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A new “Print tooling summary” RMD action is available in the Machine:Startup macro to help you do just that. This macro action uses a new PPFUN/25 command to pre-load the tooling tables, and then outputs a tooling summary using PPRINT commands. Adding a DISPLY/ON or new TPRINT/ON post-processor command before the print tooling summary action will output the tool list as operator or tape comments.
A new PPFUN/25 command will scan forward in CL file (i.e., aptsource) looking for all tool change information, which is then loaded into the $TLTAB and $HLDTAB tables. A new $FTLTAB function is also is available to scan for tooling information, returning a sequence listing the tools in the order they were loaded. Either of these features can be used to generate your own tooling tables.
Finally, a new TLNAME/string command is available to define the name of the next tool to be loaded. The tool name (i.e., description) is now stored with other tooling information in the $TLTAB system variable table. Tool descriptions are included in the tooling summary.
An example of the output from a Print tooling summary RMD action appears below:
Benefit to User
These new macro features make it easier for the post-processor developer to output tooling information at the start of the program.
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