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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Merry Christmas
« on: December 25, 2023, 02:00:24 am »
A Merry, Merry Christmas CB forum members!

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Also keep in mind that you copy the log window text to Windows' clipboard and then paste to a text file etc. using this plugin, http://www.atelier-des-fougeres.fr/Cambam/Aide/Plugins/MessageLogCopy.html

Thanks, and yes, this is what I wound up doing.  For me this is an extremely useful plugin since I use CB as a "general" technical drawing tool far more than I use it to generate machining operations for my CNC machine. 

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Right, Lloyd.  And that's what is great about CB and the CB family.

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Many thanks Eddy!

I love it!

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When I do a "Select All" drawn objects in a .cb file, I don't seem to find an obvious way to see a total number for them.

Is this possible or what is the secret.

Thanks in advance.


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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Strange problem opening CamBam
« on: May 04, 2023, 18:48:11 pm »
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Cannot imagine a BIOS setting possibly related to this.

Not knowing the age of the laptop, BIOS settings may not always be automatically be detected and set properly, e.g. memory type and speed as an example, CPU clock speed or over-clocking speed if set, etc.

Also, I just noticed your initial comment, "I just reinstalled Win 10...because of this problem".  This may not have also applied all updates unless the reinstall was from a recently created recovery disk, otherwise with a network connection Windows would be polling to see if updates need to be applied.  If there are a bunch to do, this will really slow down the computer until they are done.  When running 32-bit CB 1.0 make sure it runs in Compatibility Mode, otherwise if your CPU is a 64-bit use the CB 64-bit version.

I've almost always noticed that when any application takes an unusually long, long time to open, something else is running in the background prioritizing CPU allocations.  Most often this is Windows downloading or installing updates without notifying you.

A good way to test if this is the case while CB is slow to open is to open Task Manager and ensure it is showing the "More Details" mode. 
Press CTRL+Shift+ESC to open Task Manager.

If CB (or other app) is slow to open, Windows is general busy with background tasks.  If Task Manager will open quickly or in a more timely manner, click on the CPU column header to see what processes are prioritizing CPU as a percentage of available CPU clocks.  Somewhere in the Process Name column you will see CB listed and its relative CPU priority.  It is also useful to click on other column headers such as Network to see it as the priority view of Task Manager.

Keep us informed.



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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Strange problem opening CamBam
« on: May 03, 2023, 18:39:21 pm »
W10Pro, 22H2, clean OS install, with CamBam only installed, no improvement. Tried both CamBam 32- and 64-bit versions, scratch install without any plugins or modification... Several W10 restarts does not help. I had a suspicion this might be related to Windows updates but problem persists even with Windows updates disabled for several months and many many restarts.

Hoping for dev team reply like "please turn on this cambam setting and send us log file"...

To me, this result points in the direction of your computer or its BIOS settings.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Strange problem opening CamBam
« on: May 03, 2023, 18:36:30 pm »
I think you may have hit upon a point, knocker.  The question is "what else do you use your Winblows system for, besides CamBam"?

Mine is my general-purpose shop computer -- email, web browsing, CAD, CAM, math softs, chemistry softs, word processing, billing, spreadsheets...the whole thing.

Perhaps restricting myself to only CamBam would limit the problems I have.

Lloyd

Sorry if I left a wrong impression.  My Win10 computer is multi-purpose as well, I just do not always use CB for creating CNC milling files.  In fact, my CNC work is very infrequent lately.

I can attest that not having all updates installed can cause Win10 to run at a random crawl when doing almost anything, including just booting up.  After all recommended (not optional) updates were applied my computer's speed normalized again.  Another thing that may help is to open the C:\Windows\Temp folder and delete any ".tmp" files in this folder whose file date is older than "todays" date.

Addendum: I should have added for those unaware that you should have file explorer set to view file extensions, hidden and system files, plus be logged in with admin equivalence.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Strange problem opening CamBam
« on: May 02, 2023, 23:34:36 pm »
For another point of reference, this rarely, if ever, happens to me, and I use CB 1.0 on Win10Pro 22H2 19045.2913 w/32GB RAM and with all latest Win10 obnoxious updates almost daily.

The only difference might be that I primarily us CB for precision drawings such as floor plans, schematics, PCB layouts that are exported as DXF or used with MOPs to do single or double sided isolation routing.  I haven't generated very many MOP files lately.


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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: MOVE, PAUSE, WAIT for my input
« on: April 18, 2023, 01:03:22 am »
Drum roll, please.  Ta-da!

Thanks.  I see it now.


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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: MOVE, PAUSE, WAIT for my input
« on: April 17, 2023, 23:19:06 pm »
I like jimmer's question as it seems like a useful thing to know and be able to do.

But, I don't see any "Custom MOP Footer"  property in any MOP properties in CB1.0.
I see a "Custom File Footer" in the Machining Object but don't see how that apply to a specified MOP.

What am I missing?

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Security Certificate has expired
« on: April 10, 2023, 19:46:29 pm »
The primary take-away in the hazards of interacting with an unsecure website beyond eavesdropping, identity and password theft is that the website itself can also easily be hacked when in this state, and if such occurs the site itself can be compromised in numerous ways that can subvert those who interact with it.  These include redirection to a malicious website that is parading as something else and that well may mirror the appearance of the hacked site, drive-by downloads of malicious software performed without the users knowledge or consent, MITM or man in the middle attacks, identity theft.

Glad to hear you are well protected.


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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Security Certificate has expired
« on: April 09, 2023, 20:54:24 pm »
Encrypted communication between your computer(s) and any Internet connected server, web servers being the most common, is essential for protecting anything transmitted and received between these devices, such as passwords, credit card information, etc.

This is achieved thru the use of a security communication protocol known as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and requires the host server to have installed a date and time stamped SSL certificate that is responsible for creating strong, encryption of all data sent between a host (web) server and client (end-user) computer.

Without SSL encrypted communication, as mentioned, everything you type and send (transmit) to a web server is in clear, plain and easy to read text, and is easy for a bad player to eavesdrop on all data (text) transmitted and/or received by your computer.

Overriding secure communication of a web browser is never a good idea and is akin to leaving your wallet full of money and credit cards unguarded when you are out in public, well traffic areas.

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I can also confirm that what Lloyd is saying is a very common anomaly with Windows 10.  His solution is commonly THE solution.

Boo Hiss Microsoft

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Members Projects / Re: Andy talking about robots
« on: March 05, 2023, 19:39:50 pm »
I've installed F360's hobbyist, but never used it.  I didn't know it could generate g-code (doah!)

What was your reference to buying a 2nd license?  I didn't get that.
I hate subscription based software.  "Seat warmers"?  I've not heard that term in reference to software.  (Its okay to use normal language.)  ;-)

For the money, CB is quite a great value, but then I don't get into the CNC trenches as deeply as many of you do who make a living with it.

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