How to set 'previous' for views?

[bryan314]

Anybody got an idea on how to set the previous views for cplane, tplane, or gview? Setting the 'current' view with named_view_manager, set_gview, set_gr_gview doesn't update the 'previous view' settings.

 

I've tried playing with the hidden functions; set_prev_gview, set_prev_cview, set_prev_tview but I can't get them to work. Either I'm not using them right or they don't do what I think.

 

The only 'trick' I've found so far is to call one of the 'previous' system calls OnPlanesLast, OnCPlaneLast, etc and then call named_view_manager. It works but seems like the wrong way to do it.

 

Bryan

[Colin Gilchrist]

I've noticed that "Previous View" is broken in the normal release of X2-MR1. Alt+P hasn't been working

 

Can anyone else confirm this?

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Bryan,

How about this...

 

extern DllImpExp void gview_proc(char *gvo);

 

// set GView to 'last'

gview_proc('L');

[bryan314]

Pete,

 

Thanks Pete. But that seems to do the same as calling

OnViewPreviousView. I'm looking for a way to set the previous t/c/g views and then call named_view_manager. So that if the user runs previous view/cplane/tplane through mastercam it'll go back to the t/c/g view from before the chook was run.

 

Either that or named_view_manager should be but isn't setting the 'previous' variables when called with VWMGR_TPLANE, VWMGR_CPLANE, or VWMGR_GVIEW.

 

But I'm thinking since set_gr_view and set_gview don't set the previous whatever, this is by design and there a separate routine(s) for setting 'previous' before or after calling named_view_manager or set_gr_view or set_gview.

 

Bryan