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Does anyone know how to create and install the DROs circled in the attached picture to have the same functionality in mach 4 as they do in mach 3? If so and you are interested let me know what you would charge to modify my mach 4 program so that it has those same buttons and functions

NOTE: Couldn't get picture to insert in to this text box or get it to send as an attachment. I kept getting an error that I have already attached that file, although I have never attached a file to any post, but the buttons I am asking about are the scale DROs next to the axis DROs in mach 3.


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thanks that was a great video on assigning keys to functions not listed under the regular keyboard function list.

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ya I kind of figured out that the dro calculator button is basically an on screen numeric key pad but what I want is to add the input DROs for scaling. I have seen a few mach 4 screenshots on one thread where it shows the scale DRO and one guy stated he figured it out and posted his script seen below. However I am no programmer and do not understand where you would place this script. I have played around with the program enough to know how to add stuff and modify my screen but not how to add a function as shown below so it will resize the project like you could do in mach 3 with the scale function. Why wasn't that just incorporated in to mach 4 as it was in mach 3? It should actually be on the program extents tab for easy reference once you re-size a project.

local chkVar3 = ReadReg("iRegs0/xscale");
    if (chk3 ~= chkVar3) then
        chk3 = chkVar3
        if (chkVar3 ~= 1) then
            code = string.format("G51 X%0.4f",tostring(chkVar3));
            scr.SetProperty('droX1', 'Fg Color', 'Red');
       else
            code = string.format("G50");
            scr.SetProperty('droX1', 'Fg Color', 'Green');
        end
        mc.mcCntlGcodeExecute(inst, code);
    end

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 scaling and keyboard button mapping
« on: March 22, 2018, 11:33:02 PM »
I have two issues with mach 4, just upgraded motion control card and up from mach 3.

1) mach 3 had scaling boxes next to the DROs to scale your project up or down and I did see a little bit on a thread where it appears someone added the same to their mach 4 back in 2014. I am by no means a programmer, i just build, import or convert pictures and models to cad drawings to create the toolpath and gcode for and that is about as far as I am interested in programming. So is there a simple/easy way to add the scale feature as was found in the mach 3 that I was running?

2) In regards to keyboard mapping, it appears the mapping feature that can be done in mach 4 under configure>plugins>Keyboard Shortcuts - Newfangled Solutions is pretty limited to the 4 axis movements and can't really assign a key for stop, e-stop, increase/decrease jog, spindle speed and so on. Is there a way to add those functions to the functions column in that table for configuring keyboard inputs?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Feature Request
« on: March 22, 2018, 11:21:05 PM »
Need scale DRO input boxes like found in mach 3 as well as be able to see the new program extents once you hit regen toolpath after scaling.
Need to add all screen input options like +/- feed rate, +/- Jog rate, +/- spindle speed, Spindle on/off and all other screen functions in the keyboard shortcut configuration so you at least have the option to map all those functions to the keyboard.

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