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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: Pdf image

« on: July 22, 2015, 06:33:39 PM »

Blockhead
It doesn't necessary have to be pdf, it just has to print my sheet material cut lists from my optimisation software, At the moment I print to paper. I just checked and I can also print as an XPS document.

Ger
I will take another look at Mach 4 then before I get back to spending time on the screen design again.

BR549
Please elaborate some more

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: Pdf image

« on: July 21, 2015, 10:05:06 PM »

Thanks Ger

That's what I concluded but I didn't want to give up on it without making sure. 
 I will have to continue with plan B then,  splitting the screen 75% mach3 and 25% pdf.

Thanks again. 

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: Pdf image

« on: July 21, 2015, 09:08:43 PM »

Thanks for the reply Gary

But I already have a cnc running under mach3 and I will be able to set mach3 with a linear guide/actuator quite easily.
I won't disagree with you that a plc and hmi may be the way to go but I know absolutely nothing about these systems. In fact this has already been pointed out in some treads and I have researched it a bit and again after your suggestion and I think for now at least I'd be better off doing what I know. And in the future I can set out to learn new systems etc.

So can you or anyone else help me with my original question.

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Pdf image

« on: July 19, 2015, 10:28:51 PM »

Hi Folks

I've just started designing a screen for a saw that requires only movements in the X axis.  So I don't need the tool path viewer and want to replace it with a pdf (or other format) file or images of the material I need to cut. The pdf will be stored in the same folder as the gcode, so it would be great if it loaded at the same time as the gcode.
I've looked at this for over a week now and can't find anything on loading an image (pdf) to the screen.

Is this or something similar possible?