Ho do I update my 5 axis post with the current tool length?

CATEGORY: PROGRAMMING
TYPE: MACRO
IMS VERSION: ALL
PLATFORM: ALL

Depending on which APT/CL command supplies this data to the post (usually CUTTER, LOADTL, and so on), set the system variable SYSTEM.TOOL_LENGTH.
For example, if the length is the seventh CLDATA value of your CUTTER command, then in the CUTTER macro,
enter: SYSTEM.TOOL_LENGTH = CLDATAN.7
This value will be used for all subsequent motion calculations by the post.

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