- created a new function named Convert Any to Gerber and installed it in Edit -> Conversion. It's doing what the name say: it will convert an Geometry or Excellon FlatCAM object to a Gerber object.
- made again plot functions threaded but moved the dataChanged signal (update_view() ) to the main thread by using an already existing signal (plots_updated signal) to avoid the errors with register QVector
- Gerber and Geometry Editors: fixed some issues with the Add Arc/Add Semidisc; in mode 132, the norm() function was not the one from numpy but from a FlatCAM Class. Also fixed some of the texts and made sure that when changing the mode, the current points are reset to prepare for the newly selected mode.
- in PDF import tool added support for paths filled and at the same time stroked ('B' and 'B*'commands)
- added a shortcut key for PDF Import Tool (ALT+Q) and updated the Shortcut list (also with the 'T' and 'R' keys for Gerber Editor where they control the bend in Track and Region tool and the 'M' and 'D' keys for Add Arc tool in Geometry Editor)
- fixed a bug in Move command in context menu who crashed the app when triggered
- Gerber Editor: when adding a new aperture it will be store as the last selected and it will be used for any tools that are triggered until a new aperture is selected.
- update the order of event handlers connection in Editors to first connect new handlers then disconnect old handlers. It seems that if nothing is connected some VispY functions like canvas panning no longer works if there is at least once nothing connected to the 'mouse_move' event
- Excellon Editor: update so always there is a tool selected even after the Execllon object was just edited; before it always required a click inside of the tool table, not you do it only if needed.
- fixed the menu File -> Edit -> Edit/Close Editor entry to reflect the status of the app (Editor active or not)
- replaced the standard buttons in the QMessageBox's used in the app with custom ones that can have text translated
- updated the POT translation file and the MO/PO files for English and Romanian language
- fixed Excellon Editor selection: when a tool is selected in Tools Table, all the drills belonging to that tool are selected. When a drill is selected on canvas, the associated tool will be selected without automatically selecting all other drills with same tool
- Gerber Editor: finished the Copy, Aperture Add, Buffer, Scale, Move including the Utility geometry
- Trying to fix bug in Measurement Tool: the mouse events don't disconnect
- fixed bug in applying default language on first start
- on activating 'V' key shortcut (zoom fit) the mouse cursor is now jumping to origin (0, 0)
- fixed bug in saving toolbars state; the file was saved before setting the self.defaults['global_toolbar_view]
- made saving of the project file non-blocking and also while saving the project file, if the user tries again to close the app while project file is being saved, the app will close only after saving is complete (the project file size is non zero)
- FlatCAM editors now are separated each in it's own file
- fixed TextTool in Geometry Editor so it will open the notebook on activation and close it after finishing text adding
- started to work on a Gerber Editor
- fix on the Gerber parser that makes searching for '%%' char optional when doing regex search for mode, units or image polarity. This allow loading Gerber files generated by the ECAD software TCl4.4
- modified the Properties Tool to show the number of elements in the follow_geometry for each aperture
- modified the copy functions to copy the follow_geometry and also the apertures if it's possible (only for Gerber objects)
- remade the POT translate file
- work in progress in translation for Romanian language 44%
- fix for showing tools by activating them from the Menu - final fix.
- remade the POT translate file
- work in progress in translation for Romanian language 44%
- fix for showing tools by activating them from the Menu - final fix.
- fixed some forgotten strings to be prepared for internationalization in ToolCalculators
- fixed Tools menu no longer working due of changes
- added some test translation for the ToolCalculators (in Romanian)
- fixed bug in ToolCutOut where for each tool invocation the signals were reconnected
- finished support for internationalization by adding a set of .po/.mo files for the English language. Unfortunately the final action can be done only when Beta will be out of Beta (no more changes) or when I will decide to stop working on this app.
- changed the tooltip for 'feedrate_rapids' parameter to point out that this parameter is useful only for the Marlin postprocessor
- more work on the translation engine; the app now restarts after a language is applied
- added protection against using Travel Z parameter with negative or zero value (in Geometry).
- finished Manual Cutout Tool by adding utility geometry to the cutting geometry
- added CTRL + click behavior for adding manual bridge gaps in Cutout Tool
- in Tool Cutout added shortcut key 'Escape' to cancel the current adding of bridge gaps
- ~~after an object move, the apertures plotted shapes are deleted from canvas and the 'mark all' button is deselected~~
- after move tool action or any other transform (rotate, skew, scale, mirror, offset), the plotted apertures are kept plotted.
- changing units now will convert all the default values from one unit type to another
- prettified the selection shape and the moving shape
- initial work in object hovering shape
- enhanced the toggle effect for the tools in the Tools Toolbar and also for Notebook Tab selection: if the current tool is activated it will toggle the notebook side but only if the installed widget is itself. If coming from another tool, the notebook will stay visible
- fixed FlatCAMGerber.merge() to merge the self.apertures[ap]['solid_geometry'] too
- started to work on a new feature that allow adding a ToolChange GCode macro - GUI added both in CNCJob Selected tab and in CNCJob Preferences
- added a limited 'sort-of' Gerber Editor: it allows buffering and scaling of apertures
- added the ability to open FlatConfig configuration files in COde Editor, Modify them and then save them.
- added ability to double click the FlatConfig files and open them in the FlatCAM Code Editor (to be verified)
- remade the UI for ToolSolderPaste. The object comboboxes now have context menu's that allow object deletion. Also the last object created is set as current item in comboboxes.
- removed "added ability to regenerate objects (it's actually deletion followed by recreation)" because of the way Python pass parameters to functions by reference instead of copy
- made the GCode Editor for ToolSolderPaste clear the text before updating the Code Editor tab
- all the Tabs in Plot Area are closed (except Plot Area itself) on New Project creation
- changed the shortcut key for YouTube channel from F2 to key F4
- changed the way APP LEVEL is showed both in Edit -> Preferences -> General tab and in each Selected Tab. Changed the ToolTips content for this.
- added the functions for GCode View and GCode Save in Tool SolderPaste
- finished the UI, created the postprocessor file template
- finished the multi-tool solder paste dispensing: it will start using the biggest nozzle, fill the pads it can, and then go to the next smaller nozzle until there are no pads without solder.
- added a button to clear de GUI preferences in Preferences -> General -> Gui Settings -> Clear GUI Settings
- added key shortcuts for the shape transformations within Geometry Editor: X, Y keys for Flip(mirror), SHIFT+X, SHIFT+Y combo keys for Skew and ALT+X, ALT+Y combo keys for Offset
- adjusted the plotcanvas.zomm_fit() function so the objects are better fit into view (with a border around)
- fixed bug in paint function in Geometry Editor that didn't allow painting due of overlap value
- added protections again wrong values for the Buffer and Paint Tool in Geometry Editor
- the Paint Tool in Geometry Editor will load the default values from Tool Paint in Preferences
- when the Tools in Geometry Editor are activated, the notebook with the Tool Tab will be unhidden. After execution the notebook will hide again for the Buffer Tool.
- changed the font in Tool names
- added in Geometry Editor a new Tool: Transformation Tool. It still has some bugs, though ...
- New feature: added the capability to view the source code of the Gerber/Excellon file that was loaded into the app. The file is also stored as an object attribute for later use. THe view option is in the project context menu and in Menu -> Options -> View Source
- added a new entry in the Project Context Menu named 'Save'. It will actually work for Geometry and it will do Export DXF and for Excellon and it will do Export Excellon
- added new options in Edit -> Preferences -> General -> App Preferences to control if the Notebook is showed at startup and if the notebook is closed when there are no objects in the collection and showed when the collection has objects.
- started to work on GUI forms simplification
- changed the Preferences GUI for Geometry and Excellon Objects to make a difference between parameters that are changed often and those that are not.
- made the Preferences window scrollable on the horizontal side (it was only vertically scrollable before)
- made invisible some buttons that could mislead (the ones for slots converted to drills which I deem unsafe)
- in Excellon Editor added a shortcut key 'T' that popup a window allowing to enter a new Tool with the set diameter
- in App added a shortcut key 'T' that popup a windows allowing to enter a new Tool with set diameter only when the Selected tab is on focus and only if a Geometry object is selected
- changed the shortcut key for Transform Tool from 'T' to 'ALT+T'
- fixed bug in Geometry Selected tab that generated error when used tool offset was less than half of either total length or half of total width. Now the app signal the issue with a status bar message
- added Double Validator for the Offset value so only float numbers can be entered.
- in App added a shortcut key 'T' that popup a windows allowing to enter a new Tool with set diameter only when the Tool tab is on focus and only if a NCC Tool or Paint Area Tool object is installed in the Tool Tab
- when selecting an object on canvas by single click, it's name is displayed in status bar. When nothing is selected a blank message (nothing) it's displayed
- in Move Tool I've added the type of object that was moved in the status bar message
- color coded the status bar bullet to blue for selection
- the name of the selected objects are displayed in the status bar color coded: green for Gerber objects, Brown for Excellon, Red for Geometry and Blue for CNCJobs.
- fixed FlatCAM crash when trying to make drills GCode out of a file that have only slots.
- made the shell toggle shortcut key work when focused on Selected Tab; toggle units shortcut also
- changed the messages for Units COnversion
- fixed bug in multigeometry geometry not having the bounds in self.options and crashing the GCode generation
- fixed bug that crashed whole application in case that the GCode editor is activated on a Tool gcode that is defective.
- fixed bug in Marlin postprocessor for the Excellon files; the header and toolchange event always used the parenthesis witch is not compatible with GCode for Marlin
- fixed a issue with a move to Z_move before any toolchange
- whatever was the visibility of the corresponding toolbar when we enter in the Editor, it will be set after exit from the Editor (either Geometry Editor or Excellon Editor).
- added ability to be detached for the tabs in the Notebook section (Project, Selected and Tool)
- added ability for all detachable tabs to be restored to the same position from where they were detached.
- restored the way the tools autoloaded the objects in the comboboxes
- created a prototype postprocessor file for usage with tool probing in MACH3
- added the default values for Tool Film and Tool Panelize to the Edit -> Preferences
- now the special messages in the Shell are color coded according to the level. Before they all were RED. Now the WARNINGS are yellow, ERRORS are red and SUCCESS is a dark green. Also the level is in CAPS LOCK to make them more obvious
- some more changes to GUI interface (solved issues)
- added some status bar messages in the Geometry Editor to guide the user when using the Geometry Tools
- now the '`' shortcut key that shows the 'shortcut key list' in Editors points to the same window which is created in a tab no longer as a pop-up window. This tab can be detached if needed.
- fixed gcode conversion/scale (on units change) when multiple values are found on each line
- replaced the pop-up window for the shortcut list with a new detachable tab
- removed the pop-up messages from the rotate, skew, flip commands
- All the tabs in the GUI right side are (Plot Are, Preferences etc) are now detachable to a separate windows which when closed it returns in the previous location in the toolbar. Those detached tabs can be also reattached by drag and drop.
- in case that the Toolchange X,Y parameter in Selected (or in Preferences) are deleted then the app will still do the job using the current coordinates for toolchange
- fixed an issue in camlib.CNCJob where tha variable self.toolchange_xy was used for 2 different purposes which created loss of information.
- more changes in Edit -> Preferences -> Geometry, Gerber and in CNCJob
- added new option for Cutout Tool Freeform Gaps in Edit -> Preferences -> Tools
- fixed Freeform Cutout gaps issue (it was double than the value set)
- added a new menu entry for the Gerber Join function: Edit -> Conversions -> "Join Gerber(s) to Gerber" allowing joining Gerber objects into a final Gerber object
- added a new menu entry for the Gerber Join function: Edit -> Conversions -> "Join Gerber(s) to Gerber" allowing joining Gerber objects into a final Gerber object
- reorganized the Edit -> Preferences -> Global
- redesigned the messagebox that is showed when quiting ot creating a New Project: now it has an option ('Cancel') to abort the process returning to the app
- updated function for copy of an Excellon object for the case when the object has slots
- updated FlatCAMExcellon.merge() function to work in case some (or all) of the merged objects have slots
- added the Copy entry to the Project context menu
- made the functions behind Disable and Enable project context menu entries, non-threaded to fix a possible issue
- added a try - except clause for the situations when for a font can't be determined the family and name
- moved font parsing to the Geometry Editor: it is done everytime the Text tool is invoked
- made sure that the HPGL postprocessor is not populated in the Excellon postprocessors in Preferences as it make no sense (HPGL is useful only for Geometries)
- fixed the message box layout when asking to save the current work
- made sure that whenever the HPGL postprocessor is selected the Toolchange is always ON and the MultiDepth is OFF
- the HPGL postprocessor entry is not allowed in Excellon Object postprocessor selection combobox as it is only applicable for Geometry
- the version date in GCode header is now the one set in FlatCAMApp.App.version_date
- fixed bug in postprocessor files: number of drills is now calculated only for the Excellon objects in toolchange function (only Excellon objects have drills)
named: global_mouse_pan_button
It can be set through set_sys TclCommand or the value getted through
get_sys TclCommand.
Values are 1 for left mouse button, 2 for middle mouse button and
3 for right mouse button.
It does hurt my hand (wrist) keeping the middle mouse button pressed
when panning and I very much preffer panning with RMB.
The default setting is pan_button = middle mouse button.
- replaced (as per advice from @jpcgt) the lines with app.info call
to using a signal which is safe to use in a threaded environment,
app.inform.emit()
at each mouse click on canvaas the coordinates were copied to clipboard.
Now for the same feet it require to have the CTRL key pressed while
clicking on canvas for the coordinates to be copied.
- I had to play with module imports as they created a lot of error in
the tests although in reality the program worked OK.
- I've fixed some mistakes in TcL commands (they were testing isinstance
against the like of Geometry instead of FlatCAMGeometry)
- I've had to add some fixes in ObjectCollections.py (error on
create_index() method but Marco already fixed this in the checkbox
in project tab pull request and knew about this.
- Although at some point the tests run fine, I've made some checkings
on my own over the Tcl commands and discovered errors which I fixed as
mentioned above.
- conclusion is that tests are just a must and do not cover everything
(like saving projects which at some point by juggling with imports I
braked and tests were 100% OK)
(this is pointless)
- added separators between groups of menu items
- added icons for the Drawing -> Paint and for the Drawing - > Buffer
- added ability to add icons for the Tools
- added icons to the current tools (Dblsided Tool, Measurement Tool)
- added buttons in the toolbar for: Open Gerber, Open Excellon,
Open Gcode and Save Project As
- added button in Tools toolbar for Measurement tool
- added separators in the toolbar
- organized the toolbar buttons in multiple toolbars that can be disabled
with right click on the toolbar
- added names for the toolbars where they were not present
the project is created with plot=False then it will not be checked in
Project tab
- improved the panelize command by toggling OFF the plot for the
temporary objects. There is no need to plot the temporary objects, only
the panel is of interest
- add a few aliases for the Panelize command ('pan' and 'panel')
- in camlib.py, CNCJob class -> generate_from_excellon_by_tool() was
failing in the line to sort the tools due of been unable to compare
between dict's. I replaced that section.
- add setup.py script,
- switch to use images via "share:" resource name
(this allows to work both versions of application:
- system wide installation,
- directly from source),
- add .desktop file,
- rename FlatCAM.py to flatcam and install it as an
executable script.
but no default values and no in array dimensions on change units
defaults added for excellon_tooldia background_timeout and verbose_error_level in self.options.update({})
more detaild error print including python trace when more complex unknown error
reinplement drillcncjob
fix camlib problem with all drills("all" was already there) but it crashes on tools without points, when no tools "all" is as default
add timeout to all helps if command is signaled
implement executing of tasks inside worker thread
cleanups, reimplement Isolate/New/OpenGerber as OOP style Shell commands
disable edit during shell execution, show some progress
add ability for breakpoints in other threads and only if available
add X11 safe flag, not sure what happen on windows
implement TclCommand.TclCommandSignaled as proof of concept (not usefull)
bypass using threads within obj.generatecncjob(use_thread = False, **args)
reimplement some more shell commands to OOP style
Marius Stanciu
mquezada
Damian Wrobel
Juan Pablo Caram
Zheng, Lei
Kamil Sopko
grbd
Kamil Sopko