I've used VCarvePro since R4 or so. I hadn't used V9 much except for tweaking a few older files. This weekend I was doing a new product and I noticed that there is not the little UI element at the very bottom right corner that allowed me to show a dialog of toolpaths and add comments to the selected path. I use this feature with a custom postprocessor I created to insert pause and other commands at the start of a new toolpath. Was this feature removed? I can't find it anywhere.
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Michael
toolpath comments in V9
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Re: toolpath comments in V9
Click on the Toolpaths Summary icon (clock face). The notes are there. Select the toolpath you want to show notes for in the top list.
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Re: toolpath comments in V9
Verified I can find it! I like this interface much better, it's just very different so if you didn't know where to go you wouldn't find it.
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Re: toolpath comments in V9
In vs 9.15 if you double-click the Toolpaths title above the toolpaths you will get the old Toolpath Management box that you can resize and move to anyplace on your monitor.
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Awesome! Thanks for the tip. Where do we learn about stuff like this?
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Re: toolpath comments in V9
I always look at the update summary when I upgrade. I missed the Toolpath Management box and was very happy when it came back in 9.15.
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Re: toolpath comments in V9
It actually came in in V9.009 according to the release notes. Didn't spot it at all but it's not a feature I missed so I probably mentally skipped over it.
Re: toolpath comments in V9
Running 9.015 and in the Toolpath Management dialog box there is only a "Close" button at the bottom. When I enter a comment and then select another toolpath the comment is lost unless I click Close first. Is this the same for others? In the Toolpath Summary tab there is an Apply button that works are you'd expect.