G-Wizard Editor Version 2.00 is Available for Download

Jul 25, 2011 // by page.lysupportadmin // Blog, Software // No Comments

This has been a massive release nearly a month in the making, so I’m going to bump up a full 0.1 number to 0.200.

Here’s what we did in 0.200:

- Added an Axis Switch revision to make it easy to switch axes when programming right angle heads and such.

- Added an Adjust Words revision to make it easy to do simple math on the addresses associated with words. You can see how to use it in our g-code tutorial on making an engraving font.

- Renumber blocks will now proactively adjust references to numbers that change from GOTO, G71, and other sources.

- The remainder of Fanuc Macro B was added, largely consisting of GOTO, IF, and WHILE. See also our mini-tutorial on g-code macros.

- You now have the ability under Post Numbers to choose a default word format that is used for words that have no defined format.

- M99 was really getting confused about where to return to if there were no N numbers and sometimes even when there were. Fixed that bug.

- Top View and the other non-perspective views were acting strange. I fixed several bugs that should help a lot there. There was also some funny business when zooming these views with the scroll wheel that has been fixed.

- There’s now a warning for particularly large files that they’re likely to be slow. Performance is a priority, but we have a lot of work left to do there yet.

- After learning that large multinational companies dropped 2.9 million jobs from the US and hired 2.4 million overseas during the 2000′s, I added a made in America to our logo. Help out the small companies, they’re the ones creating jobs here.

- Fixed a bug where GWE would erroneously decide various G and M-codes were unavailable and flag them as errors.

- Lots more sniggly little details of fit, finish, and stability.

This is a big release, so I won’t be surprised if it triggers a couple of quick point releases to clean up loose ends.