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by Les Newell
Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: DXF vs. SVG import format ?
Replies: 2
Views: 184

Re: DXF vs. SVG import format ?

Historically SheetCam's SVG import was a bit buggy but these days it is pretty solid. These days the choice of file format mostly relates to the application the file was exported from. For example Inkscape has history of isses with it's dxf export so I generally recommend SVG with Inkscape. In your ...
by Les Newell
Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: SketchUp to SheetCam impasse!
Replies: 2
Views: 129

Re: SketchUp to SheetCam impasse!

If the files look the same in QCad then the problem is almost definitely Sketchup. I'm afraid I don't use Sketchup so I can't offer any more advice on how to fix it.
by Les Newell
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: New member and issue
Replies: 7
Views: 227

Re: New member and issue

Sorry for the delay in replying. I'm afraid Wright distributed pirated licenses that no longer work. I'll reply to your email to sort that out. When you first load your drawing do you reassign your profiles to different layers? If you move everything off of layer 0 then save and relload the job, lay...
by Les Newell
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Typo in angle, then crash
Replies: 2
Views: 151

Re: Typo in angle, then crash

I can replicate the fault here. Most input boxes allow you to enter expressions. For instance if you want to define an operation that always cuts through your material plus a bit you could set the cut depth to: MaterialThickness + 0.5mm Now if you change the material thickness that operation will au...
by Les Newell
Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: SC Dev v7.1.35 hangs occasionally upon startup, Win11
Replies: 5
Views: 1015

Re: SC Dev v7.1.35 hangs occasionally upon startup, Win11

Well, that's unexpected. I'll run some tests and see if I can replicate the problem. Thanks for letting me know what you found.
by Les Newell
Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: New features
Topic: Residual Material cutting
Replies: 1
Views: 441

Re: Residual Material cutting

It's called 'rest machining' and I have looked into it a couple of times. Unfortunately I haven't yet figured out a good, reliable way of implementing rest machining.
by Les Newell
Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Issues loading file to sheetcam
Replies: 3
Views: 860

Re: Issues loading file to sheetcam

Could you post the problem file here or email it to me direct. Job files are roughly 50% text so if you can't read it in Notepad it must be pretty badly damaged.
by Les Newell
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Can I make the job-file remember the last post-processor used?
Replies: 6
Views: 816

Re: Can I make the job-file remember the last post-processor used?

Yes, the /pp switch should work. However the OP wants to run a plasma and a router. As these two machines use very different settings I think two profiles would be better suited in this case.
by Les Newell
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Can I make the job-file remember the last post-processor used?
Replies: 6
Views: 816

Re: Can I make the job-file remember the last post-processor used?

Sorry I'm a bit late to the party here but it looks like having two profiles would work for you.
This link covers setting up a second profile: viewtopic.php?t=6654
by Les Newell
Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: SC Dev v7.1.35 hangs occasionally upon startup, Win11
Replies: 5
Views: 1015

Re: SC Dev v7.1.35 hangs occasionally upon startup, Win11

I have seen that occasionally when running the Windows version on Linux using Wine. Unfortunately I cannot replicate it on my development machine which makes it virtually impossible to fix.
by Les Newell
Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:42 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Inserting pause after each cut in gcode
Replies: 2
Views: 12002

Re: Inserting pause after each cut in gcode

You should be able to set the end delay in your tool definition. This will make the torch pause at the end of the cut.
by Les Newell
Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: Contributed plugins, tools and posts
Topic: GRBL Plasma w THC, Torch Touchoff, and Rotary
Replies: 35
Views: 86391

Re: GRBL Plasma w THC, Torch Touchoff, and Rotary

Do you mean using post.DefineCustomOption and post.ShowCustomOptions?
I just checked and it appears to work in both dev and stable.
by Les Newell
Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: What versions are compatible Win XP?
Replies: 1
Views: 12735

Re: What versions are compatible Win XP?

The current stable version should still work with XP.
by Les Newell
Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: Contributed plugins, tools and posts
Topic: V Carve plug in
Replies: 1
Views: 12316

Re: V Carve plug in

The plugin is for chip carving with a V cutter. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EfNP-O6V3IQ
It is not related to the V-carve CAd-CAM package and won't help you do full 3D milling.
by Les Newell
Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Contributed plugins, tools and posts
Topic: GRBL Plasma w THC, Torch Touchoff, and Rotary
Replies: 35
Views: 86391

Re: GRBL Plasma w THC, Torch Touchoff, and Rotary

Due to the way SheetCam stores values internally, sc.unitBoolean results in a numeric value that is 1 for true or 0 for false. This works fine in C++ but unfortunately Lua regards anything that is not boolean or nil as true.
To be safe you need to do a comparison:

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   if LdcThcEnable == 1 then