These beta versions are for testing only and are intended to help us work out problems before updates are released. To download, go to www.ncplot.com and click the NCPlot v2 link.
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NCPlot v2.20 BETA 9 Release Notes
September 4, 2010
Updated the Help file for v2.20. This is still a work in progress, so if you have any suggestions for additions or changes please let us know.
Fixed the bug in the default script folder setting.
Fixed the Script Timeout setting on the Preferences dialog. This setting is supposed to be in seconds, but was in milliseconds.
Fixed a problem when using the Machinist Toolbox to send code back to NCPlot.
Added a file comparison tool. You can access this tool via the menu "File / Compare files" and also the new toolbar button on the "Edit" toolbar.
Added two new menu items to the "View" menu. These are "Set as Reference" and "Clear Reference" which allow you to set the current backplot as the background drawing. This allows you to easily compare two backplots by using one as a background image.
Added a new arc tool called "Break arcs at quadrants" which will break any arc command that passes through one of the four quadrants. The arcs are broken into up to 3 additional commands of up to 90 degrees each.
Added a new tool called "Break lines into segments" which will break any linear motion into shorter movement segments.
Added a new address translation tool called "Address calculator". This tool lets you create custom translations by allowing calculations to be performed on address values. For each block in the file the address values are loaded into local variables and one or more calculations can be performed using these values. The values in the block can be updated or even removed. For more info, please see the help file.
Added a license manager settings window that can be used to specify the network IP address of the license server. This is helpful when automatic server detection fails or cannot be used on your network.
Thanks,
Scott