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Works in progress / Re: An unfinished screen set - "Mach Blue"
« on: August 14, 2006, 01:15:12 AM »
Hi santiniuk & Mr. Bean,

Another couple of items... While using the "Offsets" screen, I inadvertently clicked the Edge Finder Icon rather than the "Select" button for the X- axis. The "Y" DRO updated rather than the proper "X" axis. I checked the VB Scripts for the Edge Finder Icons and they are: Y+ is SetDRO(0, *-* X+ is SetDRO(1, *-* Y- is SetDRO(0, *-* X- is SetDRO(1,.

And the other... the "Center" icon is not centered.  :)

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Works in progress / Re: An unfinished screen set - "Mach Blue"
« on: July 17, 2006, 08:57:12 PM »
Hi Mr. Bean,

Again, I wasn't complaining... you two have put too much good work on these screens for any gripes. Very minor "blems" have nothing to do with the usefulness you've provided!

I am curious... I noticed both your screen backgrounds, and those provided by the Mach3 install are not native 1024 x 768 72dpi. Is there a reason they are smaller nnnn x nnn 100dpi?

I used to do Desktop Publishing for years, and pixel / point per inch count was a big deal en route to the printers / imagesetters... especially for color separations. ;)

Paul, Central OR

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Works in progress / Re: An unfinished screen set - "Mach Blue"
« on: July 15, 2006, 08:44:01 PM »
Hi santiniuk & Mr. Bean,

After my struggles with Screen4, I thought I would try your InsomniaX screen sets. All I can say is *Marvelous*... keep up the great work.

A couple of questions...

I noticed some of the button drop shadows show some polarization, even though the file is 24-bit. Is that a result of resizing, or did the screen get reduced to 16-bit at some point? The "Rewind" button in the following example shows what I'm seeing:

http://www.coinet.com/~pwc/Mach3Screen/InsomniaxScreenInfo1.jpg

The G-Code display on the "Diagnostics" page is somewhat pixelized, and difficult to read. Is there a particular font I should have on my system for the clearest display?

http://www.coinet.com/~pwc/Mach3Screen/InsomniaxScreenInfo2.jpg

Thanks again for the great effort you two have put into these screen sets. Please don't take the above as whining... just want to make sure I got all the pieces on my system for the best display. My display is set to High - 32-bit on WinXP Pro.

Paul, Central OR

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Mach Screens / Re: Layered Objects in Screen4
« on: July 14, 2006, 03:26:42 AM »
I've been reading other threads, and I saw a comment that succeeding bitmaps are placed behind existing elements?

Again, using "Bitmap to Back" seemed to have an effect on all screens. So... I'll try creative pasting next. :)

For the "Third Party" Screen Designer developer... I would like to add a wishlist item. The object dialog has pixel size and position fields. An additional field for object depth (layer) with 0...31 or 0...255 values would be usefull.

If the software development were in FORTRAN or COBOL... on punch cards. I might be able to pitch in, but I never kept up with these new fangled (sorry for the pun!) languages. ;)

Paul, Central OR

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Mach Screens / Layered Objects in Screen4
« on: July 13, 2006, 01:15:37 PM »
I modified the 1024.set file for a new Toolpath Screen (Page 3). I'm not grasping how to layer objects so buttons, etc. are on top of bitmaps.

Using Bitmaps to Back seems to effect all pages... when adjusting Page 3 bitmaps (grey panel to go behind buttons, etc.), I lose the material graphic on the Offsets Page (Page 7). So, I modified BackgroundToolpath2.jpg rather than float a separate grey panel .jpg.

Additionally, the small 20x20 objects in the upper left corner have moved to the front. And there is a grey bitmap covering "Ticker0" in Mach3 that doesn't show in Screen4. It is partially covering a button I added.

Here's what I ended up with:

http://www.coinet.com/~pwc/Mach3Screen/PaulWC.zip

Any help or pointers on how to tidy up the display for Mach3 would be *greatly* appreciated.  :)

Paul, Central OR

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