V4 Build 15
I just uploaded V4 Build 15 to http://www.grzsoftware.com/v2dl.php . It includes a few fixes for bugs found by Gerry and some optimizations that I made internally to save memory and speed up processing. This fix seems to be significant for the “Linking” part of the toolpath calculations and when you save a toolpath. I hope to find a few more big wins like this in the next few weeks.
Robert,
during defining a region the lines to drag should be visible above the part.
Now the region is first visible when you finished defining.
Richard
You’re right- a new version should be up in the next 45 minutes. Thanks for catching that.
-Robert
When I loaded my first model, I didn’t get the “always use inch” dialog. So it looks like it’s fixed, but I though it would at least ask me one more time.
I wanted to see if it was really fixed, so I went to Preferences, and tries “Reset Don’t Ask Again”. It hangs MC. I had to end task. Tried it again, and hung again.
Also, reading the release notes, I noticed the Control 1-6 for views. Can I lobby for something a little different? I never use the standard number keys, I always use the number keypad. In AutoCAD, I have the keypad set up for different views.
2 = front
8 = back
4 = left
6 = right
5 = top
1,3,7,9 are isometrics.
Any chance of getting those assigned? You can leave the others, and just have two options. As it stands, I’ll never use them, but I’d use them on the keypad all the time.
And last thing. I’ve never liked the rotation with the mouse in MC. I frequently will end up where I just can’t rotate the model the way I want. MeshCAM is the only 3D app that I’ve ran into this problem, and I’ve used a lot of them. Sometimes I just rotate into a position where it won’t rotate. I need to go back to a top view and start over. Not a huge deal, and I don’t know if it bothers anyone else, but it’s something that’s always been there.
Do you have them setup to trigger with the number only or do you need a CTRL or ALT as well?
I’ll look at the Reset Don’t Ask bug now. Thanks for finding that.
I also dislike the 3D manipulation I have now. I copied Rhino which was my favorite CAD program at the time. I’m now hooked on Solidworks and I only use the 1,2,3… and the cursor keys for rotation so the who thing is frustrating for me to develop.
The 3D view and manipulation will definitely change in the future. I am already planning on changing back to an ortho projection rather than a perspective projection and I think I’ll probably change to an arcball-style rotation from the one I have. I’m reluctant to change this mid-version since it’s pretty deep in the code and, good or bad, people are used to the way it works. It will probably be the first change when I start on V5.
-Robert
Just the numbers alone, if it doesn’t cause problems. In AutoCAD I have to hit Enter, because it’s a command.
I guess as long as the dialogs have focus it should be good with just the numbers.
I need to think about that one but it should be doable.
I did find the “Reset” bug and a new version should be up in about 30 minutes. Thanks again.
-Robert
Robert,
Either I am having a really bad day or you need lots of some sort of banned insecticide
Dumb simple model, so simple I had to double check.
ROUGHING – 3D and the computer uses most of its cpu % but nothing happens for many minutes, or in this decade. Parallel alone works and with both checked it seems to work, longer estimated cutting time, but nothing too bad.
Linking – At 6 bars cpu use drops to 10% and nothing continues to happen…
jeffD
Can you send me the file and the settings you’ve used?
-Robert
Robert,
what about after defining a region optional showing a table with the defined points for manual adjusting ?
Richard
I thought about letting the user pick a region by manually entering the values but I came to believe that a DXF would be a better way to do precise layout.
-Robert