Thanks so much  .

You are very welcome please let me know how it works out or IF it needs some more work.

(;-) TP

How about a wizard that will let me move 6 axis to a position and record that position to a g code program.  Copy cat only does 3 axis.  Thanks Rick

I can have it write the 6 axis positions  to a file but writing 6 axis Gcode is extremely complicated.

(;-) TP

BR549,  Actually a script that I can assign to a button would work fine for me.  I built this robot to develop interest in robots with my grandchildren.  I would like to be able to move all 6 axis into a position, press a button to record that position and append it to a g-file.  Then move to a new spot and do the same thing all over.  I have tried the following scrip with some decent results.

X = CInt (GetDRO (0))
Y = CInt (GetDRO (1))
Z = CInt (GetDRO (2))
A = CInt (GetDRO (3))
B = CInt (GetDRO (4))
C = CInt (GetDRO (5))
Com = InputBox ("Add Comment")
AppendTeachFile "Robot.tap"
Code "X" & X & " Y" & Y & " Z" & Z & " A" & A & " B" & B & " C" & C & "  //" & Com
call LoadTeachFile()

It is not my script and some parts didn't work properly.  It only gets the dro numbers to the left of the decimal point.  I tried a few changes but have never played with scripts before so have lots to learn.  I added a picture to flickr and linked to it but I'm not sure I did it right.  Here is the flicker address.  https://www.flickr.com/gp/134164577@N03/QP61xM   Thanks, Rick

You are only getting the number to the left because you are formating the values as an integer not a double. Try it this way.


X = GetDRO (0)
Y = GetDRO (1)
Z = GetDRO (2)
A = GetDRO (3)
B = GetDRO (4)
C = GetDRO (5)
Com = InputBox ("Add Comment")
AppendTeachFile "Robot.tap"
Code "G1 X" & X & " Y " & Y & " Z " & Z & " A " & A & " B " & B & " C " & C & "  ( "  & Com & " )"
call LoadTeachFile()

THose little puppies are fun to play with . IF you work with the Formulas yo can get a simple form of kenimatics from them where you can time several joint together so when 1 joint moves another move in synce with it. With Mach3 you can turn formulas ON /off through scripting you can also write formulas with scripting so can make quite a robot with a little time and effort.

Have fun, (;-) TP

Thanks TP your script worked great and does exactly what I wanted it to do.  Thanks again, Rick