Script Linker dialog box

Use the Script Linker to turn a NET-Script into a Mastercam function. You can add the function to the ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, or context menu. Creating a function from a NET-Script and adding it to the Mastercam interface allows you to launch the script with the click of a button instead of opening it from the NET-Script Editor.

A custom script on the ribbon.

  1. Launch the NET-Script Editor from the Home tab of the ribbon.

  2. Click Open.

    The "Open" button highlighted in the NET-Script Editor.

  3. Select the NET-Script from which you want to create a Mastercam function.

  4. Click Open. The NET-Script opens in the NET-Script Editor.

  5. Select Export As from the Save drop-down. The Script Linker opens.

    The "Export As" button highlighted in the NET-Script Editor.

  6. In the Script Linker dialog box, do the following:

    • Name the function.

    • Enter tooltip text to display when you hover over the function button.

    • Add icons for the function.

    • Choose an output location.

  7. Click Export. Mastercam creates the function in the specified location.

You can add the function to the QAT, context menu, or ribbon. See Options dialog box: Mastercam to learn how to customize the location of functions.

Function name

Specify the name of the function to be created from the NET-Script.

Screen tip

Enter text to display when the user hovers over the function button. Screen tips are generally a description of the function.

16 x 16 pixel icon

Use the Select icon button to choose a 16 x 16 pixel .jpg or .png file to use as a small icon for the function.

32 x 32 pixel icon

Use the Select icon button to choose a 32 x 32 pixel .jpg or .png file to use as a large icon for the function.

Output location

Select the location to save the function.

  • Save to the Shared Add-Ins folder to allow all users of the computer on which Mastercam is installed to access the function.

  • Save to the User's Add-Ins folder to allow only the user who created the function to access it.

Copy script to output location

Select to place a copy of the NET-Script from which the function is created into the function output location.

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