I've created a custom post processor, in my case to add a slight delay after spindle startup, but when I select my post processor all of the tools and tool paths disappear, and come back when I go back. Editing the existing post processor might work, but that's not usually advised.
On a related note, adding files to the application bundle (on MacOS) feels wrong. The MacOS paradigm would be to have a folder in ~/Library/Application Support. Any thoughts on that?
Toolpaths disappear when changing post processor
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Re: Toolpaths disappear when changing post processor
That's correct. Each post processor has its own tools and toolpaths so you can add toolpaths to the same drawing for different machines.lagnat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:21 pmI've created a custom post processor, in my case to add a slight delay after spindle startup, but when I select my post processor all of the tools and tool paths disappear, and come back when I go back. Editing the existing post processor might work, but that's not usually advised.
If you are comfortable with using a plain text editor, you could do a search / replace in the DXF file to change the post processor name for example from "GCodeMM" to "MyGCodeMM". Naturally, backup your file first.
Yes, that would be an idea for a future improvement, thanks.
Re: Toolpaths disappear when changing post processor
That worked, thanks! Another thought would be something in the property editor, similar to Layer, that lets you move objects between post processors.
Never!
I would think that you'll run into code signature issues otherwise, but this is off topic. Thanks for the speedy reply.