1st post after coming here looking for an answer to this issue, couldn’t find anything using the search option.
I created a set of rules in Sheetcam titled “Holes” and it worked fine. I then realized I wanted to add a few more rules to that ruleset and decided to change the name to “Small Details.” Now when I run my plasma cut operation and select my new rules (small details) I get a bunch of errors stating "Path rule “Holes” not found.
This seems like a bug to me and I’m guessing I can just ignore these errors? Or is there a way to fix this? I’ve only been using Sheetcam for about a year and just started creating rule sets so not sure if it’s something I’m not doing right.
So renaming a rule set should cause the rename to ripple through to all presently loaded toolsets and operations that are referencing that rule set, including the Options-Job Options rule set name. I just tested that on v7.1.40 and it worked as expected. However, I did not save the toolset (w the rule set) to my default toolset, thus it only got saved in the job file. I normally run with Options-Application Options-Advanced ‘Always use default toolset’ ON. So when I relaunched sheetcam and loaded the job, I got the error you describe, because the renamed rule set is not saved in the default toolset. The error is pinned in the upper left corner of the material/canvas screen with a red X.
Now when I flip the ‘Always use default toolset’ OFF, the job loads without error.
There could be other setup situations that causes this error, I’m not sure.
Thanks for the reply, that makes a lot of sense! I’m a new user so I can’t upload the job example I was working on just yet. I’ll see if I can send it to you personally?
Well, I can’t figure out how to send the file to you in a private message either so not sure how long or how many posts I’ll have to make until I gain access to do that.
@Les_Newell - will have to take a look at your job.
It appears there is a rename bug that I’m able to reproduce with your job.
The bug is setup when a ‘Path rules’ name is selected in the tool definition and saved. Then bug is triggered when the Rule Set is renamed via it’s editor dialogue button, the rename IS NOT propagated to the tool definition, but IS propagated to the Job Options and to Cutting Operations.
A workaround is to edit the tool definitions. They will show ‘Path rules’ = None, but in fact the old name is stored in meta data that you don’t see, UNLESS you edit the tools via the menu Tools-Tool Table editor. So fix in either case by editing the ‘Path rules’ field and select either ‘None’ (again) or the new renamed Path rule set. Its quickest to use the Tool Table editor.