Originally Posted by
GWS
My large rifle plate has slots only 54mm, long to accommodate .308 Winchester. the 6.5x55 Swedish is 55mm long....so not likely.
May be time to learn how to use the plate builder.....
TylerR added a section in the code to quickly modify it to a random caliber, but I've never used it. I think it needs 12 more lines.....so if it works he'll have to explain how.....I'm dumber....;)
What I would do (least with what I know at the moment) is this for 6.5x55 Swedish:
22 collator_plate_d = 179.5; (for normal sized base) 247.5 for the 300 base or 297 for Mongo
25 description ="6.5x55 Swedish";
27 collator_plate_h = 18;
31 addRamps = false;
36 isRifleBrassPlate = true;
37 rifleHoleWidth = 12;
40 addPivots = false;
41 addSlides = false;
42 addSideSlides = false;
45 addRidges = true;
46 ridgeCenter = true;
47 ridgeAlternate = true;
48 ridgeHeight = 2.0;
49 ridgeLength = 30;
50 ridgeAngle = 30;
52 addBevel = true;
54 hole_multiplier = 1.5;
57 useClutch = true; (if you are using a clutch)
60 useHex = false; (if using a clutch)
61 addHexHandle = false;
That's 20 lines of code to modify.....
Then I'd have to comment out TylerR's new "customize here" lines that start with line 78....which mostly just repeat what I already specified, but doesn't include all my lines modified, just 8 of the 20 lines above. Adding the customize section below the other code effectively "updates" parameters from previous lines.....so he added the customize section to change program parameters listed above them. But if they are already changed as I did above them, then they are redundant.....either change them or change the originals as I did. I just question if he has all the lines needed. He may have....
But if you changed the lines above them, you can comment out those lines 78 to 85 by adding two forward slashes at the beginning of the lines like this:
// description=".300 AAC Blackout"; (line 78) Or use the "Customize" lines and add any extras you may need to change.
If that's wrong....TylerR will have to chime in and correct me. He knows that software better than I do, and I know what he's trying to do.....help simplify a caliber change....changing parameters in the lines of code specified for another case, to whatever new case you are doing.....but I don't understand why he didn't have to modify the other 12 lines.....bet he'll explain......