.TH PyCAM 1 "April 02010" "PyCAM" "PyCAM manual" .SH NAME pycamGUI \- start the graphical user interface of the \fBPyCAM\fR Toolpath Generator for 3-Axis CNC machining .SH SYNOPSIS .B pycamGUI [\fIoptions\fR] [\fISTL_input\fR [\fIGCode_output\fR]] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fBPyCAM\fR is a toolpath generator for 3-axis CNC machining. .PP You can configure different cutter shapes and differen path strategies for preparing multiple passes. .PP The output of \fBPyCAM\fR is G-Code suitable for EMC2 or other machine controllers. .SH OPTIONS The following options control the behaviour of \fBPyCAM\fR: .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR show the available options and exit .TP \fB\-\-gui\fR don't create the outputfile on the fly - just preset the output filename and show the GUI .TP \fB\-\-gtk\fR use the new GTK interface (default) .TP \fB\-\-tk\fR use the (old) Tk interface .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR=\fBCONFIG_FILE\fR load a task settings file (requires the GTK interface) .TP \fB\-\-task\fR=\fBTASK\fR choose a specific task from task settings by number (requires the GTK interface) .TP \fB\-\-disable-ode\fR disable experimental ODE collision detection .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .IP PYCAM_DATA_DIR Override the default location of the GTK interface definition files. .IP PYTHONPATH You may want to define this variable in case that you installed the \fBPyCAM\fR python package in a non-default location. .SH AUTHOR Written by Lars Kruse .SH REPORTING BUGS See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=237831&atid=1104176 .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 02010 Lars Kruse .br This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.