Lathe Macros

This looks very promising Andy! I am currently set up with the NGCGUI routines I got from you and John, which I love! I am looking forward to trying your new screens once you get it ironed out

Regards,

Will

Hello Andy,

That is pretty awesome, Well Done Sir,

Question, how would one go about adding this to their own config? We will be starting another turning center retrofit here shortly, and wouldn't mind tinkering with this when I get it up and running.

Thanks

Rick

LAIR82 wrote: Question, how would one go about adding this to their own config?

There are a few glitches I am ironing out (like, I forgot to make the facing sub pay any attention to angle, and I really can't get threads to work)
Also, the tool-per-sub thing is really annoying me, I am going to do away with that, and have a setup tab to choose a tool and possibly set its offset. (This is part of a plan to stop using the Axis touch-off button as I am forever getting mixed up between tool and coordinate system, and messing up the whole thing)

But, other than that, it can live in a tab alongside any other options, and really doesn't get in the way at all. It just requires a few INI file entries and some G-code files in the config directory (deliberately out of their normal position)

Feel free to experiment with the published version, and let me know what you think so far. Just possibly leave out the tool or the workpiece

Andy,
I tried you Macro code and it seems to be the thing to use for my application. At least the savestate.ini stuff.
I have a silly question seeing that I am wanting to use this kind of thing with Gmoccapy and a touch screen with no keyboard or mouse. Is there a way to enlarge the spin button so that it could be more touch friendly or should I have another approach here?

Andy,
I tried your Macro code and it seems to be the thing to use for my application. At least the savestate.ini stuff.
I have a silly question seeing that I am wanting to use this kind of thing with Gmoccapy and a touch screen with no keyboard or mouse. Is there a way to enlarge the spin button so that it could be more touch friendly or should I have another approach here?

mariusl wrote: I have a silly question seeing that I am wanting to use this kind of thing with Gmoccapy and a touch screen with no keyboard or mouse. Is there a way to enlarge the spin button so that it could be more touch friendly or should I have another approach here?

Spinbuttons without a keyboard to type the values in to are just painful. Doesn't Gscreen use a widget that pops up a numeric keypad when you tap the box?