Atomstack R1 Chuck has mind of its own. (setting start position)

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Hello I have a Atomstack A5 with a tinybee controller flashed with fluidCNC.

I am having issues trying to use my Atomstack R1 chuck (I have never got this set up proper yet)
I am running it off the z axis and in rotary setup I have the chuck selected I have been told to use 160mm/per rotation and set the object diameter or circumference to the right size.
I do this and hit test and it goes 1 full revolution around (mark to mark).

I mark the center of the “box” I want to engrave in on the item and line up laser. I have tried start from current position and I selected the center left position since I am lined up at the top center of the engraving space.
When I frame or send the job. it wants to rotate the item roughly a quarter turn and engraves there.
If I select start from user origin it does same thing.
Super frustrating.
If I engrave a 20mmx20mm box it comes out the right size just in the wrong spot… so the rotary setup must be right?
This is not good if the item has a handle it crashes into the laser or the table.

Any ideas?

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Show your LightBurn screen. You should select „cut selected graphics only“ and take care of the green square showing the project origin.

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Thank you.. That is my issue. I am very new to the rotary. I NOW see the green dot and I just tried again and it was in right place. everything lined up right.
But there are times that the green dot follows the wrong item. Example is when I have moved a item of of the grid but the green dot follows it even if that layer is selected to not output. I also have tried the cut selected graphic but it still thinks the start point is off grid
How do I get it to follow the selected graphic only?

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In addition to cut selected graphics, enable the use selection origin switch. That will keep the origin constrained to your selected item(s).

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Yes, sorry, I forgot to mention the second option. Those two are my standard setup, I nearly never change it :grinning_face: