Version 12.003_A64
Strange. Just one word drawn but on screen there appear 2
I did a quick in the air (no curve/line) text test yesterday and saw the same exact thing (L>R drooping duplicate).
Yes, please. A little math is okay. But only a little. 
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12.003 requires reducing the scale to .9 (setup : basic : scale) to make pocketing related selections. With only a single visible row, scrolling to find the appropriate tool is a PITA (especially so with a big list).
My bad on carve pocketing w/ a flat bit, I just needed to select a pocketing tool (not obvious w/ pocketing icon grayed and Pocketing N/A). Also not obvious is that Ask Depth is Automatic Depth (wonāt ask). An old issue is that changing the tool will not automatically change the carve width to the new tool diameter. There is also no indication that the selected tool is too small, that it will leave funky islands, unless one looks for islands in the preview.
In V12.004 This problem is solved
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Path properties tool selection (and related scaling) is also fixed. The color coded background is a nice touch.
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Does this mean other fields are good to 4 decimal places? In 11 you can only input bit dimensions to 2 decimal places, unless Iām missing something. So there is a small rounding done when using fractional bits with a metric workspace.
There is no rounding done for the calculations, just what you see. In German thereās an extra tooltip for it. 
So if I set the bit diameter of a 1/16th inch bit as 1.5875 mm, and the field rounds it to 1.59 mm when I press enter, itās still calculating with 1.5875 mm? Not that itās a huge deal, just wondering;)
Has the Resize>DXF function been removed, or just not implemented yet?
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Yes, we tried that in a different thread. The German tooltip says that if you put 3.175 it shows as 3.18 but is not rounded when calculating, because obviously we donāt do stuff in inches. 
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One of my posts with an example of 10 decimal places being viable: Strange things happening on corners and with finishing passes - #19 by dalrun
ā¦ The sometimes tool radius equals drawing radius bug in that thread appears to have been fixed in v12.
I was playing with something in v12 and discovered (parts of?) drawings can be right click selected. Iām guessing thatās how all the Select tools work, e.g. right click select and then click the resize tool?
ā¦ From Select (before selecting the desired tool, e.g. resize). (Shift) right-click to (de)select one or more drawing elements or Shift right-click drag to select multiple elements.
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I find it very annoying that the code function is not in the cam program of V12. Am I the only one?
I have never used it. What sort of stuff do you do with it?
For me start, end, tool change, and plasma do it all.
See my explanation at post 39.
There is already the ability to add custom start/end code. I assume that wonāt go away in version 12.
I feel like Iām still not understanding the problem. What am I missing?
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Start and End code is only at the beginning and end. I use hand written code at several places in the Gcode.
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I see. I have never used it but messing with it a bit now I can see how it can be really useful. I might start taking advantage of it too.
You could manually inject a sequence to move to a convenient spot for tool change for example, and you might not want to use the tool change script because you might have āfakeā tools (like the same tool at multiple feed rates within the same job is something I do sometimes).
(I seem to have come across what looks like a bug where if the first few operations are custom-gcode, it will duplicate the Program Start code too. But not an issue if a cutting path happens first.)
The location in the Drill tool menu is misleading. I hadnāt realized that it allows G-code to be inserted anywhere in the machining order and I can see how that could be useful. Like Fritz, Iām upset about the loss of functions that I like/count on/use. Missing in v12:
File : Inset (dxf or project file)
Automatic Functions : Solid of Revolution
Drill : Thread Machining
Drill : add custom G-code to machining order
I expected the function in dropdown āEditā, below āmachining orderā
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