NGCGUI and helper image

With NGCGUI you can have a helper image that will appear when you select a NGCGUI file.
By design this image file must be small to fit in the NGCGUI panel, however if you use the --imageframe option the image will appear as a separate widget.
I have tried using larger images but it does still seem that the image widget is limited to a small size on the screen. Perhaps I am missing a setting or option.
For now I just create a helper image file the size I want and display it with a desktop launcher.

Rick G

That's a good work around to have a desktop launcher for the instructions.

It could be a better solution full stop.

I stopped using images in my ngcgui tabs, because they took up too much space, which could have been used for param fields.

Likewise I stopped using pyvcp panels, which take up space, and now have 2 configs for each machine, one for ngcgui to create the code and the other a normal Axis with pyvcp to run it.

The main problem is the type of display in the workshop.
I have a HD 1920 x 1080 display in the house, but in the workshop it is 14" LCD running at 1024 x 768, so space is at a premium.

regards

All my cnc monitors are relativity small compared to my office, and so space is a premium.
Although I do have NGCGUI embedded in AXIS I only use that for simple ngcs.

For the others I use John's suggestion of a desktop short cut to start NGCGUI with the proper ngc file.
This way I start Linuxcnc, then open a separate window for NGCGUI, which can be as large as needed, and another widget for the helper file.
With this I can set a proper font and NGCGUI size, open the helper if necessary and then open AXIS without any loss of space.
I also found that the Vertical option for NGCGUI seems to give me more usable space.

After discussing this with John some time back I think in the future I will use a custom Glade GUI in place of the PVYPC panel so as to be able to move it around and open and close the panel for better use of the space.

Rick G

Hello John,

Nice clean look, can't wait to see the finished product.

Rick G