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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: November 01, 2021, 12:26:15 pm »

That's no problem but there is no facility to store different settings for X and Y

So is the Cambam Code not available from Andy.
Has he stopped development?

I think he did it in VB.net
I program in VB.net using MS Visual studio

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 31, 2021, 13:25:28 pm »

No you can't but you can if you there is a point at each intersection and you use the SHIFT + mouse drag method which is faster.

With Cambam grid snap turned off
Shift plus mouse drag does not snap onto the custom grids
The circle is free to roam anywhere while dragging

If you turn on grid snap in Cambam, it will then snap onto the Cambam grid, not the custom grid.

Too bad you can't get access to Cambam's grid and store the custom grid data within the program

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 30, 2021, 18:01:25 pm »

yes, I know how the grid works in Cambam
That's how I have been doing it for many years


I am talking about snapping my copied circles onto the grids made by the new tools, not the Cambam grid

CNTRL-C / copy a circle
CNTRL-V / paste a circle
Shift + arrow keys to move the circles and snap to adjoining grid intersections

You cannot snap onto the grid intersections made by the new grid tools using the method above

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 30, 2021, 12:30:48 pm »

Boiled down version

I would like the circles to always snap to the center of the grid intersections
Just like the Cambam grid does.

It's nice to be able to have non square grids like the new tools can do
But I need the circles to snap to these grids easily and fast

Thanks for all your hard work.

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 29, 2021, 18:47:34 pm »

If you want the use the PseudoGrid then CamBam's "snap to grid" MUST be disabled and "snap to objects" MUST be enabled.

yes, I know all that and I had all the grid stuff turned off for snappy and pseudo grids

What I am saying is that doing the same exact copy-paste-move with both grid tools does not snap to the grids those tools create

It still snaps to whatever Cambam's grid settings are
Even though all snap to settings are turned off in Cambam

In Snappy, I tried several of the selections in the snap control box and none of them snap to the grid it created
Intersection would seem to be the most logical choice?

I can't see a way for the new grid tools to snap to the grid they create?
I would have to create a points list first and then draw each circle again?

I am not up for doing that
It's just easier for me to import a DXF layer from my old 2D cad program as a new layer in Cambam
It can do all of the grid snapping things perfectly, but it's a pain to have to work with two programs

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 29, 2021, 15:39:11 pm »

Take this .cb file and copy - paste - move a circle with shift arrow keys
It will snap to the cambam grid points

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 29, 2021, 15:37:31 pm »

Copying and pasting circles and having them snap to a grid intersection is exactly how I create drilling layouts in Cambam

It works just fine in Cambam when not using either of the new tools
CNTRL-C, CNTRL-V then Shift arrow snaps the copied circle to the next grid point

I don't have any points list and it works great in Cambam
The only issues is I can't set up rectangular grids like in your tools

Look at this screen shot
Copied - Pasted - Moved with shift arrow snaps exactly onto the .25 inch grid

So the new plug-in and the new tool is still snapping to whatever was set in Cambam options
Even though snap-to is off, the tools are still using Cambam's grid settings for snapping

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Feature Requests / Re: Grid size/shape saves with .cb file

« on: October 29, 2021, 15:22:15 pm »

Nope, it is snapping to whatever the grid setting are in Cambam options

I just tested it
Even though Cambam snap to grid is off, it still is using whatever settings are in the Options grid

Here I did the same thing except I changed the grid to .5 inches in options
Now you can see the circle moved .5 inches right

Compare to the first screen shot where the options grid was set to .25 inches

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Feature Requests / Re: Grid size/shape saves with .cb file

« on: October 29, 2021, 15:07:54 pm »

Same question I posted on the Pseudo Grid post
Snappy grid does the same thing

I moved the grid to the top of the tree

I copied a circle, then pasted it
It pasted on top of the original circle

Then I SHIFT - Right arrow to move it off the original circle

It does not snap onto the grid center point
In Cambam, I have snap-to grid off and snap to objects off

Where is it snapping to?

In my screen shot you can see the circle is not snapping to the grid

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 29, 2021, 14:59:19 pm »

Thanks
Another question

I moved the grid to the top of the tree

I copied a circle, then pasted it
It pasted on top of the original circle

Then I SHIFT - Right arrow to move it off the original circle

It does not snap onto the grid center point
In Cambam, I have snap-to grid off and snap to objects off

Where is it snapping to?

In my screen shot you can see the circle is not snapping to the grid

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Scripts and Plugins / Re: PseudoGrid new plugin to make a custom size grid

« on: October 29, 2021, 14:38:37 pm »

Very cool Eddy and thanks for doing this

Couple questions:

The Pseudo grid tool uses inches or mm based on what you have the file set to
So there is no need to specify inches or mm for the grid?

When I click on the pseudo grid layer and edit the height or width, it creates another grid layer
So it does not edit the original grid, it creates another grid layer?

In my screen shot below, I edited the height of Pseudo grid
It then created another grid

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Feature Requests / Re: Grid size/shape saves with .cb file

« on: October 28, 2021, 15:56:57 pm »

I'm writing a plugin to make it easier, should be ready soon.
I found that by adding a point at every intersection, a snap is created without the Snappy plugin AND 'snap to object' still works when the layer is "Locked"

Sounds great, thanks
Definitely need snap to at the intersections of grid lines!

I'll check back here since email notifications are not working for me

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Feature Requests / Re: Grid size/shape saves with .cb file

« on: October 27, 2021, 17:57:04 pm »

Another great thing about this method is that I can just copy the Grid layer into other files that use the same grid layout and all the drill holes line up on the grid

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Feature Requests / Re: Grid size/shape saves with .cb file

« on: October 26, 2021, 11:49:59 am »

David,

That is also what I thought but the Snappy plugin does not work when the layer is locked.

Click on a Layer name to highlight it then the properties panel has a Locked parameter, change it to True if you want to lock the layer.

Ah, ok, I see the Locked property now
Thanks

Back to my vintage 2D CAD program

I can do 4 things to a layer

Make it current- Active
Make it editable but not active
Make it background but not editable
Mask it or hide it

Looks like I can do all that in Cambam now.

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Feature Requests / Re: Grid size/shape saves with .cb file

« on: October 25, 2021, 20:07:27 pm »

Hello

Maybe you can draw this grid on a separate layer and "lock" it (CB V1.0 only) >  Set the "Locked" property of the layer to "True" or use the CTRL + Space Bar shortcut when the layer name is selected.

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David

I am using 1.0
I don't see a "Lock" option for the grid layer
There is only Hide, Show, clear and a couple others like set as active
CNTRL + Space did not do anything