Is auto alignment possible?

LightBurn Software Questions Tips and Tricks
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I am cutting repeatable print and cut sheets and wondered if I can include an april tag that the camera sees and auto aligns the sheets? Using the two point alignment over and over again is becoming very time consuming and tedious, and wondering if there is an easier way?

TIA

2

Assuming:

  • The printed targets match the LightBurn targets, so No scaling alignment works
  • All the printed sheets are the same size
  • The (visible) laser can turn On at a low power or there’s a red-dot pointer for invisible lasers

Then this technique is surprisingly fast:

  • Use Position Laser to put the laser head at one LightBurn target
  • Slide the sheet to put that printed target under the laser’s dot
  • Use Position Laser to put the laser head at the other LightBurn target
  • Slide the sheet to put the corresponding printed target under the laser’s dot
  • Check that the first target is still aligned
  • Iterate until satisfied
  • Fire The Laser

I made a few hundred punched cards that way and it was much faster & easier than Print-and-Cut:

3

It will be a nice new detail, can’t you put it as a future suggestion in the appropriate category?