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    Cool New Screen set for my touch screen

    I had a little time this weekend so I re-did my screen set. The content is about the same as it has been for about a year but I made all new buttons in photoshop. And re-sized some of the smaller ones. This makes it pretty easy to hit with my stubby fingers. I am using a 15" Planar touch screen I got off of ebay. It was from a kiosk but has held up really well. I have been thinking of getting a bigger one but with the new screen set I think it will be fine.
    I got rid of the toolpath display, I hardly ever looked at it and it was using up too much screen real estate. If I need to see something I can switch to the toolpath page. I only changed the "Simple run" screen.

    I used the stock Mach 3 screen editor that is in the main directory and Photoshop for the buttons.

    In all its glory at 1024 x 768




    Scott
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    Scott: Very cool and the larger buttons would be useful for non-touch screen users as my track ball pointer sometimes drifts off the small buttions. Also I noticed you have added a display for the A-axis on the simple screen...something I miss on my simple screen when using the 4th axis. When I go to the screen displaying the A-axis (like Comp run) there is no MDI input.

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    Speaking of the MDI..
    I found myself typing G0 X0 Y0 or G0 X0 or G0 Y0 an awfull lot when setting up so I added those functions as new buttons right under the MDI


    Scott
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    Thumbs up

    Scott,

    Very kewl screen layout, well though out.

    Jeff...
    Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott_M View Post
    Speaking of the MDI..
    I found myself typing G0 X0 Y0 or G0 X0 or G0 Y0 an awfull lot when setting up so I added those functions as new buttons right under the MDI


    Scott
    Yeah, me too! That's the first thing I do after a reset and ref all.

    Don


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    Nice job Scott!
    http://www.cnczone.com/forums/chinese_machines/128856-my_j-cut_nightmare_machine_one.html#post944750


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