sheetcam.com

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

Good idea. It will be in the next dev version.

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

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 ?

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).

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..."

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

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.

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

That's odd. It should copy the settings from your default profile.

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

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 ?

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

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.

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