Macros allow programmers to run sequences of instructions as a single statement, making programming less tedious and error-prone. Examples of macros include creating patterns for families of parts, automating clamp locations, adding special punching functions, and inputting information for machine canned cycles. A family of parts macro uses a panel to define size variations for length, width, profile type, and trim locations that generate different sized parts from the same macro.

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WE-CIM Macros

2. Macros are used to make a sequence
of computing instructions available to
the programmer as a single program
statement, making the programming
task less tedious and less error-prone.

3. Examples of macros:
Creating patterns of part family
Automating clamp location
Adding special functions to a group of punch hits
Punching a profile with only select tools
Special shape tool placement
Input information to use machine canned cycles

4. Family of parts macro
The macro panel is shown below that would need to be filled out for each size
variation of the part.
Length: finished length of the part
Width: finished width of the part
Profile or Square: based on material too
size or part tabbed in
Left, Right, Top & Bottom: based on trim or
part is tabbed in
The following slide are examples of different sizes created from this macro

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