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Hi Floris,

On next update, you will have to edit Preferences and check this box


Fern

Hi Fern, I'm trying to engrave some text and maybe I miss some dependences or, should I make some setting before run the text engraving function? The same issue I have with the text engraving example. Could you take a look please?



Floris

HI Floris,

I can not find the meaning of this 255 code.
Check that truetype-tracer package is installed and also the font you want to use.
truetype-tracer should usually be installed with LinuxCNC

I checked the example and it seems it was not updated with the latest changes,
you could have an error because it can not do a G1 with a feed of 0. This is just for the example.

Fern

P.S. A simple reminder that if you always want "Tool length compensation " to be "No",
you can set and save all "Tool Change" values as custom default using

Thanks Fern for your tip, I have saved my defaults values and then hid coolant compensation and tool length functions.
The installation of true-type tracer solved my problem with the engraving fonts, but in the example of the project the error of G1 without Feedrate persists.

It would be nice to add a 45 and 90 degree hatch option to the engraving function.
Are you planning to implement tool wear compensation, maybe G41.1 D#; G42.1 D# for simplicity? I could not live without dynamic compensation.
Imho a calculator is more useful than a simple virtual keyboard.
In the rectangle function, you should increase the corner options as in the image bellow please, cnc router's users will be very grateful.



Sorry for the long list of wishes, is that I'm very enthusiastic about your work.
My eternal gratitude.
Floris

Note: I don't see any updates for debian stretch.

eFalegname wrote: ...I have saved my defaults values and then hid coolant compensation and tool length functions.

Hidden state is saved with custom defaults values so hide before saving. You do not have to delete those before saving again

eFalegname wrote: ...It would be nice to add a 45 and 90 degree hatch option to the engraving function.

ncam calls truetype-tracer which is the work of Chris Radek and others from a python script. truetype-tracer is compiled for different os versions and I have no plans now to create a new tt-tracer

eFalegname wrote: ...Are you planning to implement tool wear compensation, maybe G41.1 D#; G42.1 D# for simplicity?

I will consider your suggestion

eFalegname wrote: ...Imho a calculator is more useful than a simple virtual keyboard.

I agree

eFalegname wrote: ...In the rectangle function, you should increase the corner options as in the image bellow

I will also consider this suggestion

eFalegname wrote: ...Sorry for the long list of wishes, is that I'm very enthusiastic about your work.

PLEASE, DO NOT STOP REQUESTING NEW FEATURES

eFalegname wrote: ...I don't see any updates for debian stretch.

Update of NativeCAM on your system will be automatic AFTER a new version is pushed


Fern

FernV wrote:

eFalegname wrote: ...Sorry for the long list of wishes, is that I'm very enthusiastic about your work.

PLEASE, DO NOT STOP REQUESTING NEW FEATURES
Fern

Hi Fern,
on a wood router cnc cabinet parts have to be left side and right, for that reason a mirror feature is very important, a sort of G50-G51 Gcode in mach3 not implemented in linuxcnc. Under the Group "Offset-Rotation" could you add a Mirror toolpath function maybe flipping and shifting the current workoffset (not rotating it) and not reversing the toolpaths to mantain the same milling direction?

forum.linuxcnc.org/40-subroutines-and-ng...-mirror?limitstart=0



Cheers,
Floris