LinuxCNC Features - a kind of NGCGUI

Hi Nick,

Congratulations for creating a fantastic plug-in that in my opinion will be appreciated by beginners like me and users that do not use it on a regular basis. I think it is promising and has a future.

I was able to download and install it quite easily following the README.md but I wonder if those files are up to date, they seem quite old for a product in it's infancy.

• Mill.xml has many broken link between *.ini file and their address on disk, same for lathe.xml
• To execute as stand alone and see the result in LinuxCNC, I have to execute as sudo
• Only linear array, circular array and n-gon are working, everything else result in errors in Terminal even after updating mill.xml like this when trying to show a Center Rectangle:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./features.py", line 912, in refresh
  f.write(self.to_gcode())
  File "./features.py", line 894, in to_gcode
  g,d = self.refresh_recursive(iter)
  File "./features.py", line 871, in refresh_recursive
  gcode_def += f.get_definitions()
  File "./features.py", line 257, in get_definitions
  s = self.process(self.attr["definitions"])
  File "./features.py", line 324, in process
  s = re.sub(r"(?i)(<eval>(.*?)</eval>)", eval_callback, s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 151, in sub
  return _compile(pattern, flags).sub(repl, string, count)
  File "./features.py", line 287, in eval_callback
  return str( eval(m.group(2), globals(),{"self":self}) )
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "./features.py", line 274, in include_once
  return self.include(src)
  File "./features.py", line 265, in include
  f = open(search_path(SUBROUTINES_PATH,src))
  TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
• There are inconsistencies in the interface, sometimes it is cX, CX or DX, though the order is right in the *.ini file, it is not the same in the interface
• "Rappid" does not seem a significant word in LinuxCNC but I think I understand the meaning
• po file is incomplete

I am using Debian Wheezy with LinuxCNC 2.6.3

I guess some work has been done since the last update of the files in gethub repo. Will you update soon ? I do not understand how others can say that it runs perfectly when I can not with supposedly the same files.

Regards

P.S. I can complete the translation in 2-3 days to french if I have a complete po file and will be happy to contribute

Hi!

Honestly, I have not tested Features with 2.6.3 yet.
We have tested it only with pre-releases of 2.6.

I'll try to find out what's wrong with 2.6.3.

If you will make po file it will be amazing ! Features are going to be multilingual

Hi Nick,

I have a suggestion, maybe some titles could be changed like :

• Linear and Circular Array Number and Tool Number have 2 different meanings, the first one means Quantity while the second one is an ID, so Linear and Circular array could be Quantity or Count while Tool could be Ident
• In Gcode, could Variable be better than Line ?

Sorry, I have a better understanding of CX and DX

Your plug-in is intuitive and pretty well thought

Regards

FernV wrote: Hi Nick,

Linear and Circular Array Number and Tool Number have 2 different meanings, the first one means Quantity while the second one is an ID, so Linear and Circular array could be

Can you attach a screenshot I do not understand that quite well...

In Gcode, could Variable be better than Line ?

What do you want to be instead of line?

Hi

I assigned the wrong translation to Number in one place and it created confusion. "Number" is OK in all cases.
When I first selected Custom Gcode, I had no idea at all what Line 1-5 were about. It is only when reviewing your video that I understood. However, I think "Variable" could be a better term, I would have understood that it is an object which would need a value.

Is it supposed to write "features.ngc" in the topmost directory ? Or should it be in either ~/linuxcnc or ~/linuxcnc-features-master ?

Most errors are the same when linuxcnc is not updated :
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

I searched www.google.com/search?q=TypeError%3A+coe...weasel-a&channel=nts
and I had lot of answers but since I do know python at all I have no idea what all this means

Regards

Hi,

I am almost finished with translation to French. Every strings have been translated but there are some I am not sure because I do not understand fully hox CNC works.

Here are a few screenshots.






When I have it work, I will be able to correct the rest but if some French speaking people is willing to help, I include the language files. Just edit linuxcnc-features.po with poedit and when you save, it compiles automatically to mo. Re-open LinuxCNC Features to view the modifications.

To install the language file, unzip the archive file in LinuxCNC-features/locale folder and follow the point 6 of INSTALL in README.md




Regards

PS - I was only able to test in stand alone mode, plug-in would NOT load language translation. It only includes translation for mill. I was unable to load lathe.xml catalog in stand alone mode, only as plug-in. Until I can have ALL Features show in LinuxCNC simulator, not only arrays and n-gon, I will not do more translation.