I’m trying to make a wooden template that will sit on a small glass jar, nothing fancy.
I’m trying to print a simple circle, roughly 80mm in diameter and i want a 1 or 2mm offset inside and outside to account for the thickness of the glass that will be filled to a short depth so the template sits nicely on the glass jar.
I drew a circle 80x80 and used offset 2 mm inside and outside. it all looks fine in preview and when i frame it looks fine.
However when i send the job to cut nothing happens. The software says file sent and the machine thinks a job is running but no movement of the laser and i have to hit stop.
If i just use a circle and hit fill as the line type it works.
What am I doing wrong?
I’m using the latest version of LightBurn on a Mac M1 Mini.
thanks for the quick response.
i’ll grab a screen shot as its on my other computer.
No rotary just standard flat x/y.
If if select Line as the mode then it will output two lines no problem, but if i select Fill or Offset then nothing happens.
I’m not sure why but using offset to create the line thickness results in an odd fill path that results in those crazy traversal moves.
Try this instead. Try creating a circle, duplicate that circle, and resize the duplicate to create the wall thickness. Hold ctrl key as you resize to keep centered or use the numeric controls toolbar.
This will result in more sane traversal moves. I don’t know, however, if this will make your laser behave any differently. It should have worked with even the crazy moves.
Were you able to test if regular fill worked correctly?
If your trying to create something that is thicker then one pass but too thin to properly fill, couldn’t you just do a series of low power concentric circles? Maybe that’s what you just said?
Can you try using ‘Send’ to send to the machine, and then run from the panel? We’ve been seeing more issues with M1-based Macs using USB connections lately, but haven’t been able to nail down why. We have several here, and have never had an issue with them, so it’s kind of maddening.
thanks for the suggestions guys, i’ll try this in the morning - i have an M1 mac mini, an old intel mac and a PC that I can try it on to see if it’s related to the architecture.
thanks for the suggestions, work has been busy so i’ve not had much time to test this methodically, however …
i installed a trial version on my windows PC - tried the same thing (ie start from the PC) and it worked. i used the same USB cable. i’ll do the same on my intel Mac later.
Also i was trying to send the file from my M1 mac to run it from the controller, and the mac thinks it sent the file but nothing appears in the file list on the Ruida controller - did the same thing from the PC and it worked fine and i could see the file in the file list.
