- changed the name of TclCommand MillHoles to MillDrills and added a new TclCommand named MillSlots

FlatCAMApp.py

@@ -1844,7 +1844,8 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
                                   'delete', 'drillcncjob', 'export_gcode', 'export_svg', 'ext', 'exteriors', 'follow',
                                   'geo_union', 'geocutout', 'get_names', 'get_sys', 'getsys', 'help', 'import_svg',
                                   'interiors', 'isolate', 'join_excellon', 'join_excellons', 'join_geometries',
-                                  'join_geometry', 'list_sys', 'listsys', 'mill', 'millholes', 'mirror', 'ncc',
+                                  'join_geometry', 'list_sys', 'listsys', 'milld', 'mills', 'milldrills', 'millslots',
+                                  'mirror', 'ncc',
                                   'ncc_clear', 'ncr', 'new', 'new_geometry', 'non_copper_regions', 'offset',
                                   'open_excellon', 'open_gcode', 'open_gerber', 'open_project', 'options', 'paint',
                                   'pan', 'panel', 'panelize', 'plot', 'save', 'save_project', 'save_sys', 'scale',

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CAD program, and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
 - made faster the Gerber parser for the case of having a not valid geometry when loading a Gerber file without buffering
 - updated code in self.on_view_source() to make it more responsive
 - fixed the TclCommand MillHoles
+- changed the name of TclCommand MillHoles to MillDrills and added a new TclCommand named MillSlots
 
 10.09.2019
 

tclCommands/TclCommandMillDrills.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from ObjectCollection import *
 from tclCommands.TclCommand import TclCommandSignaled
 
 
-class TclCommandMillHoles(TclCommandSignaled):
+class TclCommandMillDrills(TclCommandSignaled):
     """
     Tcl shell command to Create Geometry Object for milling holes from Excellon.
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TclCommandMillHoles(TclCommandSignaled):
     """
 
     # List of all command aliases, to be able use old names for backward compatibility (add_poly, add_polygon)
-    aliases = ['millholes', 'mill']
+    aliases = ['milldrills', 'milld']
 
     # Dictionary of types from Tcl command, needs to be ordered
     arg_names = collections.OrderedDict([
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TclCommandMillHoles(TclCommandSignaled):
 
     # structured help for current command, args needs to be ordered
     help = {
-        'main': "Create Geometry Object for milling holes from Excellon.",
+        'main': "Create Geometry Object for milling drill holes from Excellon.",
         'args': collections.OrderedDict([
             ('name', 'Name of the Excellon Object.'),
             ('tools', 'Comma separated indexes of tools (example: 1,3 or 2).'),

tclCommands/TclCommandMillSlots.py

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+from ObjectCollection import *
+from tclCommands.TclCommand import TclCommandSignaled
+
+
+class TclCommandMillSlots(TclCommandSignaled):
+    """
+    Tcl shell command to Create Geometry Object for milling holes from Excellon.
+
+    example:
+        millholes my_drill -tools 1,2,3 -tooldia 0.1 -outname mill_holes_geo
+    """
+
+    # List of all command aliases, to be able use old names for backward compatibility (add_poly, add_polygon)
+    aliases = ['millslots', 'mills']
+
+    # Dictionary of types from Tcl command, needs to be ordered
+    arg_names = collections.OrderedDict([
+        ('name', str)
+    ])
+
+    # Dictionary of types from Tcl command, needs to be ordered.
+    # This is  for options  like -optionname value
+    option_types = collections.OrderedDict([
+        ('tools', str),
+        ('outname', str),
+        ('tooldia', float),
+        ('use_threads', bool)
+    ])
+
+    # array of mandatory options for current Tcl command: required = {'name','outname'}
+    required = ['name']
+
+    # structured help for current command, args needs to be ordered
+    help = {
+        'main': "Create Geometry Object for milling slot holes from Excellon.",
+        'args': collections.OrderedDict([
+            ('name', 'Name of the Excellon Object.'),
+            ('tools', 'Comma separated indexes of tools (example: 1,3 or 2).'),
+            ('tooldia', 'Diameter of the milling tool (example: 0.1).'),
+            ('outname', 'Name of object to create.'),
+            ('use_thread', 'If to use multithreading: True or False.')
+        ]),
+        'examples': ['millholes mydrills']
+    }
+
+    def execute(self, args, unnamed_args):
+        """
+
+        :param args: array of known named arguments and options
+        :param unnamed_args: array of other values which were passed into command
+            without -somename and  we do not have them in known arg_names
+        :return: None or exception
+        """
+
+        name = args['name']
+
+        if 'outname' not in args:
+            args['outname'] = name + "_mill"
+
+        try:
+            if 'tools' in args and args['tools'] != 'all':
+                # Split and put back. We are passing the whole dictionary later.
+                args['tools'] = [x.strip() for x in args['tools'].split(",")]
+            else:
+                args['tools'] = 'all'
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.raise_tcl_error("Bad tools: %s" % str(e))
+
+        try:
+            obj = self.app.collection.get_by_name(str(name))
+        except:
+            self.raise_tcl_error("Could not retrieve object: %s" % name)
+
+        if not isinstance(obj, FlatCAMExcellon):
+            self.raise_tcl_error('Only Excellon objects can be mill-drilled, got %s %s.' % (name, type(obj)))
+
+        if self.app.collection.has_promises():
+            self.raise_tcl_error('!!!Promises exists, but should not here!!!')
+
+        try:
+            # 'name' is not an argument of obj.generate_milling()
+            del args['name']
+
+            # This runs in the background... Is blocking handled?
+            success, msg = obj.generate_milling_slots(**args)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.raise_tcl_error("Operation failed: %s" % str(e))
+
+        if not success:
+            self.raise_tcl_error(msg)

tclCommands/__init__.py

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import tclCommands.TclCommandFollow
 import tclCommands.TclCommandJoinExcellon
 import tclCommands.TclCommandJoinGeometry
 import tclCommands.TclCommandListSys
-import tclCommands.TclCommandMillHoles
+import tclCommands.TclCommandMillDrills
+import tclCommands.TclCommandMillSlots
 import tclCommands.TclCommandMirror
 import tclCommands.TclCommandNew
 import tclCommands.TclCommandNregions