These directives allow a PCI to build an EdgeCAM dialog using a combination of modifiers from previously initialised commands and user defined variables. This means that you can specify all information required for a single operation within a single dialog. This dialog will optionally have a number of tabs allowing more complex operations to present information clearly (the ‘button’ method for addressing other pages on an EdgeCAM dialog is not available for PCI operations).
To build a PCI operation
Step 1 - Initialise
the Operation
Step 2 - Initialise the EdgeCAM Commands to be used in the Operation
Step 3 - Clear All Previous Modifier Values
Step 4 - Set Any Default Modifier Values
Step 5 - Build a Dialog for User Input
Step 6 - Add Any User Defined Modifiers to the Dialog
Step 7 - Set Up Mutual Inclusion Relationships Between Modifiers
Step 8 - Prompt for Selection of PCI Operation Modifiers
Step 9 - Select Entities Used in the Operation
Step 10 - Execute Each EdgeCAM Command
Step 11 - Free the PCI Operation reference