On Wednesday 12 November 2014 06:35:04 yann jautard did opine And Gene did reply: > Le 08/11/2014 18:55, Gene Heskett a écrit : > > (...) > > > > Except that this time I get a different error. Select one of the > > action tabs - Path to Gcode, Area, Engraving, DXF points, > > Orientation, Offset, Lathe or Tools library. Current active tab id > > is "preferences" So what am I missing? > > This happens when you click "apply" with the preference tab active. > > To get things to work, go to the preference tab and set what you need > to, the switch back to the action tab (path to gcode, or anything you > want to do, usually the first tab in the window) and then now press > "apply". > > > It is quite obscure why they did it like that, but I think I is > something that last from the time the gcodetools pluging had all the > possible actions in different tabs. Now that each comand opens a window > with only the action tab and the preference tab it should work even if > you are on the preference tab.
Obscure? Yes. Intuitive, No. Lack of readable docs ought to be punishable by at least 100 lashes with a wet noodle. IMNSHO, it is inkscape itself that needs the lashing. The inability to turn off the "snap to" makes it extremely worthless for anything like this. Intuitively, gcodetools needs some white space around the object so it can find the edge, thats a no brainer assumption. But when you have drawn the box well outside the boundaries of the object, in one attempt I left a good 2" all the way around the object I wanted to trace by edge detection, but the instant I released the mouse button, the handles all snapped to the object and attached themselves to it, from then on functioning as handles to distort/move the object. So not only have the edges been lost, so has any claim of precision. Whether that might be fixed with a tarball build of a newer inkscape, I have no clue. This was Inkscape 0.48.2 r9819, according to the about. In the meantime, the person doing the covers for this device miss- understood my order, so I will now get a pre-engraved kit of parts, with the std engraving being an extra buck. But it will be done with the same 3mm bit used to do the cutting out, but only to 50% depth. So its both a sigh, and a shrug. Several people have done a lot of time wasting work on this, and I both apologize for wasting your time, and I thank you very much for the effort. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
