- for Excellon, Geometry and Gerber objects now in the Object UI (Properties Tab) by default the Offset field is populated with the coordinates of the center of the current object

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 
 - added the toggle button for Beginner/Advanced mode for the CNCjob, Geometry, Gerber, Excellon Objects UI (Properties Tab)
 - some changes in PreferencesManager due of Milling Tool changing names of the geometry defaults to tools_mill_ defaults
+- for Excellon, Geometry and Gerber objects now in the Object UI (Properties Tab) by default the Offset field is populated with the coordinates of the center of the current object
 
 6.01.2021
 

appGUI/ObjectUI.py

@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ class ObjectUI(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 
             # ### Offset ####
             self.offsetvector_entry = NumericalEvalTupleEntry(border_color='#0069A9')
-            self.offsetvector_entry.setText("(0.0, 0.0)")
             self.offsetvector_entry.setToolTip(
                 _("Amount by which to move the object\n"
                   "in the x and y axes in (x, y) format.\n"

appObjects/FlatCAMExcellon.py

@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@ class ExcellonObject(FlatCAMObj, Excellon):
 
         self.units_found = self.app.defaults['units']
 
+        xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax = self.bounds()
+        center_coords = (
+            xmin + abs((xmax - xmin) / 2),
+            ymin + abs((ymax - ymin) / 2)
+        )
+        self.ui.offsetvector_entry.set_value(str(center_coords))
+
     def change_level(self, level):
         """
 

appObjects/FlatCAMGeometry.py

@@ -701,6 +701,13 @@ class GeometryObject(FlatCAMObj, Geometry):
         #
         # self.launch_job.connect(self.mtool_gen_cncjob)
 
+        xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax = self.bounds()
+        center_coords = (
+            xmin + abs((xmax - xmin) / 2),
+            ymin + abs((ymax - ymin) / 2)
+        )
+        self.ui.offsetvector_entry.set_value(str(center_coords))
+
         # Show/Hide Advanced Options
         app_mode = self.app.defaults["global_app_level"]
         self.change_level(app_mode)

appObjects/FlatCAMGerber.py

@@ -195,6 +195,13 @@ class GerberObject(FlatCAMObj, Gerber):
         self.build_ui()
         self.units_found = self.app.defaults['units']
 
+        xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax = self.bounds()
+        center_coords = (
+            xmin + abs((xmax - xmin) / 2),
+            ymin + abs((ymax - ymin) / 2)
+        )
+        self.ui.offsetvector_entry.set_value(str(center_coords))
+
     def change_level(self, level):
         """