First up, congratulations Andrew - this is an absolute ripper of a product and I know the kind of hell you would have gone through to get it into the world.
This is either a “no, really read the f*(&@#$ manual again, n00b” question or a feature request for whenever you can.
I have a bit of 2" x 3" x 1/8" wall RHS I want to cut some profiles into. Let’s say I’m going to do it in four operations, manually flipping the tube between each. (Give me a month and I’ll be back asking for two output channels to run a bar feeder and a 4th axis haha).
Anyway. I have 4 different DXFs, and I can set the zero point no worries. What I can’t do is align the job to the workpiece. Eyeballing it means I could be a degree or two off square when I plonk the tube back down.
What I’d like to be able to do is set the origin, then pick another point along the length of the tube as it fell on the table, and say “ok that’s your X axis”.
Even better if there were a way of identifying a couple of features on the DXF and moving the pointer to them, allowing us to align the DXF against those points.
No utility at all in this functionality if you’re just chucking sheets of steel down and cutting shapes, but when it’s not sheet stock but mid-process parts going onto the machine, being able to align is wonderful. Can do it in my CO2 laser and would love to be able to do it here too.
Other option of course is clamp down a bit of scrap, cut a straight edge along X and push up to that but it isn’t always straight walled tube being lined up.
Anyroad, I’m just going to leave this here and see what you think!
And keep on finding ways to use this extremely cool piece of kit.
Cheers!
