mastercam PP problem

[basim]

hello,
i have a PP file for mastercam working will.

but if i have a zero " 0" at the left of the decimal point (X0.45.....)
i get at the NC post file X.45...... without the zero.

for the machine its not problem but i want to fix this.

any body can help

regards,

Basim

[littlebrewman]

why would you want it to read 0.45 instead of .45? it seems to me that this would be a waste of memory space and excess clutter.

[ObrienDave]

littlebrewman is correct, leading and trailing zeros are a waste of memory space.
Especially on a control with limited capacity that allows decimal point programming.
If you absolutely, positively, MUST have it post that way, under the heading of FORMAT STATEMENTS, change the line...

fs 1 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4 place

to

fs 1 1.3l #Decimal, absolute, 4 place
that is a lower case 'L' after the 3.

Note, this will change ALL format assignments such as,

fmt X 1 xabs # X axis position absolute output variable

that have the 1 after the axis letter to 'X0.45' for example.
If you want to change ONLY certain axis letters, you need to do it a different way.

Question, are you programming in metric?
The reason I ask is, the comment says 4 places but, the format statement is defining 3 places.

[basim]

thank you ObrienDave;

the update is working will.

but i need to write:
fs 1 1.3l #decimal, absulote......

if i write fs 1 0.3l as you told me, it will be the same (nothing change)


regard,

Basim

[ObrienDave]

OOPS! Sorry, You are correct.
Its been 2 years since I did this stuff.

I will correct my post.