8.01.40 Released

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Doug Fisher
Posts: 206
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2016
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: Ke Hui KH-7050
Laser Power: 80W EFR F2
Laser Bed Size: 700x500
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18 & 8.01.33
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Ruida RDC6442G EC controller, 2" lens, S&A CW5000 chiller, chuck type of rotary attachment, Russ' DoHickey (sp?), mA meter, a growing collection of tools and oddities to keep it running!

As of today, it is at the top of the list on the first page:
http://www.rd-acs.com/down_complex.aspx?FId=n14:14:14

If anyone installs it and notices any changes worth mentioning, please post back to this thread.
John Watson
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Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2017
Location: Memphis, TN
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: China Blue
Laser Power: 50
Laser Bed Size: 500x300
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: 8.01.28
Windows Version: 7.1 and 10

rdimage is in it now so when you click the bmp button you can go to it or to the old method but beware rdimage is in an Alpha state as it crashes (sends you back to rdworks so no harm). It also has dpi and mm settings for interval.
Doug Fisher
Posts: 206
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2016
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: Ke Hui KH-7050
Laser Power: 80W EFR F2
Laser Bed Size: 700x500
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18 & 8.01.33
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Ruida RDC6442G EC controller, 2" lens, S&A CW5000 chiller, chuck type of rotary attachment, Russ' DoHickey (sp?), mA meter, a growing collection of tools and oddities to keep it running!

Thanks for posting. FWIW, RDimage has been in the last few releases. There is a way to make RDWorks still use the old photo processing function but I can't recall it at the moment and the thread discussing that was most likely lost during the deletion disaster.
Mike Tuppen
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Location: cheltenham;glos
Country: united kingdom
Nickname: thefordprefect
Laser Machine Make or Type: thinklaser 6090
Laser Power: 80
Laser Bed Size: 600x900mm
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: 8.01.33
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: rotary table

for the last couple of releases a dialogue box is given when images are loaded or edited enabling the choice of editor. Prior to this the ways suggested here were to delete the rdimage executable or to rename it to something else. The rdworks would then default to the original editor (after complaining that the editor was not available). A script was written which renamed the file from rdimage<>new name but I never used this as the image editor seemed to be "poor"
Martín Lázaro
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Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2016
Location: Olavarria
Country: Argentina
Laser Machine Make or Type: Goldenlaser 2 fixed heads retrofited (6442s)
Laser Power: 80w + 50w
Laser Bed Size: 1300*600mm
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: 8.01.23
Windows Version: w7 64bits
Accessories: rotary chuck
wireless panel

In FILE PARAMETER now exist a check box named ?????RDimage?? or something like this. Everytime you click BMP to edit a image, ask if you want to use rdimage. With the checkbox without mark, click YES or NO rdwokrs run rdimage. But, if you mark the checkbox and select NO, rdworks runs the old bmp aplication.
No other changes at my first 10 minutes with 01.40 version.
Ah, the set position reference box (this 9 points box in toolbar)... the selected position NOT correspond with the position showed. And in some points (lower-right) the icon just turn to grey no-data :)

Martín.-
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