K40 Whisperer V0.54 macOS release B

Release B uses an updated version of tkinter (8.6.10) and Python 3.8.6 so it works on macOS 11.1

Version 0.53:

Fixed handling of some hidden layers/objects
Fixed handling of a less common color specification format
Brought back removal of unnecessary commands from data sent to laser (from V0.43 with a correction). This Reduced volume of data sent to laser.

Version 0.54:

Reverted back to egv.py file from Version 0.52 fixing problem with movements introduced in Version 0.53

K40 Whisperer V0.54 macOS release A

Version 0.53:

• Fixed handling of some hidden layers/objects
• Fixed handling of a less common color specification format
• Brought back removal of unnecessary commands from data sent to laser (from V0.43 with a correction). This Reduced volume of data sent to laser.

Version 0.54:

• Reverted back to egv.py file from Version 0.52 fixing problem with movements introduced in Version 0.53

K40 Whisperer V0.52 macOS release A

Version 0.52:

• Added margin to prevent warning about out of bounds vector features when they are really close to the page boundary.
• Added explicit font definition for GUI

K40 Whisperer V0.51 macOS release A

Version 0.50:

• Added support for running two of more lasers by opening more K40 Whisperer windows on a single machine.
• Added protection to prevent the user from disrupting a running laser job by typing shortcut keys.

Version 0.51:

• Fixed problem in 0.50 that resulted in origin shifting if laser was not in upper left corner when a job was started.

K40 Whisperer V0.49 macOS release A

Version 0.46:

• Fixed error in positioning when using g-code input and the input coordinate system
• Improved display of g-code errors and warnings
• Changed file selection default to g-code if the last file opened was g-code

Version 0.47:

• Updated to work with Inkscape 1.0
• Fixed mirroring when using input axes

Version 0.48:

• Fixed auto convert text to path when using older versions of Inkscape

Version 0.49:

• Added new default Inkscape executable path to the search list. So users don't need to specify the Inkscape location in the settings.

K40 Whisperer V0.45 macOS release A

Version 0.44:

• Removed unnecessary commands from data sent to laser. Reduced volume of data sent to laser.
• Improved pause function. Laser not stops immediately rather than waiting for buffer to empty.
• Added code to get around "Backend not found" error in some cases.

Version 0.45:

• Reverted back to egv.py file from Version 0.43 fixing problem with movements introduced in Version 0.44

K40 Whisperer V0.43 macOS release B

No new features since v0.43.A, just bugfixes.

K40 Whisperer V0.43 macOS release A

Built using stephenhouser pyinstaller build scripts but fixes arrow images not showing and adds macos style "About" section and "Preferences".

Version 0.43:

• Fixed problem that prevented properly sending EGV file to the laser.

K40 Whisperer V0.42 macOS release B

No new features since v0.42.A, just bugfixes.

• Now Raster Settings window shows stuff.

K40 Whisperer V0.42 macOS release A

Built using stephenhouser pyinstaller build scripts.

Fixes arrow images not showing.
Adds Apple style About section and Preferences.

Version 0.42:

• Minor update to DXF reading to include color by layer
• Fix for Inkscape Executable location button. Auto generated text made bu the button did not work for some version of Python
• Fixed trace boundary when X and Y scaling is used
• Limited minimum speed entries to prevent unexpected laser movements.
• Fixed trace boundary space so that it scales with units change.