Rick
(Technical Evangelist)
March 11, 2021, 8:58pm
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The key bit of understanding how the camera is used, “You have to do the alignment marks at the same distance from the camera as the item you are engraving. ”
You have to do the alignment marks at the same distance from the camera as the item you are engraving. The camera alignment is only accurate for the height that the markers were done at. The system is designed to work with a laser that has a Z bed that raises and lowers, so the top of the material is always the same distance from the camera.
It is possible to run the alignment marks on a piece of material that is lifted to a specific height, then save that calibration by right-clicking in the…