- trying to separate the Preferences settings from App init and to make them dependent on the self.defaults dictionary
- updated the language strings from the source
- 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
- 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
- fixed Paint, Isolation and NCC Tools such the translated comboboxes values are now stored as indexes instead of translated words as before
- in Geometry Object made sure that the widgets in the Tool Table gets populated regardless of encountering non-recognizable translated values
- in Paint Tool found a small bug and fixed it
- modified the shortcut strings and the way the shortcuts were listed in the Shortcut keys list such that it will allow a future Shortcuts Manager
- updated all the language strings according to the modifications done above
- modified some strings and updated the translation strings
- in NCC Tool added a check for the validity of the used tools; its only informative
- in NCC Tool done some refactoring
- changes in Tool Cutout: now on Cutout Tool start the app will look into Tools Database and search for a tool with same diameter (or within the set tolerance) as the one from Preferences and load it if found or load a default tool if not
- Tool Cutout - this Tool can now load tools from Tools Database through buttons in the Cutout Tool
- updated Drilling Tool to use the new settings
- updated the Excellon Editor: the default_data dict is populated now on Editor entry
- Excellon Editor: added a new functionality: conversion of slots to drills
- Excellon UI: added a new feature that is grouped in Advanced Settings: a toggle tools table visibility checkbox
- fixed bug that made the selection box show in the stage of adding manual gaps
- updated Cutout Tool UI
- Cutout Tool - in manual gap adding there is now an option to automatically turn on the big cursor which could help
- Cutout Tool - fixed errors when trying to add a manual gap without having a geometry object selected in the combobox
- Tool Isolation - added a GUI element to control if the isolation of a polygon, when done with rest, should be done with the current tool even if its interiors (holes in it) could not be isolated or to be left for the next tool
- updated all the translation strings to the latest changes
- Tool Isolation - new feature that allow to isolate interiors of polygons (holes in polygons). It is possible that the isolation to be reported as successful (internal limitations) but some interiors to not be isolated. This way the user get to fix the isolation by doing an extra isolation.
