PHLATBOYZ
Phlatboyz SketchUcam(PhlatScripT)
SketchUcam Version 1.4
Nov 2015

QuickTools Toolbar
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These items appear on the QuickTools Toolbar.
Activate this toolbar by ticking the `View|Toolbars|SketchUcam Quick Tools` item.
This icon provides a quick way to toggle Gcode comments on or off.
The status bar will display the current status of the setting.
This setting will be used the next time you generate Gcode.
It will not be saved as a default, use the Tools|PhlatBoyz|Options menu for that.
This icon provides a quick way to toggle the format of Gcode comments.
It switches between (comment) format and the
; comment
format.
Use this icon to set values for A, B an C axes, values will be output before all other motion, and zeroed after the final return to X0 Y0 and raise Z commands.
It is left to the user to figure out the correct offsets to cut in the correct place on rotated workpieces.
This icon on the Quicktools toolbar enables the use of toolchange commands. For controllers that understand the 'Tx M6' command you can output the command with a given tool number. Optionally include G43 (apply offset) and Hx, select offset.


The alternative option for controllers that do not understand T1 commands is to include a 'macro' file of Gcode commands that achieve the tool change for you. The tool commands can include a '%s' string: this is where the tool offset is inserted. For example, for GRBL you can set the tool offset with this line:
G38.1 Z%s

Activate this toolbar by ticking the View|Toolbars|SketchUcam Quick Tools item.

 



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