Using WoodWOP Component Macros in ONGAA CAM. Easier Macros, Easier Use.
WoodWOP offers a way to create and reuse ‘multi step programs’ as ‘Component Macros’ which are in essence subprograms. Component Macros are great for repeated machining such as Cam Lock machining or Euro hinge machining or even dowel drilling/insertion. Since anything you can program in WoodWOP can become a Component Macro, they can be very powerful and at the same time they can be very complicated.
For a Component Macros to be of any use, we need to tell them ‘what to do’, ‘how to do it’ and ‘where’ to do it. The ‘what’ and ‘how’ may seem obvious, for example Horizontal Drill a 8mm hole 32 mm deep. But is it really that simple?
Many processes have macro parameters that depend on ‘where’ the process takes place. H. Drill for example needs the direction of drilling, X+, X- Y+ or Y- to be set. A wrong setting may cause … Read the rest
