Ticker V1.00Beta released
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:32 am
Hello Everyone,
Merry Xmas now that its December. A new release is online. The old installers have been removed and the
"Gearotic Motion.msi" installer is now the only one needed, with the exception of the separate Auggie installer.
Ticker is now in a folder of its own off the main folder, the root folder is embarrassingly full of eclectic files
and folders, and in an effort to clean it up, Ticker is now in a folder named "Ticker Kinetics" off the root folder.
It relies only on that folder, inserts nothing in the system and can be copied or moved if you wish.
Notes: As of this writing only 2 computers have tested Ticker. My computer is a I5-9700 running with a RTX2070S
graphics card and runs Ticker very fast. My system 2 years back was "Awesome" , its now "Good" in terms of todays
computers. My wife's computer on which I cannot stand to even surf the web it is so old and slow ( an old dell),
runs the program at a max of 30FPS. I would appreciate reports on what computer you have and how fast it runs.
( I may add code so you can send me a specs report, but Id like to also hear your experiences ).
Notes:
1) Bugs Exist. A great many . Some sections are not yet complete, others may have bugs I'm not aware of, please
report any you find. Updates will be slower than usual as Id like each update to encompass many bugs and have
additional features.
2) While I have tried to explain how it all works, after a couple years of using it, I suffer from many biases in its use
that assure me that I haven't done a great job. Please ask when confused, or suggest upgrades to function that
would make it easier or more useful.
3) Bolts and Shafts are being recoded, they are broken in this version. They are not yet parts of the simulation
and are kept only for making 3d models of bolts and nuts. They will be redesigned to provide proper creation
for printing in the next version.
4) Bugs exist. Did I mention that, I catch a couple a week from my usage, I'm sure others will make the program do
things I have not yet considered. That's the thing about a free form program like this, someone will make something that
I cant possibly conceive of. All my creations so far are tests of one algorithm or another, so even I haven't sat down to
have fun playing. (Though myself and Bob have both gotten lost and mesmerized by motion for a few hours at a time
as we experiment. ). The practice of killing a puppy for each bug report will be put on hold for Tickers growth cycle,
so feel free to kick in with things that piss you off.
5) Show us snapshots of any of your creations, and drop comments and bugs in the Ticker forum I created this
month. I take great satisfaction from seeing what others come up with. As you can import your own STL's to make
things from, everyone's creations may be quite different from expectations. I had a human head spitting balls at a
conveyor belt the other day for example.
There are many things to clean up, to add, and the make better UI's for, but I truly think Ticker is ready for testing,
hopefully it behaves as well on your systems and it tends to do on mine, if not, we'll see what we can do.
Have fun, and a great holiday,
Art
PS: subscribe to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@ArtOfCNC for video shorts I will make to
explain concepts brought up in questions.
Merry Xmas now that its December. A new release is online. The old installers have been removed and the
"Gearotic Motion.msi" installer is now the only one needed, with the exception of the separate Auggie installer.
Ticker is now in a folder of its own off the main folder, the root folder is embarrassingly full of eclectic files
and folders, and in an effort to clean it up, Ticker is now in a folder named "Ticker Kinetics" off the root folder.
It relies only on that folder, inserts nothing in the system and can be copied or moved if you wish.
Notes: As of this writing only 2 computers have tested Ticker. My computer is a I5-9700 running with a RTX2070S
graphics card and runs Ticker very fast. My system 2 years back was "Awesome" , its now "Good" in terms of todays
computers. My wife's computer on which I cannot stand to even surf the web it is so old and slow ( an old dell),
runs the program at a max of 30FPS. I would appreciate reports on what computer you have and how fast it runs.
( I may add code so you can send me a specs report, but Id like to also hear your experiences ).
Notes:
1) Bugs Exist. A great many . Some sections are not yet complete, others may have bugs I'm not aware of, please
report any you find. Updates will be slower than usual as Id like each update to encompass many bugs and have
additional features.
2) While I have tried to explain how it all works, after a couple years of using it, I suffer from many biases in its use
that assure me that I haven't done a great job. Please ask when confused, or suggest upgrades to function that
would make it easier or more useful.
3) Bolts and Shafts are being recoded, they are broken in this version. They are not yet parts of the simulation
and are kept only for making 3d models of bolts and nuts. They will be redesigned to provide proper creation
for printing in the next version.
4) Bugs exist. Did I mention that, I catch a couple a week from my usage, I'm sure others will make the program do
things I have not yet considered. That's the thing about a free form program like this, someone will make something that
I cant possibly conceive of. All my creations so far are tests of one algorithm or another, so even I haven't sat down to
have fun playing. (Though myself and Bob have both gotten lost and mesmerized by motion for a few hours at a time
as we experiment. ). The practice of killing a puppy for each bug report will be put on hold for Tickers growth cycle,
so feel free to kick in with things that piss you off.
5) Show us snapshots of any of your creations, and drop comments and bugs in the Ticker forum I created this
month. I take great satisfaction from seeing what others come up with. As you can import your own STL's to make
things from, everyone's creations may be quite different from expectations. I had a human head spitting balls at a
conveyor belt the other day for example.
There are many things to clean up, to add, and the make better UI's for, but I truly think Ticker is ready for testing,
hopefully it behaves as well on your systems and it tends to do on mine, if not, we'll see what we can do.
Have fun, and a great holiday,
Art
PS: subscribe to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@ArtOfCNC for video shorts I will make to
explain concepts brought up in questions.