I built a z-axis with stepper on my Laser machine. But obviously the z-axis is supported by LB very rudimentary.
If continius moving is activated, the z-axis cannot be moved.
In the “GoTo” panel there is only x and y but no possibility for z-axis.
Only way to move the z is to put a stepdistance for the xyz step-movement and tip the z-buttons
perhaps someone could improve these points in the next updates
thanks
Continuous jogging requires that you have limits and homing enabled for the Z axis, and have your Z travel limits set properly. Very few people with GCode systems have this configured properly.
If you have Z control enabled in LightBurn, you can simply set the ‘Material Height (mm)’ value to be the Z height you want your job to run at, and LightBurn will move the Z to that height when it starts, no manual jogging required.
Most lasers supported by LightBurn do not have Z axis control at all, so it hasn’t been a big concern.
Hello,
Thanks this works (nearly) perfect.
However the direction for height is wrong. This means if the direction for the z-axis has been setup correctly were the “+” goes up, the setting for Z-Offset has to set negativ. This is not logical.
greets
The directions are the same as the ‘Step per Pass’ settings to keep things consistent - they choose the amount to move the Z into the material, so negative numbers move upward.
The word shown to the right of the number tells you whether it will move into the material or out of it.
Thanks, but my resolution was simply to uncheck “z-direction reverse” in device settings !
Now all is fine.
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