This morning I started taking the first steps to creating a new screen, tentatively called "Mach XP".
I quickly remembered what the most difficult part of screen design is - Figuring out what goes where, and what's needed. The 50-100 hours I'll spend in Photoshop is the easy part.
I'm thinking a 2 screen solution, with auto probing (and other stuff) on the current jog flyout, like in my Aqua screen. One main screen, and one diagnostics/settings screen.
Since it'll look like a Windows screen, there won't be big colorful buttons, so lots more stuff will fit on the screen.
This may take 6 months or more to finish, so don't count on it any time soon. I've got a lot of stuff to get done this summer, so I can start building a new router in the fall.
I've googled for sample control screens to get some ideas, but not sure where I'm going right now.
I'm thinking:
Big toolpath, 25% of the screen, top left.
Small g-code window, bottom left.
Program run controls, and file loading, right of the toolpath.
DRO's, upper right. Lots of them. Multiple sets, including machine coordinates, and togo dro's.
Jogging bottom right.
Suggestions open. Tell me what controls you need to have.