The contents of the step notes can be accessed in the code generator template file with the #TLCMT variable. You could put the file name in as is, i.e.
4G000400.001 then use the #INCLUDE function with the #TLCMT variable in the @START, @TOOLCHG and @STEPCHG sections of the template file, i.e. @START T#TOOL M6 #INCLUDE(#TLCMT) S#SPEED #SPNDL I haven't tried this, but it should work. (I assume you were already using the #INCLUDE function with the #S10 variable.) ============================================= Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator High Steel Structures, Incorporated mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highsteel.com ============================================= -----Original Message----- From: Alfaro, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:13 AM To: SmartCAM Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: Text output question... Hi All, We put a lot of machinist information into our programs, usually 5 to 10 lines of text per PROCESS STEP. Needless to say, the STEP NOTES section of the Job Planner is woefully underpowered in this respect. To work around this, we write separate text files that correspond to each step. Then we call these files into the TMP file by using USER EVENTs in each process model. Yes, it is as cumbersome as it sounds. What we would LIKE to do is to call the files in through the PROCESS STEP LIST. We have pulled in user variables into the TMP file by defining them in the JOB INFO section of the Job Plan. Unfortunately, when we try to re-define the variables in the STEP NOTES section of the Job Planner all we get is the literal text (i.e. #S10=4G000400.001). Does anyone have any suggestions that will allow us to get more text into the machine code without so many "work-arounds"? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks. Regards, Stephen Alfaro Manufacturing Engineering Group Flowserve Corp. Rotating Equipment Division Nuclear Products - Los Angeles � ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
