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I hate it when that happens. My To-Try List: 1. Generate non-optimized GCode from the exploded file, for comparison. I tried this and found that all characters are normal, the GCode file ony a few kB larger than with un-exploded fonts. So I tried generating with optimized code again; similar good re...

FYI, I just upgraded to 3.4.7, but don't expect that will change anything here. Edit > Application Preferences > Modify > Explode My current settings are the defaults, I believe; spline segments=64 and Ellipse segments=32. Be sure to save the drawing under a new name (e.g. mydrawing_exploded.dxf or ...

No, please note that the log file is generated for debugging purposes and will eventually not be generated anymore. OK, I guess. I won't bother asking how to write into this log file from the machine configuration. Exploding the texts (as well as other entities if desired) is the best option. Be su...

I am still running 3.4.6Pro on openSUSE Linux 13.1 My current project is the design of text lettering plates to be engraved in multi-layer plastic. I used the Cyrillic_II single stroke font. I have run several iterations and generated GCode for my machine, with generally good results (some early mac...

Ah so, I had pasted the URL, then highlighted it and pressed the URL button.

Obviously missed the "h" in "http:....."h''

This might belong in a more generic forum location. I tried to use the URL button to link to a previous forum topic in a new topic I was creating. The URL was something like http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2851 Your spam blocker did not allow it, Is there a way to create a click-abl...

I have completed the conversion of a hack discussed in a previous "hack help" thread to a 'more proper' implementation. It is targeted at my ShapeOko machine but obviously rather generic. My main objectives were to add some identifying information to the GCode file, add basic spindle On/Off manageme...

debugger; sets a break point, i.e. the script debugger will pop up if that statement is hit and script debugging is enabled (-enable-script-debugger). Well, I wasn't sure exactly what ...the script debugger... meant, so when in doubt, try something! Ah so, it is the QT Script debugger that pops up!...

:oops: It would appear that in my initial attempts to debug KDE desktop crashes that **appeared** to be QCAD related I borked the script ...../scripts/OpenFile/OpenFile.js while chasing the error message related to KGlobal::locale():. A clean unpacking of QCADCAM 3.4.6 works fine MY bad.... :oops: P...

Thanks for the quick response. I suspect it is related to your comment: "...this is either a bug between Qt and KDE or due to the fact that we use Qt 4.8.4 which might simply not support your updated KDE version." I'll pursue this on openSUSE forum and see what I can find. Something is for sure chan...

I apologize up front for for less than precise terminology. I run QCADCAM-Pro 3.4.6 on openSUSE 13.1 KDE 4.12.4 uname -a Linux PVE-LinuxSRV5 3.11.10-9.gdf9697b-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jan 8 15:41:04 UTC 2014 (df9697b) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Overall performance and operation has been excel...

I am continuing to refine my machine config scripts for CAM export, learning (hacking thru) JavaScript along the way. Forum items and http://www.qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/developer/index.html provide a lot of information and useful examples. Is there a consolidate description of debugging resources a...

Is there a relatively straightforward tweak to the machine configuration files that would force GCode to be created "by layer" but all in the same file? I realize layers can me named arbitrarily, so perhaps creating Gcode by layer name ion alphabetical order would be the default. Clearly, I can make...

Thanks once again, Andrew. So for anyone interested, my modified GCode.js header section is now GCode.prototype.writeHeader = function() { //cjm add header lines to the GCode file this.writeLine("(GCode generated by QCAD on " + getDateTime() + ")"); //Insert a comment in GCode file this.writeLine("(...

this.fileName returns the full path for the GCode file.nc.

What I would like is the filename for the dxf design file that is being used as the source for the GCode.

Thanks