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  1. jlogic45

    How to read next tool in the next tool path.

    I have a mill control and I read the last tool from the last tool path. I need to read the next tool paths tool number. the problem is the mom_next_tool is not the tool in the next tool path it would be path5 in the example below, the mill control is in the middle of several tool paths using...
  2. jlogic45

    Output string?

    I want to output a string Example mom_output_literal "Test strin[g]$ma_sendto" In this example it is an error due to the [] but I need to output them as text, and I also want the "$ma_sendto" to output as just that not a variable because it's not, is there a way to send this to the post as...
  3. jlogic45

    NX 8.0 Post builder force new tool change mill control

    Haven't done much work with NX postbuilder. Not sure why that didn't work although the simple M06T08 is not all that I wanted to output. I have the UDE and catching it in the UpLevel master with PROC's. I forced what I needed in the PROC but I'm sure there was a better way to do this. Thanks...
  4. jlogic45

    NX 8.0 Post builder force new tool change mill control

    That doesn't work. What I'm testing is between two drill cycles. Adding the extra tool change in the user defined event does nothing, I'm not changing the tool number, I'm still using the same tool. I can force out some of the tool change blocks but something is telling the post this is the...
  5. jlogic45

    NX 8.0 Post builder force new tool change mill control

    I have a mill control and I want to force a tool change/start of operation regardless if the mill control is between two tool paths with the same tool. basically go through the operations start sequences as if its a new tool out putting everything. I'm assuming there's some flags to set to get...

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