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Hi all, I have just uploaded V3.1.20 to www.sheetcam.com. This release has the following changes: Added: os library to Lua macros. This mainly adds some useful date functions. Changed: Spindle direction to thread direction in tapping process Changed: help call to try to prevent hanging on some machi...

Hi all, I have just uploaded V3.1.19 to www.sheetcam.com . This one has mainly just cosmetic changes: Fixed: Retract paths displayed incorrectly Fixed: Sometimes crashing if the first dxf entities have no layer Changed: Plasma tool dialog 'apply now' button changed to 'update processes' Removed: Hel...

Posts are written in the Lua macro programming language <www.lua.org>.
They have a manual but it is quite hard work to read. If you look in
c:\program files\sheetcam\posts there is a rtf document that describes
the SheetCam extensions to Lua.

Les

Hi Bene, This is all done in the post processor. I have attached a post that should hopefully do what you want. Note that I have made the S word modal so it only appears when the height changes. Another question: How is a flameout condition usually handled It depends on the controller. With some you...

Hi James, The file with points at the start is incorrect. There is no layer information for the points so SheetCam does not know where to put them. This file actually has a good chance of crashing SheetCam so I will change the next release to default to the first layer if layer information is missin...

Oops, sorry about that. I forgot to increment the number. One day I'll learn how to count...

Les

Hi all, I have just uploaded V3.1.18 to www.sheetcam.com. This version has the following changes: John, could you give it a try and see if it fixes your help problem. Lee, This fixes you part positioning problem. Note that position info was not saved before so it will only work with parts saved with...

That is a good point. I don't think it is laid out anywhere. A part contains one drawing and one or more processes. A job contains one toolset, one material definition and one or more parts and duplicated parts. Duplicates are simply a step and repeat of the part. I hope that makes some sort of sens...

Hi Richard, It sounds like an issue with your cad package. Have you scaled the circles? If they have been scaled or stretched it is possible your cad package now thinks they are ellipses. Some cad packages break ellipses into short line segments when exporting them. Les. Hi Guys, Nice to have a foru...

Hi all, I have just uploaded V3.1.17 to www.sheetcam.com. This version has the following changes: Added: Settings functions to API (see the header file) Changed: scLoadDrawing now has a quiet parameter to suppress the options box (see the header file and example code). Note if you suppress the optio...

Hi James, You can shut down SheetCam by using the menu functions to call the file->exit menu. Sorry I haven't got round to sorting out the extra parameters. I have been away from the office a lot recently. Les Any news on the extra params for scLoadDrawing and the new function to let me shut down Sh...

Hi James, Ok, fixing the enum for the DXF filetype did the trick for scLoadDrawing. Also IF SheetCam is mamimized, the debug window is BEHIND the main window and cannot be found since it isn't in the ALT-TAB window switch order! :D Yes - that would happen. I run two monitors and SheetCam usually run...

Hi James, I have just found why your drawing won't load. It was an incorrect enum in PluginAPI.h. The attached header file should fix the problem. Les #ifndef PLUGINAPI_H_INCLUDED #define PLUGINAPI_H_INCLUDED #define scAPI_VER (1) enum {scMENU_CHECKED =1, scMENU_ENABLED =2, scMENU_SHOWN =4}; #ifdef ...

Hi James, I just tried your ini file here and the debug window shows. It is a separate window and should appear on the left of the screen. Check it isn't just hidden by SheetCam's main window. I'll have another look at scLoadDrawing and see if I can spot any problems. Les I'm starting to feel dumb, ...

Hi all,

I have just uploaded V3.1.16 to www.sheetcam.com. This version has the following changes:

Added: debug messages for plugin functions
Added: -q command line switch. Does not show splash screen and minimizes main window.

Really this release will only be of interest to James.

les