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Mach Discussion => Mach Screens => Works in progress => Topic started by: TDAY on October 23, 2012, 10:57:51 AM

Title: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: TDAY on October 23, 2012, 10:57:51 AM

Hello all,
 Working on another screen. Think this my 4th or 5th ?!?! :) This one started by trying to make it simple for my brother to use mill also. Iam also trying to make it with as few bitmaps as possible and adding a 4th axis, which iam building. I must admit its pretty hard not getting fancy with a screen set. ;D
Right now it is just jpegs.

Looking for some feedback from others. Like it, suggest, or just plain barf? ;)

Thanks,
Troy

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: TDAY on October 23, 2012, 11:06:08 AM

And the Manual Mode Screen.

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: Dan13 on October 23, 2012, 01:34:45 PM

Looks very good. Like the the simplicity and the screen being clear and not cluttered.

Dan

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: TDAY on October 23, 2012, 05:27:35 PM

Quote from: Dan13 on October 23, 2012, 01:34:45 PM

Looks very good. Like the the simplicity and the screen being clear and not cluttered.

Dan

Thats good to hear. This is what iam working toward. Its easy to keep adding stuff, and before you know it, all is out of wack again. :)
Thanks,
Troy

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: TDAY on October 23, 2012, 10:01:32 PM

When using background bitmaps,Transparent Image Buttons and labels, does anyone know which would be better or easier for Mach to open? Should i create as many buttons and labels as i can within the Mach Screen editor? Or would it be just the same to use a background bitmap with a transparent buttons and text already in bitmap?

Thanks,
Troy

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: ger21 on October 23, 2012, 10:30:44 PM

The fewer the bitmaps, the faster it loads, and the faster it changes screens.

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: TDAY on October 23, 2012, 11:16:36 PM

Ok. That was my understanding but wasnt sure. :)
Thanks much,
Troy

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: TDAY on November 02, 2012, 06:51:47 PM

Finally got around to getting a working screen set.  Be aware that i use a KFLOP and i think i have a couple buttons that may need altered to work correctly without a KFLOP board. Also there is a couple screens that pertain to my particular machine and setup, but thought it might give someone an idea for there own machine. Still have some tweaking to do. Just unzip Simple Mill.zip to Mach3 Bitmap folder and place the Simple Mill.set in Mach3 folder.Let me know if any one has a problem.

Troy

Title: Re: Simple Mill Screen
Post by: TDAY on April 08, 2014, 01:07:20 PM

Whoever might be interested.
I made some small updates, one was adding Power Feed Controls to the Offset Screen.
Troy