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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Control Break unexpected results CB Ver1 64bit

« on: May 14, 2023, 22:32:33 pm »

Try again, ( hit the wrong Key and posted before finishing my reply )
 Lloyd, thank you for your reply, yes that works.
 Sorry I didn't get back to check before this morning.  also should have stated Break at intersections.
this is my project I'm working on ( a case for my Composite Video Pattern Generator ) I am so busy on work stuff I haven't had much time for my own stuff. + a bit of the flu last week as well more flooding in Auckland last week.
I'm grateful for the answer. but don't understand how it works. Do you have anyway to explain how the Tolerance is working  when using control break ( for breaking at intersections ), the tolerance for Control Join  makes sense to me, but for a break especially in this case  where the line  does in fact cross the circle..... what does the "tolerance" do ? In the help file tolerance is mentioned for a Join but not for a break.
Thank you.
Chris

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Control Break unexpected results CB Ver1 64bit

« on: May 14, 2023, 22:16:01 pm »

Hi All,

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CamBam help (General usage) / Control Break unexpected results CB Ver1 64bit

« on: May 11, 2023, 05:46:32 am »

Hi all,
         Finally I get this bug to show on a simple drawing, so I can rule out me pushing Cambam too much.
I have a 4.6mm circle and a line crossing it, ( Making the cut out for a switch )  if I select the circle then the line and do Control Break, I get one result, quite a mangled circle,  if I select the line then the circle I get a different result, my line is now too short on one side  and the circle has a bit of a kink in it.
However I can draw another circle and line  of a different size and get the same expected result no matter which order the selection is made  ( all be it with one unwanted bit already trimmed ).

file attached  so you can try doing a control Break and see if you get the same results.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Random Fillet results CB 1.0 64 bit

« on: May 15, 2022, 19:38:36 pm »

Thank you Dave and David,
I have just figured out you can only see these when exploded, and have been thinking that, because it's one joined polyline it must be good. ( can't see the defects when zooming in on the joined polyline ). I will correct my way of thinking and now know how to check when I have an issue like this in the future.
Not sure how I generated this defect in the first place, could this be a result of joining, when there was a small gap?
Your help is very much appreciated.
Chris   

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CamBam help (General usage) / Random Fillet results CB 1.0 64 bit

« on: May 13, 2022, 22:00:50 pm »

I'm having fun trying to fillet some shapes ( polylines ) with CB 1.0 64 bit. I have a fully enclosed  polyline
with 6 corners and only 4 will fillet. I have tried exploding and joining the two which form the left top corner
and tried filleting them, but  they still won't fillet. If I draw two new lines at same angle and similar length elsewhere, I can fillet them no problem.
Is there a known reason why the two top left corners won't fillet. I'm thinking it's a bug.
I have had this before on some other polylines but this is the simplest one that it's failed on.
The left polyline is what I'm trying to fillet, the right in the result I get. (2mm radius )
Chris

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Feature Requests / Re: Tool and Style Library Auto Back up to another folder.

« on: February 25, 2022, 20:53:50 pm »

Hi David,
             thank you for that, I should spend some time getting familiar with more of Cambam, there is way more in it than it first appears, even after using it for 7.5 years, there's stuff I haven't used / tried.
I have made the change to the system folder location, so shouldn't get caught by that again.

Thanks again
Chris

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: Break Edges Plugin

« on: February 25, 2022, 20:46:15 pm »

Hi Dave,
             I found the culprit!...  you must have a "Default-mm" tool folder in the tool libraries.
It doesn't have to have any tools in it, but it must be there.  Deleting the "Default-in " is fine.
I like to just have the stuff I'm using so had deleted both Default-mm and inch, less stuff to sort through.
Happy now I know what it was. 

Chris

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Feature Requests / Tool and Style Library Auto Back up to another folder.

« on: February 25, 2022, 04:56:33 am »

I just Re installed Cambam in the process of fixing an issue with one Plugin that would not work, and forgot about copying the Tool and Style Libraries, I had a back up, but that's about year old,  (better than nothing)
It would be nice to have an auto back up for at least tools and styles but maybe the whole "system folder" that could be set to an outside folder. ( one that won't get removed by un-unistall or overwritten by a reinstall  ) maybe back up once a week?
( yes re-installing fixed the plugin issue ) but now I will have a few tools and styles to fix / mod.
 Chris

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: Break Edges Plugin

« on: February 25, 2022, 04:40:15 am »

Hi Dave,
            While you were replying I remembered I had another PC with Win 8.1 64 bit on it so I installed Cambam and just Break edges plugin. That worked, ( no Warm boot ) just restarted Cambam. so being a technician that hates not knowing why something didn't work I added all my other plugins one by one and tested, it still works. so then I compared  permissions on all the Cambam folders including the plugin folder, all looked identical.
So I uninstalled Cambam from my CAD machine and re installed, I now have all the plugins on that PC and Break Edges working just fine. So it's Fixed and I still don't know Why. It was only the Break Edges plugin that wasn't working?    It might well have been the Tool or style libs,  I forgot to back mine up before uninstalling, so reloaded my last back up, Break edges still works.

Thanks for your help, and thank you for writing the Plugin.
Chris

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: Break Edges Plugin

« on: February 25, 2022, 03:01:18 am »

Hi Dave,
            I tried downloading again, I unblocked the zipped file then unziped it and copied the DLL into the plugins folder. ( was unblocking the dll in the unzipped folder before )  checked that the dll was still showing as not blocked.  same issue, ran as administrator, as well as restarting ( warm boot ) compared permissions with  other working plugins and couldn't see anything different.  still not working. I'm running win 8.1 64 bit.  plugin is showing as 1.0.07. and apart my name the Cambam about  window is the same as yours.
is there anything I have to do before I click on the break edges in the plugin drop down to make it work? ( normally I would at least draw something and select
it then click on break edges ) 
Chris

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: Break Edges Plugin

« on: February 24, 2022, 22:32:21 pm »

Hi All,
          I downloaded the plugin for CB V1.0 64 bit ( 1.0.0.7 )  Unblocked the DLL and placed it in the plugins folder.
The Break Edges plugin shows in the plugins drop down.  But if I click on it, I get the Unhandled exception Error.
I tried re downloading the plugin in case of a corrupted download., same result.  other plugins I just installed work fine.
what am I doing wrong? what does this mean exactly--"Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
unhandled exception error details below.

Thanks
Chris

************* Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Break_Edges.Form1..ctor()
   at Break_Edges.Demo.plugin_clicked(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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Feature Requests / Tool Profile...Corner Rounding and Single Point Thread Mills

« on: May 02, 2020, 05:00:33 am »

Could we have another Tool Profile added for Tools in the library.  one for "Corner Rounding" bits. they don't really fit any of the listed profiles. While I can edit the tool name, CamBam  will change it back to being just an end mill ( or which ever profile you used when adding it ) if you are not careful. ( which is very annoying ) I like the tools to be distinct when I scroll down my tool list.... and while we are are at it, can we have one for  "Single Point Thread Mills"  oh and I might as well as for a "Tee Slot Cutter" and " Dove Tail  Cutter"as well Please.
 
Thanks
Chris

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CamBam help (General usage) / 1.0 RC3 Entering a dimension mathimatically only works on whole numbers.--Bug?

« on: December 01, 2019, 05:46:55 am »

I drew a rectangle, and wanted to center it by dividing the width by 2. this works with whole numbers, But
if I try typing 138.2/2  then  NaN is the result, but 138/2 works fine. the same happens for the width or height dimension as well as setting the lower left values. I had never noticed this before, Earlier version ( But I'm not sure I have used a fractional number before)
Is this by design or is it a bug?

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Bug Reports / Cambam V1.0 RC-1 & Alph 16 Unable to print drawing (solved in V1 RC2)

« on: September 27, 2019, 20:14:34 pm »

Hi,
   Not sure if this qualifies as a bug or not. I had a fairly simple drawing which would not print, ( blank in preview but shows in the print menu ) took me a day to figure it out. There was a polyline fragment too small to see ( just see the yellow "x"  when clicking on the polyline in the layers drop down. ( poly line 38 in the attached file )
Deleting the polyline fragment allows printing and preview to work.

Chris