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MOP Automate VB and Python scripts
This script will automate the process of opening a source file, insert machining operations, set various properties and produce g-code.
These scripts demonstrate:
- opening a CAD file (.dxf in this example)
- drawing some extra shapes into the drawing
- setting machining options
- Call asynchronous CAD functions such as
- Edit -> Join and Edit -> Convert to polyline
- creating a machining operation from objects in a drawing layer
- setting machining operation properties
- saving a drawing and creating g-code
Python version:
VB-Script Version:
Tool Library Automation Python scripts
Maintaining large lists of tools in different libraries and across different applications can be a tedious business.
This script is intended to demonstrate various methods to aid tool library maintenance, including:
Finding tool libraries by name Adding new or removing existing tool libraries Enumerating tools within a library Copying tools from one library to another Finding tools in a library by tool number Removing and creating new tool definitions Writing tools to external files (such as a CSV text file)
Python version:
Gear Rotation Animation Python Script
This script takes a pre-drawn group of gear outlines (generated using the CamBam gear generator), then animates them using a series of relationship rules within the script.
This script requires CamBam 0.9.8N or later.
This script demonstrates:
Importing a helper Python module. Defining a Python class. Animating objects by changing their transformation property.
gear-animate-source.zip and Samplefiles
Sloped Lines VBScript
This script was created in response to query on how to generate a toolpath for a slot that slopes along the Z axis.
The script will generate a sequence of polylines that can be used as the source for an engraving operation.
The script was extended so that it can also produce a series of parallel sloped lines to machine a sloped surface.
The following parameters are used to control the script:
x1, y1 : The coordinates of the first control point. x2, y2 : The coordinates of the second control point. Target Depth : The deepest Z coordinate of the slot or surface. Depth Increment : The maximum depth per cut. Width : The width of the surface to cut. Use 0 to machine a slot. The tool diameter is not taken into account. Stepover : The distance between each parallel cut for a surface. Once the polylines are created, select them all, then insert an Engraving machine operation.
The engraving operation should have Target Depth set to 0 and Optimisation Mode set to None, so that the machining operation will follow the source polylines exactly, in the order they were created.
