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jaln

brian442 wrote:I use this a lot too. You can also drag-and-drop the gcode file onto the S3D window to preview it. That saves a few clicks

I do that also which is fine when you have an Explorer window up. I still end up using the S3D File menu often. There is certainly plenty of real estate for a button.

jaln

It would really be useful to have a reverse function that took a G-Code file back to STL.

jaln

I find my self using the Preview G-Code File from the File Menu a lot.
It would sure be useful it that were also Button on the main S3D screen.
Maybe share the row with the Center and Arrange button?

jaln

It would be nice to be able to add comments or change the estimated completion time to the actual completion time after running a job.
Instead of storing the info in the registry, it might be easier to just use a text file.
Just updating the time when a job completes automatically would be nice.

jaln

It would be helpful to have a button on the machine control panel to re-open the S3D main screen. If you minimize the main screen, as I often do, it can be a pain to re-open the screen you were using because the task bar button can open anonther instance of S3D rather than the instance you were work...

jaln

It is possible to close S3D and the Machine Control Panel while a job is running.
It should be impossible to close the Machine Control Panel while a job is being executed.
At the very least a dialog should make you verify that you want to close.

jaln

I forgot about the need to slice to get layers, Jim.
Maybe it should just use whatever the layer thickness is currently set to.
+/- a layer or two.
Still better then going back and forth, messing with the Preview controls, and the Cross Section tool is snappier.

jaln

The Cross Section View would be a great place to show layers instead of, or concurrent with, mm in the Z direction!

jaln

I just tried disabling auto-arrange, which works when adding a model, but it does not work if you duplicate a model from the Models menu.
In that case, it still auto-arranges, which is annoying if you have already moved stuff around.

jaln

Thanks Joel, although I would say that it should automatically stop auto-arranging after you have already moved models around.

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Re: Button for Preview/Load Gcode

Dreaming of reversing G-Code to STL

Button for Preview/Load Gcode

Make the library editable

Button on Machine Control Panel

Prevent Machine Control Panel from Closing

Re: Request: Layer info in Process mode

layer info in Cross Secion View

Re: Rearranging after import

Re: Rearranging after import