Post processor conditional statements

[jsmith5585]

Can I use conditional statements in the post processor? If so, what is the syntax? My control does not support G17,G18,G19 commands, but instead has separate commands for arc interpolation; G02/G03 for XY, G102/G103 for XZ, and G202/G203 for YZ. I'm thinking something similar to:

*CW_ARC_MOTION*
if "plane" == G17 then G02
if "plane" == G18 then G102
if "plane" == G19 then G202

Or is there a better way to do this?

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[JOM]

One way is to define the planes as 0, 10 and 20 and then use the "plane" variable for the arc motions.

Define the planes as below.

*PLANE_XY*
0
*PLANE_XZ*
10
*PLANE_YZ*
20

Then use the "plane" variable for the arc motions as below.

*CW_ARC_MOTION*
G"plane"2
*CCW_ARC_MOTION*
G"plane"3

/Joakim

[jsmith5585]

Clever. Thanks!

[jsmith5585]

Using that method, I have the following:
*PLANE_XY*
0

*PLANE_XZ*
10

*PLANE_YZ*
20

*ARC_RADIUS_CHAR*
R

*RAPID_MOTION*
G00 "x" "y" "z"

*LINEAR_MOTION*
G01 "x" "y" "z"

*CW_ARC_MOTION*
G"plane"2 "x" "y" "z" "r"

*CCW_ARC_MOTION*
G"plane"3 "x" "y" "z" "r"

*RAPID*
N"lnbr" "motion";
*END_SECTION*

*RAPID_APPROACH*
N"lnbr" "motion";
*END_SECTION*

*RAPID_RETRACT*
N"lnbr" "motion";
*END_SECTION*

*APPROACH*
N"lnbr" "motion" F"feedz";
*END_SECTION*

*FIRST_CUT*
N"lnbr" "motion" F"feed";
*END_SECTION*

*CUT*
N"lnbr" "motion";
*END_SECTION*

This outputs a G00/01/02/03 command for every movement. My control has limited memory and must drip feed so it'd be nice to keep the code as minimal as possible. I can strip out the extraneous commands in excel, but is there a better way of writing the post to do this?