RELEASE NOTES FOR PATHPILOT V2.6.0
ENHANCEMENTS
All
l We added support for the 1300PL machine. (PP-1377)
l We added PathPilot HUB file transfer capabilities to the File tab. (PP-2613)
Mills
l We extended and improved the A-axis display in the Tool Path display, which makes it easier to understand
the effective tool path relative to the workpiece. (PP-2862)
l On the Settings tab, there's now a 4th Axis Rotary sub-tab. We consolidated the 4th axis rotary settings and
configuration on this new tab. (PP-2894)
l G64 Naive CAM Detection now supports rotary axes, which smooths out 4th axis Fusion 360 programs. (PP2907)
FIXED ISSUES
All
l We fixed an issue where there was a missing unit conversion in incremental polar coordinates. Previously, incremental polar angles were interpreted as radians instead of degrees. (PP-2905)
l We fixed a rare case with G95, where the first feed move immediately following a G33 move would use the wrong feed rate. This didn't occur if G33 was followed by other motions like G0, tool change, etc. (PP-2923)
l When you typed G or A in the MDI Line DRO field (for valid G-code commands), the auto-complete dropdown displayed. Now, you must type two characters for the auto-complete dropdown to display. (PP2928)
l We fixed an issue with conversational edit where an edited coolant setting would be ignored if an operation was edited again before saving. (PP-2965)
l We fixed an issue with non-Tormach (unsupported) touch screens, where a calibration error occurred when the controller powered on. (PP-2980)
l We fixed an issue where the background grid for the front/side G-code view in the Tool Path display was incorrectly displaced when large tool offsets were active. (PP-2986)
l The time zone for Virtual PathPilot controllers on HUB is now set according to the user's HUB account preferences. (PP-3004)
l When you add a .txt file to PathPilot, you can now either load the file as G-code or view and edit it with the text editor. Previously, .txt files only opened in the text editor. (PP-3005)
Mills
l We fixed an issue, introduced in PathPilot v2.3.6, that prevented 4th axis homing from working. (PP-2955)
l We fixed an error in a Fusion 360 probing routine (f360_probing-y-channel.ngc) that incorrectly used x instead of y. (PP-2956)
l We fixed an error where, when you tried to set a reference height with a tool other than Tool 0 on the Probe Setup tab, the green LED came on after selecting Set Reference Height (which falsely indicated that the position was set). (PP-2991)
l We fixed an issue where, in the tool table, either missing tools (between tool 1 and tool 256) or duplicate tools (between tool 257 and tool 1000) weren't correctly displayed. (PP-2997)
Lathe
l We fixed an issue where, after re-editing an existing file that used conversational threading, the operation didn't update to reflect the number in the Passes DRO field. (PP-2925)
l We fixed an issue that prevented conversational lathe threading from using the maximum allowed number of threading passes (98). (PP-2964)