bad move

[Marty A]

hi all well some how i messed things up today.i was trying to convert a metric flie to english.well it is not working. i know to go to configureation and switch over but it already says english.and my file is still metric.sooooo

i clicked on the file icon to the left,i then clicked on merge initial english values,bad move

i now have a blue screen where before i had a black back ground, and now when i open a file up it shows all my toolpaths.yea you could say i,m lost now. thanks in advance.

 

marty

[Thad]

Marty,

 

How ya been, bud?

 

Is sounds like you switched to a metric config. The default background color is blue.

 

Go into Settings-Configuration and see what config is active. If all else fails, restart MC and start over. You should get your default settings back.

 

Thad

[ARP]

You could just scale the file by 1/25.4 if you are in english units already.

[Marty A]

hey thad hows it going with you. still says current english.i rebooted pu and still the same.

also i think i clicked on save for something i can't remember what it was.hellllllllllp also how do i get rid of all my toolpaths that show up

ok it said save settings to configuration flie i said yes.

 

marty

 

[ 08-20-2007, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: Marty A ]

[Gary]

alt t will clear toolpaths. You can keep this from coming up everytime by setting it in the configuration. Uncheck repaint toolpaths.

[Thad]

Marty,

 

Do you have a copy of your config backed up somewhere that you can replace the "bad" one? These all sound like config issues to me.

 

Thad

[Marty A]

thanks guys and no thad i do not have them backed up. now how bad is it.arp that worked thanks again

 

marty

[Thad]

Marty, I'm guessing that you have to go to Settings-Config and look everything over. Make any changes that you'd like, including background color.

 

Are you guys busy over there? Are you getting all of your files from UG now?

 

Thad

[Marty A]

morning thad yea were pretty busy here. we have a night shift again. i'm down on the floor programing and running the okuma.i stay pretty busy. i found where to get my black screen back.everything seems to be ok except after i post out a program the text page that comes up after looks different than before,but seems to be ok. anyway they hired a guy to run the cnc department now, he wears nice clothes tho.lol

well talk to ya later bud.

p.s. yea i know it's early i start at 5 to get some gramming done.

 

marty

[Thad]

quote:

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everything seems to be ok except after i post out a program the text page that comes up after looks different than before

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Look in your config. On the Start/Exit page, try selecting a different "Editor" from the dropdown. IIRC, you guys were using MCEDIT. Post a program and see if that's the one you remember. If it is, save your config and you'll be back in business.

 

If you think of it, email me the new guy's name. I might know him.

 

Tell Matt and Scott "Ten inch" I said hi. Oh, and Leonard too.

 

Thad

[Marty A]

thad you have mail

[Thee Dragracer1951]

Jeez, I saw the title to this thread and had a flash of some poor soul wanting to call his Ex after a night at the bar.

Baaaad move!!