Tooltips / popovers?

[peteruithoven]

Another one for after #12. There are quite a few configurations that are in need of a bit of explanation, like Step over, Plunge etc. It would be very nice to have short explanations in some kind of tooltips. Bootstrap seems to have them build in:

• Popovers
• Tooltips

I would recommend the popovers, since it's better suited for a bit more text. With a proper show delay this shouldn't be annoying for power users.

Cura also uses tooltips to explain almost all it's options, I think it's quite useful.

If you guys like it I'd like to help with the texts.

[tbfleming]

Right now there's a popover on "px per inch". Please come up with text for the others; it will save me time.

[peteruithoven]

Of course, how could I forget that popup. Please correct me where necessary (it will be necessary). I won't complete this in one go, I'll come back to it regularly.

Label popups

I would like to add the following explanations to the labels.

Operations

px per inch: Use to compensate for different pixels per inch translations design applications use.

Tool

Diameter: Diameter of tool. Pass depth: Depth the tool should travel per pass. Use a smaller pass depth for harder materials and better quality. Step Over: What percentage the tool should step over (overlap) the previous path. The more you step over the previously milled path the easier it will be for the drill and the better the end result. But it will take longer. [or was this reversed?] Rapid: The speed during moves, from one milling path to another (while being on clearance height). [not suree if this is right] Plunge: The speed during plunging downwards into the material. Cut: The speed during milling.

Selected Operation

Name: Name used in gcode comments. Visible: Whether this operation is visible. Ramp Plunge: [coming soon] Combine: [coming soon] Operation: What operation type is applied on this operation. Direction: In what direction the drill should go. Cut Depth: How deep this operation should cut in total. Margin: Offset the shape of the milled area outwards or inwards. Width:

Material

Z Origin: What is considered the 0 Z position. Clearance: How high the tool moves over the material. Increase this when using bigger clamps or screws to fasten the material.

Curve To Line Conversion

Minimum Segments: Minimum Segment Length (mm):

Value popups

Selected Operation

Direction: [coming soon] checking: wiki, Clim milling vs Conventional milling

Material

Z Origin:

[peteruithoven]

Apparently I don't get mailed by Github when an issue is referenced, thanks for implementing this so quickly. I'd really like to help with a good Ramp Plunge explanation, but I don't understand it good enough.