OK:
Here's where I'm at right now with the download of the latest version of the NewFangled Wizard suit.
Downloading it was a breeze, Loading as described, onto my computer was also a breeze but, getting it to
work is just not happening. (this is on my CNC mills' computer driver.
The latest version comes up clear enough on the wizards menu but I can't get past the first page of the "Multiple Holes" wizard. (Materials Selection page) When I push the "Continue" button nothing happens. When I push the "Materials" button noting happens. I can fill in the numbers fields but that's all.
In order to get out of that wizard screen I have to shut down the Mach3 session, then open it back up again if I want to continue to do any work in Mach3.
I thought maybe if I removed the old NewFangled wizard suit it would allow the newly downloaded NewFangled wizard suit to take over and function properly.
That didn't work either.
When I opened up both the old and the new NewFangled folders to take a look inside, I noticed the the new one has a couple more files inside of it than the old NewFangled suit folder. Don't know if that makes any difference. I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling this latest version three different times with no luck.
Out of frustration I then tried doing the same thing with the laptop I mentioned in one of my previous replies. That didn't work either so I decided to uninstall the Mach3 software altogether and reinstall the latest demo version in its place. (I'm talking about my old laptop; not my mills' computer driver) I installed the newly uploaded version of the NewFangled wizards immediately after the Mach3 install. It still didn't work. I couldn't get past the "Materials Selection" page of the wizard I mentioned above.
Fortunately I hadn't deleted the imbedded version of the NewFangled wizards that came with the newly installed Mach3 software. I had just moved it out of the "Addons" folder and onto the desktop while I tested the latest version.
When I put the original embedded NewFangled version back into the "Addons" folder along side the latest version. It seemed to work. I mean, I was able to generate usable G-Code with the wizard in question.
I then proceeded removed the original embedded version from the "Addons" file again just to see if the newly installed latest version would work but, again, it wouldn't allow me to get past the "Materials" selection page. I had to put the original embedded version of the NewFangled Wizards suit back into the "Addons" folder along with the latest version in order to get that latest version to work.
In the last four weeks I've been dealing with all kinds of different software and computer issues that's enough to shorten anybodies life span. Admittedly, a good portion of those problems are caused by User error or User Ignorance. Then there are those that I believe to be software issues. I'm still dealing with some of those problems as I try to figure out these wizard setbacks.
I think I mentioned this in one of my previous replies: the main reason I decided to buy the NewFangled license was so I could actually use my mill while I was trying to get a handle on the CAM software that came with this package. For me, the learning curve of that CAM software is steeper than it has a right to be. Either that or I'm dumber than I got a right to be. (I heard that!)
While I struggle to learn the workings of that software, I figured I could use these wizard to get me by. Wouldn't you know it; it's the wizards that I needed the most that I've encountered these little setbacks with.
The fact that I'm a Mac computer user rather than a Windows based computer user only adds to my confusion and frustration.
Can one of you guys offer up some possible reasons for these glitches? Theres bound to be simple fixes for someone who knows what they're doing. I clearly do not know what I'm doing.
Since the computer on my mill has been configured at the factory to run with the version of Mach3 that it presently has installed, I'm reluctant to
remove that version and install the latest version for fear of just adding problems on top of problems; just so I can get a couple of these wizard to work for me.
If worse comes to worse I can use my laptop to generate the G-Code I need from these wizards but, it would be a whole lot more convenient if I could get them to
work as they should on my mills' computer.
Thanks for letting me vent. I feel better now.
Tim M.
MetalShavings