I have a problem positioning the laser when using a rotary tool. To check the location of an engraving, I use the button to manually position the laser by clicking on the screen (“Click-to-move”-function) in Lightburn. You can then determine very precisely where the engraving will be. But when using a rotary tool, the position of the Y-axis is not correct (the X-axis is correct) when I use the “Click-to-move”-function" (rotary enabled). When you start engraving the laser, everything works fine and the engraving is engraved correctly (the test function in the settings of the rotary tool also works fine). Only when clicking on the screen, the distance of the Y-axis is not correct. Regardless of the settings of the rotary tool, the laser continues to position itself in the same place. It seems as if this function (positioning by clicking on the screen) does not take over the settings of the rotary tool. For example, engraving a vertical line of 20 mm on a cylinder with a diameter of 70mm. When engraving, the line is exactly 20 mm. But if I use the positioning button (“Click-to-move”-function) and I click on the bottom and top of the vertical line, the cylinder rotates 35 mm (instead of 20 mm), for example. It doesn’t matter which settings I change (steps/mm, diameter object). The rotary tool continues to rotate 35mm. If you use the framing button, the framing/positioning is correct (and the rotary tool rotates exactly 20mm). Does anyone have an idea how this is possible or is it a bug in the program?
It sounds like the click to move is subject tot he same limitations as the jog arrows. Discussed in this thread. The link to another thread by Nicholasl is in post 5.
Thanks! I think you are right and it has something to do with the same problem! It seems to be a bug in the program
I was in that other thread. Now I understand what the problem was. Thanks for the clarification.