Prgrams and Macros - can I put formulas and vairables in both

[keystone76]

I am just learning the power of macros and attempting my first program using them. I have alot going on in this program as I am nesting 24 parts in 3 double vises and thus macros seem to be a very powerful tool for me in allowing the operator to make adjustments by simply modifiying a variable.

Please tell me if this is possible:

1. Begin master program with a list of variables (common variables #100-#145) with values.
2. Do simple formulas within the master program using some variables
3. Call macros and assign local variable to the macro using common variables assigned in the beginning of the program

Up until this point I have been programming my programs using the Fadal format of programming. The controller also has Fanus format 6M/10M/11M. This will be my first time using Fanuc style. As for work offsets, can I replace E1, E2,.... with G54.1 P1, P2......?

[Techman]

You should be able to do all. It has been a while but I wrote macro programs for some tabulated drawings where the operator had to plug in data from the drawing.
I run our machine in format 1.
It is possible to to make the E number a variable.
L0100
X1.Y0E+R1Z.1H1
G81Z-.1R0.1F10.M45
X2.
X3.
X4.
G80
M17
M30
M6T1
M3S1200G0G90
L0101R1+1. *SUB 1, E1
L0101R1+2. *SUB 1, E2
L0101R1+3. *SUB 1, E3
M5M9



If you wish I can provide you with some more in depth program examples.

Techman

[Joe S.]

If you wish I can provide you with some more in depth program examples.

Techman

Hi Techman,
I cannot speak for Keystone 76, but I would find those examples very useful, and thanks for the one you posted. I have always wondered how to do that. I just gotta bring the books home for study. How would you structure that to execute the entire program on multiple fixture offsets?