Qcadcam not working on my windows 10 machine

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Qcadcam not working on my windows 10 machine

Post by N2XD » Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:42 pm

I just bought and downloaded qcadcam on my windows 10 and windows 11 machine. It opens the program on the windows 10 machine then it just freezes up. I have to force it to close. It will not allow me to close the program. it works perfectly on my windows 11 machine. Thanks.

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Re: Qcadcam not working on my windows 10 machine

Post by andrew » Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:03 am

Please try resetting your configuration first:
https://qcad.org/en/tutorial-resetting- ... figuration

If that does not fix the problem, I suspect a broken OpenGL driver. You can check this by deleting the plugin file:
plugins\qcadgles3d.dll

If QCAD/CAM starts fine after that, it's the OpenGL driver. You can use QCAD/CAM without that but you will not have a 3D simulation widget.

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Re: Qcadcam not working on my windows 10 machine

Post by N2XD » Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:31 pm

Thanks Andrew it was the openGL driver. Is there any thing I can do the to get full operation.

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Re: Qcadcam not working on my windows 10 machine

Post by andrew » Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:24 am

Not that I know. I don't know why some Windows installations work and others don't. You could try updating OpenGL drivers, etc. but there's no guarantee that this will be able to work.

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Re: Qcadcam not working on my windows 10 machine

Post by N2XD » Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:36 pm

Thank you Andrew. Is there any plans of creating a Centroid Post?

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Re: Qcadcam not working on my windows 10 machine

Post by andrew » Fri Jul 21, 2023 4:18 pm

N2XD wrote:
Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:36 pm
Thank you Andrew. Is there any plans of creating a Centroid Post?
As far as I know a Centroid controller should understand generic G-Code.

Please open a new topic for new, unrelated questions, thanks.

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