V2.79

[Ron Ginger]

Version 2.79 is ready for test. The main change in this version is to handle the metric tool units correctly. Old versions were doing a double conversion of metric values to english resulting in bad values for Feed rate.

I have also displayed the units LEDs on every page. You select a unit in the first screen when you select material. From then on all units are assumed to be in the chosen system.

But when you select a tool you may indicate the tool is in the other units. When you calculate chip load and feed rate they will be shown in the selected units, but when you click Continue to move to the next screen the tool values will be converted to the native units. A message Box pops up to tell you it made a conversion. I may eliminate that box if its to annoying.

Consider this a test version for a while.

Download the zip file and unpack it into Mach3/Addons/Newfangled

have fun, let me know if there are errors.

[MikeHenry]

Hi Ron,

Will version 2.79 work OK on Tormach mills or should Tormach owners stay with the version you released specifically for us a while back?

Mike

[Ron Ginger]

I will fix a 2.79T version as soon as I can. This version will run on Tormach but it will get an error when you try to open the tool table, and if you try to edit the process list.

[MikeHenry]

Thanks Ron - Mike

[Monafly]

There is something broken with this and also 2.78 on my machine. I am a licensed user and when it's selected from Mach, the initial screen shows up, but the buttons that allow you to get past that first screen aren't visible, so I can't do anything with any of the wizards. It did work ok with 2.76 I believe. I am running the latest version of Mach and NFW were installed after upgrading Mach.

Thanks.

[Ron Ginger]

What is your screen size? Do you have the check on Config/General set to auto enlarge screens?

The wizards have no control over the screen size, thats up to mach to re-size them when they open.

[Monafly]

Thanks-it was the auto adjust of the screen size that fixed it.

[drwc]

Ron, any headway on the "T" version?

[vmax549]

HIYA RON, Any chance of the wizzards being modified to accept Top of Material input instead of assuming TOM is zero.

(;-) TP

[Ron Ginger]

No good excuse for not having the T version up yet, I just have not done it. Ill try to get it done soon

Ive been talking with Brian about some very helpful changes in how VB works internally. Some of the changes are done now, some will still take a while. Im not to anxious to dig into the current Vb stuff now, but maybe when the new stuff is ready I can make some very interesting changes.