- some changes in data tools structure ('tool_type' to ['data']['tools_mill_job_type])
- some strings changes
4.07.2021
- optimized the Milling Plugin preferences
- added more preferences for v-shape tools in the Milling Plugin Preferences
- deactivated the automatic disable of the Cut Z parameter when selecting a v-shape tool in Milling Plugin
- in Milling Plugin added some protections against receiving signals from widgets without objectName set
- in Milling Plugin made sure that the Custom offset field is displayed only when it is needed (selected from Offset Type combobox)
- added some requirements asked by vispy v0.7.0
- if the generated Gcode is empty then the app will know and will not create a CNCJob object
- modified the Tool Table in Milling Plugin: now the tool type parameter is part of the Tool parameters and no longer in the Tool Table
- working on a Kosy CNC machine preprocessor file
- added the posibility to export the Geometry in different DXF formats (previously it was hard coded to the AutoCAD 2010): R12, R2000, R2004, R2007, R2010, R2013, R2018
- fixed the camlib.Geometry.bounds() method such that it is calculated correctly for Geometry objects created in the Geometry Editor
- some refactoring
- in a FCColorEntry GUI element, setting a color in the Color dialog will trigger the editingFinished signal therefore propagating the changes
- for all the plugins optimized the plugin name
- renamed the app to FlatCAM Evo in order to make a difference from FlatCAM app which follows its own path
- modified the splash image to reflect the new naming of the app
- modified some of the documents (License, Readme) in the app to reflect the actual reality in 2021
- Drilling Tool - fixed missing feedrate code when the toolchange is Off
- AppTextEditor - working on syntax highlighting
- App - trying to speed up the new project creation
- Tcl Shell - Browser Edit - added Undo/Redo, Cut and Delete selection
- replace all the exec_() calls with exec() (except one situation in Tcl where I'm not sure of the effect)
- in Preferences made sure that clicking the Restore Defaults will update the values in the Preferences Tab
- some changes in the Tools visibility in the Tools ToolBar
- Tool Copper Thieving - when creating pattern plating masks now the user can select to use only the pads and that's useful when the soldermsk Gerber is actually a copper Gerber
- Tool Copper Thieving - changed the units for plated area from mm2 in cm2 when the app units are Metric
- Calculator Tool - Electroplating Calculator - changing the area will update the current value
- GUI Elements FCDoubleSpinner and FCSpinner: modified the context menu to not allow cut/paste/delete/step_up/step_down when the GUI element is set as Read Only
- removed the "follow" functionality from the Isolation Tool
- created a new application Tool named Follow Tool
- added the "follow" functionality in the Follow Tool and added the new feature of allowing to perform "follow" on an area selection
- fixed issue in the Excellon Editor where the Space key did not toggle the direction of the array of drills
- combed the application strings all over the app and trimmed them up until those starting with letter 'O'
- updated the translation strings
- Copper Thieving Tool added a new parameter to select what extra geometry to include in the Pattern Plating Mask; added it to the Preferences
- made a wide change on the spinners GUI ranges: from 9999.9999 all values to 10000.0000
- fixed some late issues in Corner Markers Tool new feature (messages)
- upgraded Calculator Tool and added the new parameter is the Preferences
- updated translation strings
- in Corner Marker Tool, will no longer update the current object with the marker geometry but create a new Gerber object
- in Join Excellon functionality made sure that the new Combo Exellon object will have copied the data from source objects and not just references, therefore will survive the delete of its parents
- updated Turkish translation (by Mehmet Kaya)
- updated all the languages except Turkish