editors

[miked64]

(using nx8) when posting from inside UG does anyone know if i can change the path of the
editor that pops up with the basic nx install?
I would like to use a different editor.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Try setting the environment variable...

UGII_EDITOR=<name of the text editor of your choice>

Note that the out-of-the-box default is 'notepad' but you should be able to use 'wordpad' as well.

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[miked64]

John,
I changed it like you sugjested and to no avail, i checked the log file and it did reset to what i tried but it still opened in notepad.
I changed it in the ugii_env.dat page

Thanks

 

[Toost]

When you say "posting" you mean post processing for CAM ?

 

[miked64]

Yes, after post processing in cam an editor that looks like notepad pops up showing the posted code, i would like a different editor to pop up.

Thanks

 

[looslib]

That may not be controlled by UGII_EDITOR. It may just be a UG Listing window.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[miked64]

looslib,
is there a way to change this?

 

[joycejo]

Is is an editor that pops up or is it the information window?

If it is an editor then the post processor has somenting set to open the editor, this would need to be modified.

The Information window is not really an editor, or at least it is not meant to be one.



John Joyce
N.C. Programming Supervisor
Barnes Aerospace, Windsor CT
NX6.0.5.3

 

[miked64]

John,
it is the information window, is there a way to have an editor pop up in its place?

 

[miked64]

still not able to get this to work? any sugestions?

 

[looslib]

I don't think so. The listing window for display is most likely coded into the software.
There are some (or used to be) some settings in the CAM post for what to do with the listing. One is display in the Listing Window, another is to write it to a file on disk.

Fundamentally, why do you want the listing display to be in an editor? It is an auxillary output that has no direct control over the tape image that goes to the machine control. If you are putting setup instrustions in your CAM files and want to edit the output for a shop doc, there are Post commands for creating shop docs from the CAM files.

Way back in the beginning of UG2 (v4, anyway, 20+ years ago) I wrote GRIP programs that would strip out portions of the listing display file for a rough shop document with setup and tooling information.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[miked64]

looslib,
It is just something programmers in my office have asked me to take a look at, most are Mastercam users and are used to seeing things a certain way. I am trying to make things as
smooth as possible for other users and that is what they are used to seeing in Mastercam
so I would like to make it that way in UG as well. I realize it is not meant to be an editor,
the way are DNC system is set up posted code goes directly into our dnc, and if I could have an
editor to pop up I can set my printer settings to that editor to print code to the floor without
having to exit to an editor.

Thanks