GUI for PlasmaC - QtPlasmac

rodw wrote:

phillc54 wrote: And it is even better as a picture instead of words, I am much better at understanding pics

It must be the latent designer in you (even if you say you are hopeless at it!)

I don't think there is one of them in here
I don't have a creative bone in my body which is why I was reticent to begin a GUI attempt after the first bomb. When this layout came from Pinder I at least had something to work with.

It would be soooo much easier if there was only one GUI size...

Oh to hell with it, i kept my mouth shut enough !
I want bigger LED's, much bigger,
I want bigger buttons,
I want buttons much more separated, just in case i get a touch screen,
I want the actual voltage much, much bigger so i can see it from across the shop
I want a 2 meter tall blonde,
I want popcorn ......
Oh wait i have popcorn, back in 4 minutes ..
ALL of the above is a joke, so cool down, well except popcorn ... and the blonde

Rod,
So I have a question for you guys. Do you ever use the preview in other than Z axis (plan view)?
I do use it quite often,
Rod,
Tommy, this could possibly be used to move forward the controls you want from the other tab.
I do not want more stuff there, just voltage instead of overrides, but i got used to overrides so i am good.
Rod,
I'm not sure why Autovolts for you makes the torch lower, it does not have anything to do with torch height
It has everything to do with torch height, autovolts is based on the torch height (Phill, correct me if i am wrong here), it is sampled at whatever the cut height is set to and used as a reference, comes to think of it, i might have had it to low, wait i'll go facepalm myself and come back after the red has subsided from said face.....although i did try the THC delay from 0 to 1.5 sec and it was always to low at under half a mm above the plate.
With that said, Phill did a great job at figuring out the relations between voltage and height and arranged it absolutely perfect, hence i keep repeating i can live with overrides.
Popcorn .....

I'll have all of the above plus a Jameson.

phillc54 wrote: It would be soooo much easier if there was only one GUI size...

For the time being i do use only one size on all 4 machines.

It has everything to do with torch height, autovolts is based on the torch height (Phill, correct me if i am wrong here), it is sampled at whatever the cut height is set to and used as a reference,

Its actually sampled at the end of the THC delay provided the current velocity is near the desired cut velocity, otherwise it waits until it is. Then the THC is enabled. If you do not have a THC delay set, then the sampled voltage will be too high as the piercing voltage peak has not subsided so you will get erroneous results.

So auto volts compensates for worn consumables becasue as the electrode is consumed, the arc gets longer at a constant height above the material and therefore higher voltage ocurrs.

If you are using auto volts, you don't know what the voltage set point is so an override makes more sense. The standard number is accepted as being 10 volts per mm of height so a 1 volt override is 0.1mm. (Be aware I measured 7.53 volts on my Everlast so thats just approximate.)

I actually used a speed override yesterday for I think the first time. I was cutting 1.6mm and there is no cut chart for it so I told Sheetcam to use the 2mm settings and applied a speed override. Much easier than adding a new cut chart entry.

RODW Wrote: Its actually sampled at the end of the THC delay provided the current velocity is near the desired cut velocity, otherwise it waits until it is. Then the THC is enabled. If you do not have a THC delay set, then the sampled voltage will be too high as the piercing voltage peak has not subsided so you will get erroneous results.

Can we have a delay value by default if delay is missing o r too short when use autovolts? I mean these delay is required for the proper voltage sampling, that way the non expert can achieve better results.