PCI references

[kendo]

I dont know the first thing to do after bouncing around in that help file and I dont get to spend a lot of time bangin my head against this program.
Can someone please point me in the right direction with a simple PCI?

I mean really simple, like this:

change all entities to "geometry" layer, delete all other layers, ask for a digitised point, move all entities to X0 Y0 Z0 using that base point

and assign this to a button on the interface
I would think I could click the button, click a point and be done

I think if I could understand a pci this simple then I could start learning.
The examples I looked at are all for creating geometry, but this sequence of actions is what I do every time I drop in geometry from autocad

I found some PDFs for the code wizard, the toolstore etc, but nothing other than the help file for the PCIs

Thanks for any help
Kenny

[Dan Petre]

documentation for pci is a joke, still it is only thing i can use to learn.

will have a stab at what you have asked.

till then, i have managed to write a pci today, do an areaclear cycle, stay at depth, finish the pocket with a profiling cycle with 1 spring pass with cutter comp.

the clever thing about it is it picks the depth of the pocket geometry and uses it as level.

%Label=EntityRequired
%AskDig=Select first ENTITY for chain=Digitise
%If [&Entno] <= 0
%MessageBox=nRet=[#MB_ICONERROR],"Must Digitise an entity"
%GOTO=EntityRequired
%Endif
%CALC=saveent=[&Entno]
* Chain entities storing in buffer
%InitDigInfo=gdh1
%ChainEntno=nEnts=[gdh1],[&Entno],[&DirFlag],[#TRUE],[#FALSE]
*%MessageBox=[nEnts] selected by chain

%Query=nRet=[saveent],[#TRUE]
%Calc=savedz=[&ZEnd]


* Initialising command:- Areaclear Milling
%InitCommand=cmd1=36,105
%ClearMods=[cmd1]
* Setting modifier 'Strategy'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],100,Pocket|1
* Setting modifier 'Mill Type'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],137,Climb|0
* Setting modifier 'Direction'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],40,Inside-out|0
* Setting modifier 'Link Control'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],178,Retract|0
* Setting modifier 'Feedrate'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],5,600
* Setting modifier 'Plunge Feed'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],6,50
* Setting modifier 'Speed'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],7,9000
* Setting modifier 'Offset'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],12,0.3
* Setting modifier 'Island Offset'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],175,0.3
* Setting modifier '% Stepover'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],16,50
* Setting modifier 'Depth'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],162,
* Setting modifier 'Clearance'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],28,10
* Setting modifier 'Retract'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],29,1
* Setting modifier 'Level'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],161,[savedz]+1
* Setting modifier 'Depth'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],9,-1
* Setting modifier 'Safe Distance'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],220,1
* Setting modifier 'Finish At'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],107,Depth|0
* Setting modifier 'Approach'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],135,
* Setting modifier 'Strategy'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],189,Plunge|1
* Setting modifier 'Ramp'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],197,
* Setting modifier 'Helical'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],198,
* Setting modifier 'External Boss'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],196,
* Setting modifier 'Contouring'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],180,
* Setting modifier 'Cut Increment'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],10,6
* Setting modifier 'Draft Angle'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],181,0
* Setting modifier 'Cut by Region'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],60,<Yes>
* Setting modifier 'Enable Island Facing'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],33,<Yes>
* Setting modifier 'Z Offset'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],30,0.0
* Setting modifier 'Advanced'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],235,
* Setting modifier 'Tolerance'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],62,0.05

%ExecCommand=cmdret=[cmd1],[gdh1]

* Initialising command:- Profiling
%InitCommand=cmd1=22,110
%ClearMods=[cmd1]
* Setting modifier 'Model Type'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],93,Wireframe|1
* Setting modifier 'Mill Type'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],137,Climb|0
* Setting modifier 'NC Output Smoothing'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],101,Line Arc|1
* Setting modifier 'Tolerance'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],62,0.01
* Setting modifier 'Multiple Passes'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],191,
* Setting modifier 'Start Offset'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],176,.02
* Setting modifier 'Offset Increment'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],178,.02
* Setting modifier 'Feed'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],199,
* Setting modifier 'Feedrate'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],5,1500
* Setting modifier 'Plunge Feed'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],6,1500
* Setting modifier 'Speed'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],7,6000
* Setting modifier 'Technology'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],77,None|0
* Setting modifier 'CRC'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],216,
* Setting modifier 'Compensation'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],21,Geometry|3
* Setting modifier 'Depth'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],197,
* Setting modifier 'Clearance'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],28,10
* Setting modifier ''
%SetModifier=[cmd1],236,
* Setting modifier 'Retract'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],29,1
* Setting modifier ''
%SetModifier=[cmd1],233,
* Setting modifier 'Level'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],161,[savedz]+1
* Setting modifier ''
%SetModifier=[cmd1],234,
* Setting modifier 'Depth'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],9,-1
* Setting modifier ''
%SetModifier=[cmd1],235,
* Setting modifier 'Finish At'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],107,Clearance|2
* Setting modifier 'Flat Land'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],14,
* Setting modifier 'Detect Flat Land'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],33,<Yes>
* Setting modifier 'Control'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],131,
* Setting modifier 'Finish Shallow'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],195,
* Setting modifier 'Optimisation'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],192,
* Setting modifier 'Cut by Region'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],60,<Yes>
* Setting modifier 'Nearest Neighbour'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],95,<Yes>
* Setting modifier 'Corners'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],217,
* Setting modifier 'Twizzle Radius'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],160,1.0
* Setting modifier 'Boundary Control'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],253,
* Setting modifier 'Tool Control'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],254,Tool Centre|0
* Setting modifier 'Start/End'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],209,
* Setting modifier 'Plunge Point'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],210,Automatic|0
* Setting modifier 'Retract Point'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],212,Automatic|0
%SetModifier=[cmd1],140,<None>
* Setting modifier 'Start/End Point Preference'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],186,
* Setting modifier 'Type'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],187,Digitise|0
* Setting modifier 'Profile Extension'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],116,
* Setting modifier 'Overlap'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],119,0.0
* Setting modifier 'Lead'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],135,
* Setting modifier 'Type'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],189,Horizontal|1
* Setting modifier 'Percentage Feed'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],134,100
* Setting modifier 'Equal Lead Moves'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],11,<Yes>
* Setting modifier 'Lead In'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],196,
* Setting modifier 'Angle'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],24,90
* Setting modifier 'Length'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],136,0.5
* Setting modifier 'Lead Out'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],198,
* Setting modifier 'Links'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],162,
* Setting modifier 'Short Link Distance'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],128,10
* Setting modifier 'Short Links'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],203,
* Setting modifier 'Type'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],102,Step|1
* Setting modifier 'Percentage Feed'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],129,100
* Setting modifier 'Long Links'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],204,
* Setting modifier 'Type'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],103,Optimised|0
* Setting modifier 'Safe Distance'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],220,1
* Setting modifier 'Rest Profiling'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],170,
* Setting modifier 'Previous Tool Diameter'
%SetModifier=[cmd1],230,0.0

%ExecCommand=cmdret=[cmd1],[gdh1]

%FreeDigInfo=[gdh1]