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markroland / sand-table-pattern-maker

A tool for creating G-code commands to draw patterns
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Table size, reversing direction, waves #23

Open khgrap opened 4 years ago

khgrap commented 4 years ago

Mark - great software! I downloaded and tweaked it to handle my table. I wasn't sure where to put this, so I apologize if this isn't the appropriate forum or place. Two quick suggestions and an idea, if you're open to it (unfortunately I don't know how to write code, otherwise I'd offer to help!)...

  1. Allow the table size defined in env. to drive the pattern size parameters in the pattern files.
  2. Have the ability to change the direction of certain shapes. For example, Spiral path draws counter clockwise in-to-out by default. Being able to change the direction (draw clockwise in-to-out) allows alternating patterns (clockwise -> counterclockwise) to redistribute the sand into the corners that eventually get thinned out. I was able to do this by manually changing the theta calc (-i/i_max)...
  3. Waves. Just standard waves. With a rectangular table like mine, being able to wipe/erase with a wave pattern instead of zig-zag would be great. Just an idea. Thanks again for sharing your work! -KHG
markroland commented 4 years ago

Thank you for the interest and the feedback! I'll take this under consideration for the future. After several weeks of work on this project I'm taking a little bit of a break right now.

voskaca commented 2 years ago

Is there a way to change the size of the table? I haven't been able to change it when I open it directly from the browser and I have not been able to install from the down load.

I am new to all of this and ALL seems to be over my head.

Any help would be great.

markroland commented 2 years ago

@voskaca Yes, you can edit the table.x.max and table.y.max values in https://github.com/markroland/sand-table-pattern-maker/blob/master/assets/js/env.js. The numbers are in millimeters. Let me know if you have any other questions.

voskaca commented 2 years ago

Thank you very much! I am totally new to all of this and really appreciate the help.