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Looping a Loop?

Donny Wallbanger
Good morning all I hope you are all having a good day, I have a program that contains a simple loop to check multiple pockets on a valve rotator body, We have recently set up a few other machines to make the same part and I want to loop the entire program Loop included to check multiple parts at once.

My question is, can you Loop a Loop?
Or will the end point of the Loop checking multiple pockets cancel out the Loop that would be needed at the start of the program.
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  • IF_GOTO/C3.INPUT>=2,GOTO = CONTINUE
            IF_GOTO/C3.INPUT==1,GOTO = END
CONTINUE     =LABEL/
         LOOP/END
            IF_GOTO/C3.INPUT==2,GOTO = END
            RECALL/ALIGNMENT,INTERNAL,3
8          =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:3,LIST=YES
              ALIGNMENT/TRANS_OFFSET,XAXIS,-83.11
            ALIGNMENT/END
            TIP/T1A-90B-90, SHANKIJK=-1, -0.007, 0.017, ANGLE=-90.548
ALOOP_1    =LOOP/START,ID=YES,NUMBER=2,START=1,SKIP=,
              OFFSET:XAXIS=0,YAXIS=50.8,ZAXIS=0,ANGLE=0
              CLEARP/XMINUS,-7,XMINUS,0,ON

    This is what I do after the first loop. both loops are set at 2. At the beginning of program, I ask "How Many Parts Do You Want To Run?" C3.INPUT 
    IF_GOTO/C3.INPUT==4,GOTO = CONTINUE_2
          IF_GOTO/C3.INPUT==3,GOTO = END
CONTINUE_2   =LABEL/
         LOOP/END
END        =LABEL/

    This is at the End of second loop 
    INCORRECT_INPUT=LABEL/
C3         =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
            How Many Parts Do You Want To Run?
            IF_GOTO/C3.INPUT<1,GOTO = INCORRECT_INPUT
            IF_GOTO/C3.INPUT>4,GOTO = INCORRECT_INPUT
LOOP_1     =LOOP/START,ID=YES,NUMBER=2,START=1,SKIP=,
              OFFSET:XAXIS=0,YAXIS=50.8,ZAXIS=0,ANGLE=0

    just to idiot proof it. since my fixture can only hold 4 pieces, any other number besides 1-4, wont work. This is at the beginning
  • in reply to KIRBSTER269
    Can you run this with say 3 parts?

    I have been doing some experiments to run a 5x3 fixture so I can measure 15 parts. Obviously there are times where there may be less parts than that. I can easily select how many loops are needed in blocks of 5, but say I wanted to run 12 parts the only way I can make it work is to have a on hit error command in there which then continues the loop. but it has to do it three times for the missing parts.

    Was just wondering if you had a way of telling it to miss that final part off if you were running less than 4.
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  • in reply to KIRBSTER269
    Can you run this with say 3 parts?

    I have been doing some experiments to run a 5x3 fixture so I can measure 15 parts. Obviously there are times where there may be less parts than that. I can easily select how many loops are needed in blocks of 5, but say I wanted to run 12 parts the only way I can make it work is to have a on hit error command in there which then continues the loop. but it has to do it three times for the missing parts.

    Was just wondering if you had a way of telling it to miss that final part off if you were running less than 4.
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