
    Auto Error VERICUT Solid File
    SaveVcSolid macro

EXAMPLES:

name.vct                  name1S1F1L15T43.vct
name[]         name.vct
name[T]               nameT43.vct
name[IT].vct         name1T43.vct

feliks_tk

Member

From: WI, USA

Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 9

Re: AutoSave : arbitrary text appended to the vct file name

Serge,
Thanks a lot.
It works in 7.0, and it is not operational in 6.2.
Feliks.