[Er...] Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I don't have any program for making bubble drawings, I usually mark stuff up with a pen if I have to. Using a pdf-editor or power point is kind of not very user friendly in my opinion. So I set sails to make my own program, just click, click and click. Very simple. How ever, before I finish this project, what functions do you love or miss from the program that you use. (So I can incorporate those from start, and not later find out that I miss some things, or are missing out on some super function that I never thought of..) And we don't use PMI yet, so auto bubbling is not an option... Thank you in advance. https://mega.nz/#!nT4HVSaS!7BUi-7BbzX6cQ850GRhcYP5u9p-Tr6e4EWxRVMbklC0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Me...] Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 We use Inspection Expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Well, I guess I'll buy that program, try it for a couple of weeks, and steals all the good idéas from it. 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Da...] Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Thanks for your effort Eric. Do you add bubbles as a new layer? So the original image can be swapped with new revision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Sort of, The idéa is to save all the bubbles/text/notes as a compressed project file that can be loaded and placed on another drawing, if there has been a revision change or if the drawi g are very similar, or what ever. While also generate a bubbled drawing as pdf. But yes, the pdf will have more then one layer so it can be parsed by other programs. No actual modification will be done to the original layer. Even if its compsed by a image. It's a bit more complcated to achive, but in the long run, I think it will pay off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 If you use it, just report bugs when you encounter them. 🤣 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[To...] Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 We don't use WinZip. Any chance you can compress with Windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Da...] Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Please sign in to view this quote. Tom, install 7zip. It's libre and open source. 64 bit download -> https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1805-x64.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Don't bother, V1 only works with single page drawings, or if you only like to bubble the last page of several 🤣 I have fixed that, so as soon as I got time can upload that one, since you seems interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Da...] Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 One minor -> File - Quit won't quit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Stupid quit button.... Well I "fixed" that. And now it can handle pdf's with multiple pages. (I actually forgot that. I only had a pdf with one page on wifys computer.) It takes some time after you start creating pdf's untill everything is done, if you have many pages. But that not my fault, postscript is slow.... And for specially for you Tom, here is a un-compressed link directly to the executable. https://mega.nz/#!nT4HVSaS!7BUi-7BbzX6cQ850GRhcYP5u9p-Tr6e4EWxRVMbklC0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[To...] Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Please sign in to view this quote. Thank you Eric. I feel very special. Did you notice the .rar was 27.186KB and the .exe was only 27.591KB The windows zip version is only 27.278KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Yeah, the executable is actually a compressed folder, that unpacks every time the program starts. That's why it takes some time for it to wake up. I'm not to keen on the concept of msi packages if not necessary or > 500MB. But generally people tend to get suspicious of executables so I avoid to upload them bare. I guess many people must has bad experiences from "free of charge offers" from xxx sites... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[To...] Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Got it. Thank you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Was this written in Python/Kivy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Yes/No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Se...] Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Hello Eric. Your program is very interesting. Do you have plans to work with TIFF files? Kind regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Me...] Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Very cool program Eric, it is already easier than using PDF editor. The only thing I would like to see added is a way to rotate the PDF. For whatever reason, our drawings always open vertically, even though they are clearly meant to be viewed in landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ow...] Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Intuitive and easy to use. If there was Metrology Community forum "user of the year" award, Eric, you'd get my vote. You Rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 I had a lot of plans, but then real life caught me. But when ever I have time I will improve the quality of output pdf's. Using a vectorized format, like eps to maintain the extreme zoom function of vectorized pdfs. I also played with tesseract to make it autobubble by image recognition. It worked on like 15% of the features. So with a little work on that, who knows... But one must see it for what it is, it's not intended to take market shares or be the ultimate bubble/balooning solution. But maybe there's a small shop somewhere that spent all money on a xenos and now the economic department forbid the poor quality guy to print pappers due to savings... I just got tired of printing papers and waving my pen. It's like 4 freaking meters to the printer! Riuz: would you like to export as .tiff besides pdf? Ian: Yes sir! That should obviously be available. Owen: Thanks for you kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Se...] Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hello Eric. It would be interesting to be able to open .TIFF files and save them. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Back in the day, I used AutoCAD and LISP. I could load a DWG, DXF or insert an image. Load the LISP file and just use the mouse. Point and Click. Numbered balloons would appear. It scaled itself from round to oval depending on the string length. It was the fasted method I have ever used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ke...] Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Please sign in to view this quote. The recent update they did has been a major pain in the ass. It would be nice to have options and something that can be easily bubbled for initial use, before fully diving into Inspection Xpert for the official bubbled drawing. With that being said - Inspection Xpert seems to be the best option out there even with the struggles I have with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I love Inspection Expert, but that all ended once they moved to software as a service. 🙁 I could sell a one time fee to the powers that be, but their new annual recurring fee of a couple grand is pushing it beyond my comfort zone. Especially when I have a hungry newborn CMM to feed. Its such a simple task when you get right down to it. It never ceases to amaze that with all the intelligent individuals we have in our midst, many of whom can code, that no ones come up with a simple, elegant and inexpensive solution to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Wi...] Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Discus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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