Can someone point me to some summary of just what settings are saved in the different files? For example, .machine files seem to save only a subset of the Machine options; .jobt save Job options, some machine options, no link to drawing, no layers, but tools, operations, and parts.
I started a Google spreadsheet (open for anyone to edit) at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsLgLHMAfmCPdHJOZ2FVMkVJcXNMdUstZkpOSnJBNmc#gid=0
(This may not have the right level of detail…)
I’d like to set up an efficient way for the many folks in my shop to use the various machines we have (plasma, vertical mills, pcb engraver, etc.), and I think setting up some of these files may be the way to go, but need to understand what options/settings would still need to be done.
Thanks!
–Dale
I made a couple of chenges. I think your spereadsheet is correct now. Thinking about it the job files and job templates shouldn’t really contain the table dimensions as that is part of the machine. It has always been like this so I am not sure if it is a good idea to chage this now.
Thanks!
When a particular file type is loaded (e.g., .job), if I put other parameters in there (say from .machine), is there a chance that these “extra” parameters would be read in as it stands now?
The file would have to be “read only”–couldn’t be updated except by hand. But it might let me set up a wider swath of parameters at one go.
–Dale
No, I’m afraid you can’t do that. It will only read the parameters it expects. Anything else is ignored. What did you have in mind?
What I had in mind was modifying, for example, the .machine file to add the machine type parameter, or the .jobt file to include all the machine options. Not changing what is saved by the program (not wanting to break things), but I thought it might be the case that all the configuration read routines used the same read routine–read in whatever parameters were present in a file. Then I could create a single configuration file (it could be a .jobt, or .machine, or whatever) with all the parameters I’d want pre-set for, say, a plasma cutter.
How useful would this really be? Not sure it’d be worth adding this feature. I just thought it might be the way it was.
Now that I know what parameters are saved in what .files, I’m in a good place to know what people need to do–that is, what things can be set via configuration file and what things need to be set manually. So I’m set for the moment.
Maybe add a table like this to the documentation?
Thanks!
–Dale