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Les Newell wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:50 am I will look into adding an option to have rules insert the snippet before firing the torch.

mancavedweller wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:55 am Any idea how I can do that with the path rules "On Small Shapes" and "On Small Circles" so if I wanted a code snippet before M3 and after M5, it would do it automatically.

Keith

The following functions should only be called at post load time.
This means that they should be outside any other function definition.
DefineVariable(varName,units,min,max)
Define a variable name for use in the ‘set variable’ dialog.
varName = variable name
units. One of the following: sc.unitTEXT, sc.unitLINEAR, sc.unitANGULAR, sc.unitFEED, sc.unitRPM, sc.unitTIME, sc.unitPERCENT, sc.unitPITCH,
sc.unit0DECPLACE, sc.unit1DECPLACE, sc.unit2DECPLACE, ,sc.unit3DECPLACE, sc.unit4DECPLACE note the unitxDECPLACE units display
a number without units with a precision of the given number of decimal places
min minimum value (ignored for text)
max maximum value (ignored for text)

DefineCustomOption(caption,varName,units,min,max, default)
Adds an option to the post options.
caption is a label that is displayed next to the input box.
The rest of the syntax is as DefineVariable above.

ShowCustomOptions(caption)
Show an options dialog containing the options defined using DefineOption.
Caption is displayed in the dialog box title.
If no options have been defined this function has no effect.

DefineCustomToolParam(toolClass,caption,varName,units,default,min,max)
Adds an extra parameter to a tool definition.
toolClass is the tool class name. See the toolClass variable for a description of tool classes
default is the default value. Note that values are always in METRIC for linear units, RADIANS for angular units and a decimal fraction for percentage e.g 0.1 = 10%
The rest of the syntax is as DefineVariable above.

function OnArc()
	if (endX == CurrentX and endY == CurrentY) then return end
   if(endX < materialX1 and endY < materialX1) or (endX > materialX2 and endY > materialX2) then return end
	local radius = math.hypot(currentX - arcCentreX, currentY - arcCentreY)
   len = radius * math.abs(arcAngle)
	dist = dist + len



   if (radius < slowRadius) then
      feed = slowPercent * feedRate
      ThcLockOn()
	else
      feed = feedRate
   
      minTHCdist = feed / 180 -- 0.333 second of motion
    
      if (minTHCdist > len) then
         ThcLockOff()
      else
         ThcLockOn()
      end
	end
	
   if(arcAngle < 0) then
      post.Text (" G3")
   else
      post.Text (" G2")
   end
   post.NonModalNumber (" X", (endX + offX) * scale, "0.0000")
   post.NonModalNumber (" Y", (endY + offY) * scale, "0.0000")
   post.ModalNumber (" Z", (endZ + offZ) * scale, "0.0000")
   post.Text (" I")
   post.Number (((arcCentreX + offX) - currentX) * scale, "0.0000")
   post.Text (" J")
   post.Number (((arcCentreY + offY) - currentY) * scale, "0.0000")
   post.ModalNumber (" " .. rotaryAxis, endA, "0.0000")
   post.NonModalNumber (" F", feed * scale, "0.0###")
   post.Eol()
end

Les Newell wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:50 am I will look into adding an option to have rules insert the snippet before firing the torch.

mancavedweller wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:32 am

Les Newell wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:50 am I will look into adding an option to have rules insert the snippet before firing the torch.

Hi Les,

any update on this or is it still some time away.

Cheers,

Keith