A "Tool" folder within sys for multitool setup
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As RRF is being used for toolchangers with lots of tools or CNC machines that may have multiple tools, having multiple sets of tool files in the sys folder can cause some clutter.
Would it be possible to either have just a "Tool" folder, in the sys folder, that all the pre, post and free tool files can be put in or even a folder per tool within the "Tool" folder for extra organisation e.g. "Tool/ToolX" -
@jay_s_uk Hi Jay. Not sure I fully understand what it is you are asking. Is it just better organisation for the tool change macros? If so, I agree that with multiple tools the list of tfree(n), tpre(n) and tpost(n) macros can get very long. I have 10 tools so that's 30 tool change files. Putting them in subfolders would be easy enough to do but I guess the issue is that the firmware would need to point to the correct folder path whenever a tool change occurs and not just /sys.
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@deckingman thats exactly it. we currently can't subfolder them as its not supported in the firmware. I'll update my first post a bit
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@jay_s_uk I'd say that sys/tools/tool(n) then the 3 files gets a bit complicated. How about sys/tpre/ then all the (tpre) files? i.e 3 sub folders of sys - /tpre, /tfree and /tpost with the relevant files per tool in each.
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@deckingman that would also work
