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September 21, 2005
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CIRCLE changing to ARCDAT-ARCMOV now in .ACL file

  • September 21, 2005
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Hello everyone,

Today I noticed some unusual code in a posted program. Upon closer
inspection, I see that 'CIRCLE' commands are no longer being kept as
'CIRCLE' commands after the translation from an '.NCL' file to an '.ACL'
file. They are now being converted to 'ARCDAT' and 'ARCMOV' commands.

I just performed a test where I reposted a job from last month with no
changes to anything (model not changed, same WF20/M150, same G-Post
version...) The ACL file is now translated differently.

I just logged a call with PTC on this, but can anyone explain to me what
is going on? Take a look at the following examples please;

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    flamy12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    September 21, 2005
    Dave,

    I checked with the developer of GPOST and this change should have no
    effect on your posted output. This change is in appearance only. It
    should not have any effect on the GPost tape output, as it does not use
    the ACL file.

    When "-trace" turned on then the ACL file is created for the user to
    verify NCL data. They can plot the NCL with Austinnc Plot utility in
    CimPRO stand alone mode or to see the CV binary as output to ACL.

    This circle change was made at some of our users request, so our plotter
    can draw circles. It only knows ARCDAT/ARCMOV commands.

    Any change (if any) you see in the tape output may be due to some other
    factor and not the ACL/circle change.

    Regards

    Francois Lamy

    PTC - The Product Development Company
    Director Manufacturing Product Management,

    Wildfire | Die Making | Mold | NC | Inspection




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