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Reporting Cavity Numbers

DanaF
I work for a plastic injection molding company. Our tools/molds produce multiple parts at once. Each part is identified with a cavity number. How do I generate this number without adding a comment/input after each cavity is measured? Also each cavity has multiple dimensions measured and the program is setup to run a loop.

Thanks!!
  • Do you use the canned loop function within PC-DMIS?

    If so, you can do this: 

    LOOP1 =LOOP/START,ID=YES,NUMBER=8,START=1,SKIP=,
OFFSET:XAXIS=0,YAXIS=0,ZAXIS=0,ANGLE=0
COMMENT/REPT,
"CAVITY #"+LOOP1
LOOP/END


    You can take the variable you have for the loop and place it anywhere like a normal assignment. You also assign the loop number to a variable if you want: 

    ASSIGN/V1=LOOP1
  • PCDMIS is new to me, I'm in the learning process. It's using the Insert/Flow Control Command/Looping. I don't know what the canned loop function is.
  • You can add an input box within your loop that asks the operator for the cavity number which get displayed on the report.
  • PCDMIS is new to me, I'm in the learning process. It's using the Insert/Flow Control Command/Looping. I don't know what the canned loop function is.

    Yes, that is the "canned" looping function within PC-DMIS. There are a few others ways to "loop". That is the one that built into the software to use.
  • in reply to bfire85
    It works I just can't find the correct location in my program to place it due to another loop function. I have a loop set up V2 and V1 to allow me to measure multiple fixtured parts. The end of both loops are at the end of the program. If I place V3 loop before V2 it numbers each row of parts 1-4 sequence (should be 1-16), if i do it after the V1 loop it measures the same part over and over, but numbering is correct (1-16). The fixture is 4 parts across with a total of 4 rows.

    Thanks for your help!

    V2 =LOOP/START,ID=YES,NUMBER=4,START=1,SKIP=,
    OFFSET:XAXIS=81.2,YAXIS=0,ZAXIS=0,ANGLE=0
    V1 =LOOP/START,ID=YES,NUMBER=4,START=1,SKIP=,
    OFFSET:XAXIS=0,YAXIS=-89,ZAXIS=0,ANGLE=0
    V3 =LOOP/START,ID=YES,NUMBER=16,START=1,SKIP=,
    OFFSET:XAXIS=0,YAXIS=0,ZAXIS=0,ANGLE=0
    COMMENT/REPT,
    "CAVITY #"+V3
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