[Steler]

Hello everyone,
I just downloaded and launched the new version 2025-04-09 on my development PC.
- There are still problems with dialog boxes. Even using the examples given in the help, many of them cause TNG V2 to crash.
- Furthermore, in lathe mode (I haven't tested the new version on my milling machine), programs that worked on older versions crash the software immediately upon startup, just long enough to see that the spindle rotation is taken into account.

I still ran a test on the machine, and the result is the same. So I restored the old version..

Here is an example of ISO code (start of the program):

O0001 (PIED)
N10 G0 G40 G80 G98 G18

(V35-RHOMBIC L EXTERNAL TURN R 0,4 IC 12,7)
N20 T2 M6
(DRESSAGE EBAUCHE)
(NO ROTATION)
N30 G54
N40 G50 S1300
N50 G97 S1000 M4
N80 G0 G43 H2 X50 Z-.75
N90 X44.5
N100 G1 X-.8 F200
N110 X2.028 Z.664
(EBAUCHE PARAXIALE)
N120 G0 Z2.85
N130 X36.64
N140 Z1.25
N150 G1 Z-2.75

Best regards

[Steler]

A little more information:
- Some M code calls crash the software, like M4, M3, or M5. M3 and M4 have a script for me, but not M5.
- The G0 work fine.
- The G1 don't perform any movements. Then, if you press MDI again, the following message appears: The movement engine is not ready.
- Since I'm testing on a profile lathe, my X position parameters are in lathe diameter. However, the display shows the position in radius.

There are undoubtedly other problems. I have the impression that, with a complete rewrite of the code, this version contains a lot of bugs.

[PlanetCNC]

It is actually only one bug "guilty" for described issues. Progress bar update crashes in some cases because of bug in GUI synchronization function.
But because progress bar is involved in practically everything it looks like million bugs.

I've fixed this and I'll publish updated release when build process is over. Version will be 2025-04-12

I'll appreciate if you'll try again. User feedback is very important to me.

[Steler]

I just ran some tests on my development workstation (not on the machine).

We've made significant progress. However, here are some abnormal things:
- In G95, the movements don't work in G1. For example, a G1 Z25 F0.35 doesn't execute anything (in MDI only because it works when executing a program). In G94, everything is fine.
- The X values ??are still displayed as radius in the positions even though the Lathe Diameter parameter is checked.
- Some dialog boxes are still impossible to launch.

[PlanetCNC]

G95 requires spindle to be running. If spindle is running G1 in MDI works fine.
Which dialogs are impossible to launch?

[Steler]

- Okay for G95, my bad. My mind was elsewhere.
- Regarding the Xs with the diameter display, did you discover anything?

- Regarding the dialog boxes, while trying to test the ones in your examples, I think I have a problem with the content of some of them that causes a crash. One example is the animal checkbox. I tried to modify it, but a syntax problem caused TNG to crash. (the no

For example to work, the example:
(dlgname,'My new dialog', bok=1, bcancel=1)
(dlg,'^/PlanetCNC.png', typ=image)
(dlg,'My Label', typ=label, color=0xff0000)
(dlg,'"Animal"|"Bear~"|"Birds, Bees~"|"Aligator~"|"Ox~"|"Hummingbird~"|"Rattlesna ke~"', typ=checkbox, param=myanimal, 0, store)
(dlg, 'My Value 1', typ=input, param=first, def=11, store, min=-100, max=+100, dec=1, setunits)
(dlg, 'My Value 2', typ=input, param=second, def=22, store, min=-100, max=+100, dec=2, setunits)
(dlg, 'My Value 3', typ=input, param=third, def=33, store, min=-100, max=+100, dec=3, setunits)
(dlgshow)

(print,myanimal=#<myanimal>)
(print,first=#<first>)
(print,second=#<second>)
(print,third=#<third>)

Should become (I removed the first, second and third lines which still crash):
(dlgname,'My new dialog', bok=1, bcancel=1)
(dlg,'^/PlanetCNC.png', typ=image)
(dlg,'My Label', typ=label, color=0xff0000)
(dlg,'Animal|Bear~|\Birds, Bees~|\Aligator~|\Ox~|\Hummingbird~|\Rattlesnake~' , typ=checkbox, param=myanimal, 0, store)
(dlgshow)

(print,myanimal=#<myanimal>)

Would you be able to modify the examples with working ones? This would undoubtedly help many people who rely on the examples to develop their scripts.

[PlanetCNC]

(dlgname, 'My new dialog', bok=1, bcancel=1)
(dlg, '^/PlanetCNC.png', typ=image)
(dlg, 'My Label', typ=label, color=0xff0000)
(dlg, 'Animal|Bear~|Birds, Bees~|Aligator~|Ox~|Hummingbird~|Rattlesnake~', typ=checkbox, param=myanimal, 0, store)
(dlg, 'My Value 1', typ=numinput, param=first, def=11, store, min=-100, max=+100, dec=1, setunits)
(dlg, 'My Value 2', typ=numinput, param=second, def=22, store, min=-100, max=+100, dec=2, setunits)
(dlg, 'My Value 3', typ=numinput, param=third, def=33, store, min=-100, max=+100, dec=3, setunits)
(dlgshow)


(print,myanimal=#<myanimal>)
(print,first=#<first>)
(print,second=#<second>)
(print,third=#<third>)

[PlanetCNC]

I will fix examples in documentation.

[Steler]

OK, great.

I noticed that the G41 and G42 radius corrections are taken into account in the XZ plane.

I haven't tested it in real life. Do we agree that these corrections take into account the Tool Tip Dia value (from the Parameters tab) with a turning tool?

Generally, this value is indicated for the radius and not the diameter. Is this something you wanted?
In the attached image, the tool has an insert radius of R0.4. I indicated 0.8 in Tool Tip Dia. Is this correct?

[PlanetCNC]

No, this is probably still not it.

[Steler]

Ok, so I'll wait for this future version :-).