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My code effectively tells me that the weight is in the layer. But I can't figure out how to proceed from here. What confuses me is that I don't see a layer.getLineweight in the file Layer.js . So I have to use something else. Also, since I need the current layer, the only function I found I could us...

I think I understand now. Is it possible that the getWidth() and getBoundingBox().getWidth() will get the X-axis travel distance the pen needs to take to draw a letter only? It does not take into account the pen width (or line width)? So, since the letter "i" is a vertical line, the getWidth() will ...

Thanks for the help Andrew. With your help I managed to get further along, but I still have some problems. I created a RTextData for each letter of the alphabet, and extracted the width of each using functions RTextData.getWidth() and RTextData.getBoundingBox().getWidth(), but got funny results for ...

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the width a character would have before I draw it. For example, if I want to draw "Hello", I would like to know the width of the letters "H", "e", "l" and "o" and finally put that information in an array for usage further along I'm new at JS/ECMA and find it a bit hard t...

Thank you Andrew. That fixed my problem

Hi all, Maybe its late and my brain is not functioning properly, but I'm having a lot of problems using addSimpleText. I am trying to use it in its simplest form: addSimpleText('test', 0, 0); This gives me the following error: Script exception in script '/home/jsroy/Documents/qcadScriptTest2.js': Er...

Thank you RR88, With your help I managed to figure out my problem. The Math.sin() function expect an angle expressed as a radiant. I was giving it an angle in degrees. Would you know where to find the Math class in the document? I found RMath, but no mentions of Math. Thank you, Jean-Sebastien Roy

Hi all, I am developing a script to draw lines. When I run my script, qCad is not drawing what I am expecting. I would like to review all values I am using in my script when calling addLine(). Is there a way for me to create a text file and output my data into it? I have over 700 points, so having a...

Hi, I'm relatively new in the world of CNC. I'm working on carving a number on wood. To do so, I drew a number, "exploded" it, created a CAM path and exported it. But when I load it from LinuxCNC I see the that the cutter path is different from what I expected. In QCAD/CAM, my path is on the outside...

Thank you for the fix, it works fine!

Hi all, I wanted my machine to cut the number 8 in wood. So I created the number 8 using QCAD/CAM, exploded the 8 , configured and exported my cutting path using QCAD/CAM. When I opened my .nc file using CNCLinux, it gave me a strange error: The move just after exiting cutter compensation mode must ...