Update - tool numbers gone?
Update - tool numbers gone?
Hi all,
just had an update on the TNG version, it seems my tool numbers have disappeared from the Tool option list in the jet cutting form??
Can we get them back, i recognise my main tools by number now
just had an update on the TNG version, it seems my tool numbers have disappeared from the Tool option list in the jet cutting form??
Can we get them back, i recognise my main tools by number now
Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
Hi
I think it was a great improvement. It gives an opening for custom and explicit prefixes in the tool name instead.
I think it was a great improvement. It gives an opening for custom and explicit prefixes in the tool name instead.
Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
I'll give it a -1 as i used the numbers a lot, could have been a user choice tick-box option.
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Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
Dave, do you let SheetCam automatically generate the name?
Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
If i recall correctly, yes i would haveLes Newell wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:03 pm Dave, do you let SheetCam automatically generate the name?
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Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
The idea behind the change was to allow for either automatic tool naming or manual. There used to be an 'automatically create tool names' option that did something similar but ended up causing a lot of confusion. By default it will now automatically create a tool name but if you change the name manually it will use that instead. Unfortunately I messed up the auto naming so it misses out the tool number. This should be fixed in the next release (due out shortly). Note after installing the new release you may have to delete the tool names that are missing a tool number to get it to automatically regenerate them correctly.
Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
Ok great,
so it should revert to how it was before?
I have no tools without numbers.
Dave
so it should revert to how it was before?
I have no tools without numbers.
Dave
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Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
Yes, that is correct. If you manually change the name, that name will be kept.
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I do not seem to be able to manually change the tool name at all. This is critical to functionality as now i have a hundred tools that all say "Laser, 0.008 kerf". That's totally useless. I have custom names in the default tool table and it will not import the names, nor can i change the tool name from within sheetCAM. This is version 6.1.68
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That's odd. Could you send me your toolset.
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Les, see attached. Thanks
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Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
Thanks for the fix Les! Awesome work!
Re: Update - tool numbers gone?
Sorted nicely, thanks.Les Newell wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:53 pm Yes, that is correct. If you manually change the name, that name will be kept.