- added a new GUI element, a radio button that can change a setting in the self.defaults preferences dict
- made sure that the update of the default properties tab (in the Notebook) is done only for certain keys in self.defaults not for all
- 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
- 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