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Davek0974
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Post by Davek0974 »

When using machine save & load, is it possible to get the type of machine - rotary or flame/jet to save as well??

Would be good :)
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Les Newell
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Post by Les Newell »

Good idea. It will be in the next dev version.
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Post by PK »

I start each "machine" in it's own environment as such:

SheetCam TNG Development.exe -c plasma
or
SheetCam TNG Development.exe -c router

That starts/opens a subdirectory of it's own which holds tools, configs, etc. I have to know which machine I need when starting Sheetcam, but that hasn't been a problem so far.

Paul
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Post by Davek0974 »

Ooh, that sounds useful, is it possible to switch to that way after using it in the normal startup config??

Or does it lose all the settings ?
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Post by Les Newell »

You can use profiles at any time. If the profile does not exist a copy is created from the master profile (i.e when you run SheetCam without -c).
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Post by Davek0974 »

Got it, that works very nicely and solves a lot of issues.

Any chance you could add the profile name to the caption -

"SheetCam TNG (Plasma) - My job name..."


:)
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Post by Les Newell »

Showing teh profile name just missed the latest release but it will be in the next one.
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Post by PK »

That will be nice. For now, I just look at the tool list in the left-hand column to quickly see which one I have running.
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Post by Davek0974 »

FYI

If you change a running setup from a standard one to a split profile one make sure you replace the NEW Default Tools file with your normal one - the copy of default tools that is created when using profiles for the first time is NOT the one you were using before, especially on plasma I found it lost all the volts settings etc and returned them all to default 49v.

I had not noticed this and had some fun today when running a job ;)

A quick copy fixed the issue but as i said - for future information
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Post by Les Newell »

That's odd. It should copy the settings from your default profile.
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Post by Davek0974 »

It seems have copied the basic part but not the modified stuff for the CandCNC post - volts, tip size etc.
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Post by hoangnhatng »

PK wrote:I start each "machine" in it's own environment as such:

SheetCam TNG Development.exe -c plasma
or
SheetCam TNG Development.exe -c router

That starts/opens a subdirectory of it's own which holds tools, configs, etc. I have to know which machine I need when starting Sheetcam, but that hasn't been a problem so far.

Paul
How do i run that command ?
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Post by Davek0974 »

I just created a desktop shortcut for each one and edited the command line inside the shortcuts.
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Post by PK »

Davek0974 wrote:I just created a desktop shortcut for each one and edited the command line inside the shortcuts.
Yes - This basically does it. I do this through a launcher, which is similar.
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Post by hoangnhatng »

Davek0974 wrote:I just created a desktop shortcut for each one and edited the command line inside the shortcuts.
Haha I have done. I have a problem when i edit the target to "C:\Program Files (x86)\SheetCam TNG Development\SheetCam TNG Development.exe -c plasma". I search google and change the command to "C:\Program Files (x86)\SheetCam TNG Development\SheetCam TNG Development.exe" -c plasma . Thank you to Davek0974 and PK so much
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