GUI for PlasmaC - QtPlasmac

I am beginning to create a dedicated GUI for PlasmaC using QtVCP.

Due to my being graphically challenged I think I will use Jims Silver Dragon as a starting point. Unless someone out there is able to design the GUI look then I will be happy to do all the coding.

If anyone has any ideas of what should be included and/or excluded or any ideas on layout then please feel free to comment.

Haha, I guess a fire breathing dragon is appropriate for a plasma cutter.

I can handle most technical stuff but I don't have a creative bone in my body

That is a nice choice.
Now i wonder ( this is the second time ) where is that user that was making some awesome images in Blender, as in Blender.org, not a food blender for making that green abomination called protein shake!
As usuall i am here to ..... watch !

phillc54 wrote:

I am beginning to create a dedicated GUI for PlasmaC using QtVCP.

Due to my being graphically challenged I think I will use Jims Silver Dragon as a starting point. Unless someone out there is able to design the GUI look then I will be happy to do all the coding.

If anyone has any ideas of what should be included and/or excluded or any ideas on layout then please feel free to comment.

So yesterday I found out that my work was handing out free ice cream from the local creamery, and I thought to myself "this week cant possibly get any better", well that definitely changed.

I'm super excited about this, and while I'm not a graphic designer, and my coding abilities are limited, I can definitely break things, and I have a lot of experience with PathPilot. One thing I will say about Tormach is that they definitely did that right. I never truly appreciated it until I started messing around with the standard Linux GUIs.

At any rate, I am happy to contribute ideas, etc.

Off the cuff, the ability to clear a current program would be nice. In Pathpilot you can do math or enter any value inside the DRO which is handy (zero out the X axis at the edge of the plate, jog to the other side, then type /2 to set the zero point at the center of the length traveled, for example). Also, showing the time in the GUI is pretty convenient when you have the program running full screen.

I am sure I will think of more, but thats just off the cuff.

snowgoer540 wrote:

Off the cuff, the ability to clear a current program would be nice.

I'm not 100% sure what you mean here.

In Pathpilot you can do math or enter any value inside the DRO which is handy (zero out the X axis at the edge of the plate, jog to the other side, then type /2 to set the zero point at the center of the length traveled, for example). Also, showing the time in the GUI is pretty convenient when you have the program running full screen.

Forgive the colours, I have been playing around with stylesheets...

This is how it does the above at the moment

I am trying to restrict adding code as much as possible by utilising as much QtVCP infrastructure as possible.

I don't know what a lot of the features are, it is another learning curve.

Is there video available of what Greg was asking?

Or maybe Chris will see this and chime in.