You said in Is it possible to have the framing happen on a slight delay - #4 by LightBurn that you have something cooking for the Frame function to run continuously. Can we have that soon™? For us the function as is means you need two people. One to push Shift+[Frame] and the other one to look at the devices
There are multiple past issues that indicate the same problem with this function falling short (and this is why we can’t use LightBurn ):
While implemented in 1.5, I don’t know if it’s still of use for you:
If you enable “fire on when framing” in recent LB versions, you don’t need to press shift anymore. And since the framing function has a hotkey assigned (ALT+R usually), you can use any wireless keyboard or some add-on keypads to start the framing. Even mobile phones or tablets can function as hot key sender.
Thanks for the tip. This is a real crutch only but … that’s what is possible for now.
I hope this request will make the developer(s) reconsider investing a bit of time in this function.
As @cggorman has indicated the feature is slated for 1.5.
However, if this is a showstopper for you now you can readily remedy this for yourself with a workaround:
create a shape on workspace that fits the frame shape desired. If you want a rubberband frame LightBurn provides a feature that will create a rubberband shape in Arrange->Create rubber-band outline from selection
assign shape to a dedicated cut layer for framing. Set speed and power level appropriately for framing operation. Set multiple passes on the cut layer.
select only the frame shape to run, then start the job
once material is aligned, stop the job. If using GRBL, use pause then stop to prevent alarm condition.
I’ve not seen any indication of timeframe for 1.5 and frankly I don’t think I’ve ever seen LightBurn team commit to a date.
In general I’d advise against waiting on the promise of a brighter future for something that you’re counting on now.
Once a release is available in public beta then relatively safer to say the release is imminent and that you can count on it being released somewhat soon.
):