- changed the circle resolution back to the default of 16 since this value is good for fast rendering of Gerber files
- added a shortcut to select all apertures in the Gerber Editor - other minor fixes
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-------------------------- Installation instructions ----------------
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Works with Python version 3.6 or greater and PyQt5.
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More on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvP2SYRpx-AQgNlfoxw93tXUXon7G94_
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Works with Python version 3.6 or greater and PyQt6.
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More on the YouTube channel:
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvP2SYRpx-AQgNlfoxw93tXUXon7G94_
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You can contact me on my email address found in the app in:
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Menu -> Help -> About FlatCAM -> Programmers -> Marius Stanciu
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- Make sure that your OS is up-to-date
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- Download sources from: https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/
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- Unzip them on a HDD location that your user has permissions for.
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- Unzip them on an HDD location that your user has permissions for.
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**************************************************************************
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1.Windows
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**************************************************************************
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- download the provided installer (for your OS flavor 64bit or 32bit) from:
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https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/
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- execute the installer and install the program. It is recommended to install as a Local User.
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@@ -31,23 +33,28 @@ https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/
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or from sources:
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- download the sources from the same location
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- unzip them on a safe location on your HDD that your user has permissions for
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- install WinPython e.g WinPython 3.8 downloaded from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/files/WinPython_3.8/
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- install WinPython e.g. WinPython 3.9 downloaded from here:
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/files/WinPython_3.9/
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Use one of the versions (64bit or 32it) that are compatible with your OS.
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To save space use one of the versions that have the smaller size (they offer 2 versions: one with size of few hundred MB and one smaller with size of few tens of MB)
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To save space use one of the versions that have the smaller size (they offer 2 versions:
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one with size of few hundred MB and one smaller with size of few tens of MB)
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- add Python folder and Python\Scripts folder to your Windows Path (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/sharepoint-2010/ee537574(v%3Doffice.14))
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- add Python folder and Python\Scripts folder to your Windows Path
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- (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/sharepoint-2010/ee537574(v%3Doffice.14))
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- verify that the pip package can be run by opening Command Prompt(Admin) and running the command:
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```
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pip -V
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```
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- look in the requirements.txt file (found in the sources folder) and install all the dependencies using the pip package.
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- look in the requirements.txt file (found in the sources folder) and install all the dependencies using
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the pip package.
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The required wheels can be downloaded either from:
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https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ (Recommended)
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or if the required modules cannot be found in the previous source use:
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https://pypi.org/
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You can download all the required wheels files into a folder (e.g D:\my_folder) and install them from Command Prompt like this:
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You can download all the required wheels files into a folder (e.g D:\my_folder) and install them from
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Command Prompt like this:
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```
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cd D:\my_folder
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cd D:\FlatCAM_beta
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python FlatCAM.py
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**************************************************************************
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2.Linux
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**************************************************************************
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- create a folder to hold the sources somewhere on your HDD:
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mkdir FlatCAM-beta
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unzip FlatCAM_beta_8.995_sources.zip
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cd FlatCAM_beta_8.995_sources
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- make sure that Python 3.8 is installed on your OS and that the command: python3 -V confirm it
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- verify that the pip package is installed for your Python installation (e.g 3.8) by running the command:
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- make sure that Python 3.9 is installed on your OS and that the command: python3 -V confirm it
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- verify that the pip package is installed for your Python installation (e.g 3.9) by running the command:
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```
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pip3 -V
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```
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```
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or:
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```
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sudo apt-get install python3.8-pip
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sudo apt-get install python3.9-pip
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```
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- verify that the file setup_ubuntu.sh has Linux line-endings (LF) and that it is executable (chmod +x setup_ubuntu.sh)
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- run the file setup_ubuntu.sh and install all the dependencies with the command:
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