CNC Hobbing machine

[Dhananjay]

I have created macro programming for gear cutting machine.
Can i create Menu for variable input or can i change name of macro like #100 as "No of teeth"

[ben_heinman]

Do you want different macro called up by different M codes?? For example M101 will cut a 32 tooth gear, M102 will cut a 36 tooth gear, and so on??

[Dhananjay]

i WANT TO CREATE MENU I.E. I WANT TO RENAME MACO
FOR EXAMPLE #100 RENAMED AS "NO OF TEETH

[jamesweed]

I think I know what your after. You could sort of have a menu at top of a macro program.

(NUMBER OF TEETH?)
#100=
(ACTUAL DIAMETER?)
#101=
.
... and so on...
.
You cannot rename "#100" to NUMBER OF TEETH". You could do something like that in Visual Basic or even in Word. The only other option to set varibles is to use G65P8500A?T?D?... and set varibles using arguments.
A sets #1, D sets #4...
I always wanted to use Word(VBA) to run macros that would output standard G code... but who's got the time. I'm a "button pusher" by trade, they won't pay me to "play". Don't know of any other ways using macro b.
-Jim

[Dhananjay]

I want to create separate MENU from where i can pickup values for macro's