Roadmap

Past

v0.5.0

Rewrite that switches from list to data model. Smaller, more task specific threads.

• Automatically attempt to parse non hpgl files (svg, dxf).
• Working About dialog.
• Reports length of vinyl used.
• Auto arranges items (bin packing).
• Run perimeter command.
• Rotation/scaling on individual items.
• Generate cutout boxes.
• Tiling (QBrush) grid background
• Run executable hook on plot finish.
• Modal progress dialog.

v0.4.0

Total rewrite based on storing HPGL data in QGraphicsScene rather than custom classes.

• UI simplified and cleaned.
• Worker thread implemented (poorly).
• Multiple HPGL files can be opened and plotted.
• Cancel/Pause active cuts.
• Progress bar (seperate UI thread).
• Salience for serial connection status.
• ETA (cut time estimation).
• Set size of vinyl

v0.3.1

Some bugfixes and minor features:

• General UI cleaning.
  • Better support for Qt settings construct.
• Incremental serial output for USCutter MH871-MK2.

v0.3 - "Flexible"

• Have basic transformations working. Translate, scale, rotate. All via methods available in the classes that handle hpgl.

v0.2 - "Classy"

• Program at this stage should read AND parse hpgl code. The opcodes that can be accepted are based on those most commonly output by Inkscape (example: Inkscape exports all circles as line segments, even though hpgl as a standard has an arc opcode).
• The classes for working with hpgl should be 'kinda' robust.

v0.1 - "Does stuff"

• Program can read an hpgl file, cache the commands, and spit them back out at a serial port. Literally nothing else happens, this is essentially a fancy replacement for copy-pasting the hpgl code to a serial buffer.

Future

v0.5.1

Unsorted ToDo:

• Alert user when SVG is malformed (no paths) and make general import errors more salient/modal.
• Abort leaves pen down (pick up pen on cancel)
• Return to origin button.
• Select last item on deletion.
• Fix glitchy listview selection.
• Undo/redo.
• Color of cutout boxes added after the fact (they don't get highlighted).
• Split large polygons into smaller ones for output.
• Items on scene more visible?
• Export to USB plotter.
• Export to printer.
• Side rulers?
• Open multiple files at once
• Option to always auto-arrange on load.
• Option to pack new item into existing static ones.
• Ctrl -/+/0 for zoom levels.
• "jog" to "run perimeter".