qtvcp issues

that looks right the origin offsets should be placeable by the user and the tool offsets should always open at the top left.
Though I see the label at the bottom of the focus widget displays the wrong message.

f3 = origin offsets
f4 = camview
f5 = macros
f6 = tool offsets
There are other key bindings also.
all set in the handler file

Chris M

I have figured out why the gui would not allow me to move it to the edge of the screen.

This will not work now: DISPLAY = qtvcp -d -g 1024x768+0+0

But this will: DISPLAY = qtvcp -d -g 1024x768+1+1

weirdness of the window manager. Glad you found something that works.
Is that with the embed window still included?

Chris

How do you envision tool selection?
That seems like a good candidate for a widget rather then building by hand.
I would be really nice to find/make some generic images of tools.
like drill, flat vee round endmill, probe etc for a visual clue to what one is loading.

it's a little tough as the tool table is not flecible enough yet to hold extra info.

Chris M

"weirdness of the window manager. Glad you found something that works.
Is that with the embed window still included?"

I don’t have an good answer for that. All I remember doing was to change 0's to 1's.
I think I will try bringing them back to 0's again later to see what happens.

In ref to the tool table:

I have always liked the interactive pictures to enter tool parameters. I know there are some suppliers catalogs that have lots of pictures so they are likely available from sites like:
tracepartson line.net
partclould.net

or other sources like them that offer free 2D & 3D cad models. They may need conversion to .png or other formats but picture files may be available from these sources. You would need to search the categories.

If a table entry for these cannot be added to the tool file then there could be a prefix added to the description/comment to call up the correct interactive picture. Such a picture could be placed embedded in a stack or as a pop-up.