Open TAP files for review
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WarrenGlass
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Open TAP files for review
Have a project with 70 tool paths. They were saved into four TAP files. I need to make a change to one tool path. How do I see the saved tool path TAP files and open to find which file I put the one tool path in that I want to change? Warren
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LittleGreyMan
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Re: Open TAP files for review
Hello,
Except if you want to make very simple changes by hand in the code why not modify the toolpath in Vcarve, recalculate it, then output a new tap file? That's much more secure.
I'd recommend Notepad++ (free) rather than Notepad if you want to edit gcode with a simple text editor. Or Textwrangler (basic version is free) if you're using a Mac.
Except if you want to make very simple changes by hand in the code why not modify the toolpath in Vcarve, recalculate it, then output a new tap file? That's much more secure.
I'd recommend Notepad++ (free) rather than Notepad if you want to edit gcode with a simple text editor. Or Textwrangler (basic version is free) if you're using a Mac.