UG NX2 POSTBUILDER :: COOLNT/ON with text variations 1

[hattrick]

Another UG NX2 POSTBUILDER question. I'm working with the same "generic out-of-the-box" 4-Axis Post from UG's POSTBUILDER Library in NX2.

My new thought is how to get a Coolant On command w/Text to recognize and act upon the text as a different flavor of Coolant On. For instance COOLNT/ON,shower commanded from the Machine Control Start-of-Path Options resulting in a M538.

I'd like to be able to define several different COOLNT/ON then use the Text as additional data to make POSTBUILDER kick out a different M-Code for each style of usage.

Any ideas on this one?

 

[jelmerra]

Did you try to change the M-codes for the cooling types?

Look under the program and toolpath tab then M code tab in postbuilder. I suppose you could extend the m-codes if you want.

jelmerra

 

[joycejo]

Sounds like you need to add or modify the User Defined Events list. This is the ude.cdl file provided with NX.
look in the MACH\resource\user_def_event folder.
You can add Post Commands to the existing list.
Make a copy of the original file befor making any edits!

In your postprocessor you can then create Events to use the commands you created. Check out the help docs in Post builder.

I did a presentation on this a couple of years ago at a PLM World meeting. Send me an e-mail and I can send you a copy of it. I would recommend learning some Tcl as well. Once you start to customize the post you will need to understand some basic concepts of the Tcl language.

John Joyce
joyce@myigetit.com