LaserCAD 5.5.2 / 2012 DSP Output Array Bug
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:40 pm
I am making multiple of a few items and went to use the output array options and ran into two problems.
1) Origin is wacky. I had position relative set to left_bottom, but I had to set the origin in the middle of the total engrave area to get it to work like I had it set on left_center instead.
2) Array output does each array item independently doing each layer on that item. It would be nice to have the option to set it to finish each layer doing every item in that layer before moving on to the next one. In this case I'm engraving then cutting and need to turn the air assist on after engraving. Of course this could be accomplished by adding in an output for air assist like the old 2011 DSP where I could set it as a layer option.
2) When the laser finished it's last cut on item 1 it did not turn the laser off before jogging to the next item causing a huge cut through the middle of my first piece. I have attached a picture of it. As you can see in the picture the last cut finished in the lower left corner and then the DSP started to move the laser head up and to the right to move to the next item in the array, but did not turn off the laser before doing so. I'm not sure whether this is a bug in the DSP or the version of LaserCad, but it effectively prevents you from using array output!
1) Origin is wacky. I had position relative set to left_bottom, but I had to set the origin in the middle of the total engrave area to get it to work like I had it set on left_center instead.
2) Array output does each array item independently doing each layer on that item. It would be nice to have the option to set it to finish each layer doing every item in that layer before moving on to the next one. In this case I'm engraving then cutting and need to turn the air assist on after engraving. Of course this could be accomplished by adding in an output for air assist like the old 2011 DSP where I could set it as a layer option.
2) When the laser finished it's last cut on item 1 it did not turn the laser off before jogging to the next item causing a huge cut through the middle of my first piece. I have attached a picture of it. As you can see in the picture the last cut finished in the lower left corner and then the DSP started to move the laser head up and to the right to move to the next item in the array, but did not turn off the laser before doing so. I'm not sure whether this is a bug in the DSP or the version of LaserCad, but it effectively prevents you from using array output!