GUI for PlasmaC - QtPlasmac

phillc54 wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote: haha, I can relate. I was just getting ready to sit down and see if I could copy paste, snip something together for an idea, see if I come up with anything.

Should I hold off on that?

No, I am open to suggestions.

Sounds good, I didnt know if you were already so far down the rabbit hole. I'll see what I can come up with.

phillc54 wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote: haha, I can relate. I was just getting ready to sit down and see if I could copy paste, snip something together for an idea, see if I come up with anything.

Should I hold off on that?

No, I am open to suggestions.

Well here is what I hacked together. I am open to suggestion. And also, I can type something up to explain what I was thinking with some of the things, and other features that would be part of the GUI. I ran out of time for the evening, another early day tomorrow.

I'm excited to hear what you think.

-Greg

Also, I should note, some of the colors aren’t what I’d go with in the final (background, gcode area). But you can only do so much with snippet and PowerPoint in the time allotted lol

snowgoer540 wrote: Also, I should note, some of the colors aren’t what I’d go with in the final (background, gcode area). But you can only do so much with snippet and PowerPoint in the time allotted lol

Thanks for that and a bit of an explanation would be nice.
Personally I am not a fan of too much colour, for me the less the better.
I think we need to start with what are the required controls on the "main" panel.
I see you don't have jog keys, does everyone have a pendant?
You probably should allow for 4 axes in case a user has a rotary axis for pipe cutting.
Is DTG required, personally I have never used it as it is only for the current segment, if it was to the end of the cut it would make some sense.

phillc54 wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote: Also, I should note, some of the colors aren’t what I’d go with in the final (background, gcode area). But you can only do so much with snippet and PowerPoint in the time allotted lol

Thanks for that and a bit of an explanation would be nice.
Personally I am not a fan of too much colour, for me the less the better.
I think we need to start with what are the required controls on the "main" panel.
I see you don't have jog keys, does everyone have a pendant?
You probably should allow for 4 axes in case a user has a rotary axis for pipe cutting.
Is DTG required, personally I have never used it as it is only for the current segment, if it was to the end of the cut it would make some sense.

I will whip something explanatory up tomorrow.

I can definitely go without the color as well. I’ll make a version with it removed tomorrow.

I’ve never used jog keys as none of my stuff has touch screen and if I’m clicking with a mouse I might as well just use the keyboard. However, a solid compromise would be a tab with the jog controls I’d think?

Ok, easy enough to add an A axis.

No, certainly not required. But sometimes it’s a nice sanity check. Probably more handy on a mill or a lathe. Perhaps not necessary here.

I will make a version 2 tomorrow sometime, and give a bit of an explanation. I agree, my focus was on the main tab, the rest can follow behind that.

I will make a version 2 tomorrow sometime, and give a bit of an explanation.

Cool.

I agree, my focus was on the main tab, the rest can follow behind that.

That is where it should be, the main screen is the most important (well it is to me anyhow).