Looping Dim Statements

[cmmguy]

I have seen alot on Looping measurement steps, but I have not seen anything (or at least couldn't find) about how you would loop a series of DIM statements. I have a group of repetitive features and the loop works good, except all the shows on the report is the last dimension in the loop. It does not show the previous 7 dimensions.

The code works. It loops through all steps the right amount of times. But it only shows the last lop on the report. Am I wasting my time here with this - I mean does it not work?

            COMMENT/DOC,NO,**************
                          ,WALL THICKNESS
                          ,**************
            ASSIGN/TOTALSLICES = 8
WALLTHICKNESS=LOOP/START, ID = NO, NUMBER = TOTALSLICES, START = 1, SKIP = ,
               OFFSET: XAXIS = 0, YAXIS = 0, ZAXIS = 0, ANGLE = 0
            COMMENT/REPT,
                        ,WALL THICKNESS
            ASSIGN/WALLTHICK1 = "WALLTHICK1_" + WALLTHICKNESS
            ASSIGN/FP1 = "FWD_PT1_" + WALLTHICKNESS
            ASSIGN/AP1 = "AFT_PT1_" + WALLTHICKNESS
            ASSIGN/WALLTHICKNOM = .085
DIM WALLTHICK1= 3D DISTANCE FROM POINT FP1 TO POINT AP1, NO_RADIUS  UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=1.00  OUTPUT=BOTH
AX    MEAS      NOMINAL     +TOL       -TOL        DEV      OUTTOL   
M      0.0847  WALLTHICKNOM     0.0060     0.0060    -0.0003     0.0000 ----#----
            ASSIGN/WT[((WALLTHICKNESS-1)*3)+1] = WALLTHICK1.M.MEAS
            COMMENT/DOC,NO,*******************
            ASSIGN/WALLTHICK2 = "WALLTHICK2_" + WALLTHICKNESS
            ASSIGN/FP2 = "FWD_PT2_" + WALLTHICKNESS
            ASSIGN/AP2 = "AFT_PT2_" + WALLTHICKNESS
DIM WALLTHICK2= 3D DISTANCE FROM POINT FP2 TO POINT AP2, NO_RADIUS  UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=1.00  OUTPUT=BOTH
AX    MEAS      NOMINAL     +TOL       -TOL        DEV      OUTTOL   
M      0.0861  WALLTHICKNOM     0.0060     0.0060     0.0011     0.0000 -----#---
            ASSIGN/WT[((WALLTHICKNESS-1)*3)+2] = WALLTHICK2.M.MEAS
            COMMENT/DOC,NO,*******************
            ASSIGN/WALLTHICK3 = "WALLTHICK3_" + WALLTHICKNESS
            ASSIGN/FP3 = "FWD_PT3_" + WALLTHICKNESS
            ASSIGN/AP3 = "AFT_PT3_" + WALLTHICKNESS
DIM WALLTHICK3= 3D DISTANCE FROM POINT FP3 TO POINT AP3, NO_RADIUS  UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=1.00  OUTPUT=BOTH
AX    MEAS      NOMINAL     +TOL       -TOL        DEV      OUTTOL   
M      0.0835  WALLTHICKNOM     0.0060     0.0060    -0.0015     0.0000 ---#-----
            ASSIGN/WT[((WALLTHICKNESS-1)*3)+3] = WALLTHICK3.M.MEAS
            COMMENT/DOC,NO,*******************
            LOOP/END

[tking]

Take a look at the "last execution report", they'll all be there.

TK

[cmmguy]

They werent and they werent in the saved PDF of the report(that is done automatically at the end of the program)
Does stepping through the program affect what gets into the "Last Execution Report". I am still debugging this program.

[MrComment]

I think your code isnt working as intended because of how your addressing your feature names.

Just remember that when your features are measured within a loop then the feature name will automatically be placed within an array. The array number of that feature would be the loop id of the feature. I didn't see how your resolving each features array number in your dimensions. So if you fix the addressing of the features your using to include each features loop ID when it was measured. You should get the result your looking for.

If you can post the rest of your code or the parts where your creating and measuring the points called "FWD/AFT_PT1_" + WallThickness. I should be able to post a fix for it as well.

[cmmguy]

All of the rest of the code works fine. I am using variables for the feature names, not looping arrays ID's.

Here is the first part of the loop that creates teh features. There are lot of features so I dont want to paste all of the code.

FWD_LOOP   =LOOP/START, ID = NO, NUMBER = TOTALSLICES, START = 1, SKIP = ,
               OFFSET: XAXIS = 0, YAXIS = 0, ZAXIS = 0, ANGLE = 0
            ASSIGN/ROTATE_AMT = OFFSETANGLE*(FWD_LOOP-1)
FWD_ROTATE =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:FINAL_BA, LIST= YES
            ALIGNMENT/ROTATE_OFFSET,ROTATE_AMT,ABOUT,XPLUS
            ALIGNMENT/END
            ASSIGN/TPX = 1.048
            ASSIGN/TPY = 0
            ASSIGN/FWD_PT_1 = "FWD_PT1_" + FWD_LOOP
FWD_PT_1   =FEAT/POINT,RECT
            THEO/TPX,V0,WEBPOINT1,-V1,V0,V0
            ACTL/1.0566,0.0007,5.0002,-1,0,0
            MEAS/POINT,1
            HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,TPX,V0,WEBPOINT1,-V1,V0,V0,1.0566,0.0007,5.0002,USE THEO = YES
            ENDMEAS/

[craiger_ny]

Can you dimension inside the same loop you are measuring? That would make things easier in regards to what these guys are talking about.

Otherwise you might have to code in the index number of the looped ID, if that will even work.

Maybe with:

            ASSIGN/WALLTHICK1 = "WALLTHICK1_" + "[" + WALLTHICKNESS + "]"

Not exactly that but something along those lines that will get the index number of the feature. Perhaps in this line:

DIM WALLTHICK1= 3D DISTANCE FROM POINT FP1[WALLTHICK] TO POINT AP1[WALLTHICK]

Craig

[tking]

They werent and they werent in the saved PDF of the report(that is done automatically at the end of the program)
Does stepping through the program affect what gets into the "Last Execution Report". I am still debugging this program.

The results in last execution report are generated from an execution of the program, if your last one is showing up you've got the reporting right, execute it, they'll be there.

TK

[cmmguy]

Can you dimension inside the same loop you are measuring? That would make things easier in regards to what these guys are talking about.

Otherwise you might have to code in the index number of the looped ID, if that will even work.

Maybe with:

            ASSIGN/WALLTHICK1 = "WALLTHICK1_" + "[" + WALLTHICKNESS + "]"

Not exactly that but something along those lines that will get the index number of the feature. Perhaps in this line:

DIM WALLTHICK1= 3D DISTANCE FROM POINT FP1[WALLTHICK] TO POINT AP1[WALLTHICK]

Craig

No. The measurements are part of a bigger set of measurements that are need to get some thicknesses. I may have to go to the index values.



[QUOTE=tking;45893]The results in last execution report are generated from an execution of the program, if your last one is showing up you've got the reporting right, execute it, they'll be there.

TK[/QUOTE

OK, thanks. I am going to try a full run without stops to see if the dims show up.

[bitsandmore]

hi,
i second that is has to to with the debug-mode!

[tking]

hi,
i second that is has to to with the debug-mode!

Tell us more!

Thanks,

TK

[cmmguy]

OK, here is an update. As suspected, the debug mode is why the dimensions did not show up on the report. The original code works as shown for the dimensions and now that I had a chance to run the program all the way through(no break points) it works good.


.. beer

[elvis]

yeah, or check that the comments are marked lol

i've putbreak points in a loop before... they all work