Hi All:
Just so everyone is on the same page, next version release will be a new
development version. (5.0) and it WILL have some legacy issues
unfortunately. For example, ..m1s and .t1s extensions are all replaced just
with the .m1s . Macro's reside in separate directories with the name of the
profile in use. So, for example, if your profile is Mach2Mill , the the
folder will be ./Macros/Mach2Mill/*.m1s
Also included is a toolfile tools.dat (Lathe or mill both use tools.dat)
and it too resides in the profiles directory as above. No tools file is
distributed, as before, but a new file is created if none is found in the
new directory structure.
I really didn't want to go the route of legacy issues, but its time for
some radical changes to Mach2 so some things just had to change in the
development version. I have kept a spare build of the current lockdown for
bug fixes and repairs , but the development version will encompass future
feature upgrades and such. This is all in preperation for what I was
refering to as conversational screens, but I think the way its looking,
"Functional CNC" will be my prefered name. Basically it will entail pressing
a button for a function "Like pocketing, flange drilling, chocolate cake
making..or whatever" and having the user designable screen become the only
screen for that functional run. All these "plug-ins" will have their own
directories and Mach2 will index them and present selections for them at run
time. These changes will probably necessitate other legacy changes , but
I'll try to keep them to a minimum.
Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca
