Equipment parameters

INCT_Equipment - a CAM system interface that provides access to some equipment parameters.

Description of the interface methods:

MethodMethod descriptionDescription of use
GetAxisIndex

The function returns the index of a machine axis by its address (integer).

Input parameter: Addr (string) - axis address ('X', 'Y', 'Z', etc., as specified in the machine kinematic scheme).

To control the tool movement (with INCT_CLData.AddMotion or CreateLinearMotionFormer), the axis indexes returned by GetAxisIndex must be specified.
GetAxisIndexByNum

The function returns the index of a main or additional robot axis by its number (integer).

Input parameters: AxisNum (integer) - robot axis number (1-6); Ext (boolean): False - robot axis, True - additional axis.

If a robot axis is set by a number (not by an address), GetAxisIndexByNum can be used to get the axis index. As a rule, the axes of Motoman robots are obtained this way.
GetXYZindex

The function returns the index of the axis linked to the movement along the X, Y or Z coordinate by the specified parameter (see INCT_CLData.AddCircle).

Input parameter: Ort (integer):

1 - X; 2 - Y; 3 - Z.

To get the indexes of the axes linked to X, Y, Z of the current tool.
CurrentLatheToolWidthThe function returns the width of the current turning tool (real number).Used to set the groove width step in INCT_LatheGroovingCycleFormer.
GetSpindlesCountThe function returns the number of spindles of the current machine (integer).To execute commands that control a machine spindle by its number. For example, SPOS[n] = Value for the Sinumerik controller: spindle numbers in the NC program start from 1 and spindle indexes start from 0, so the axis of spindle n is GetAxisIndexBySpindleIndex(n - 1).
GetAxisIndexBySpindleIndex

The function returns the spindle axis number by the spindle index (integer).

Input parameter: SpindleIndex (integer) - spindle index, possible values from 0 to GetSpindlesCount - 1.

GetOperationGroup

The function returns the type of the operation in the CAM system (TNCOperationGroup).

The TNCOperationGroup type:

ogUnknown - unknown;
ogMill - milling;
ogLathe - turning;
ogAuxiliary - auxiliary;
ogWireEDM - wire EDM;
ogWelding - various kinds of welding;
ogAdditive - various additive operations such as cladding;
ogWaterJet - water jet cutting;
ogSawing - sawing.

Use it in interpreters only as a last resort.

The function was added to compensate for the position of a turning tool in a turning operation of the CAM system where the offset value cannot be set.

INCT_Equipment2 - a CAM system interface.

Description of the interface methods:

Method Method description Description of use
GetCurrentToolRadius The function returns the radius of the current tool (real number). Can be used to calculate the overshoots for CYCLE90 in Sinumerik.

INCT_Equipment_Channels - a CAM system interface that provides access to the machine channels. The interface is requested from the INCT_Equipment object; check the result of the request: in earlier versions of the CAM system the object may not support it.

Description of the interface methods:

Method Method description Description of use
Get_Count The function returns the number of machine channels (integer).
Get_CurrentIndex The function returns the index of the channel the current operation belongs to (integer). Numbering starts from 0. To interpret multichannel programs: allows determining which channel's program the interpreter is interpreting.
Get_Channel The function returns the channel interface (INCT_Channel) by index.
Input parameter: Index (integer) - channel index, possible values from 0 to Get_Count - 1.

INCT_Channel - a CAM system interface that provides access to the machine channel parameters.

Description of the interface methods:

Method Method description Description of use
Get_Name The function returns the channel name specified in the machine kinematic scheme (string).