I can’t see the top of my bed, but I can see the bottom. Is that the way it’s supposed to be? I mean… If I put material near the top of the honeycomb, I literally cannot see it. However I can see past the honeycomb on the bottom. [image] Thanks!

I can’t see the top margin of the honeycomb and never could. Bottom is always visible. Interesting though the honeycomb and tray margin meet at the bottom edge on your image at less that 11" in the left ruler. Mine is at 11.25. Check out others in this topic: [image] Prerelease Req…

[image] marmak3261: Certainly having the lid close accurately and reliably to allow the camera to register If the camera can detect edges, position of material on the bed wouldn’t matter. Even angle wouldn’t matter. The software could just adjust x and y planes accordingly. And if it regis…

So you don’t necessarily have to have a physical margin, like an angle of two sides to butt material against. You just need something that touches off zero on the surface of the material or bed? Or you just enter the coordinates in because the head already knows where it is in relation to the limit …

With my mill I drill holes in the MDF waste board and screw 3D printed L and I pieces in three corners. I then know exactly where the sheet will end up and shift the origin to that. I also have wigglers that I can use to touch off an arbitrary placed object to find its edges.

[image] dan: If you wanted to solve the problem of “put this thing in a precise location” or “align things the same every time” That’s the key - the frustrated folks are that way because of their history with a particular solution to the problem of precise placement and repeatability so it ge…

I[quote=“jamesdhatch, post:84, topic:8716”] We have to work at saying “what’s the issue or use case we’re trying to address” and then we can figure out ways to address it and the solution that’s best often isn’t the one we see everyone else using. [/quote] This is exactly it. As I learned from a…

[image] Tom_A: Is that something that’s even being considered? I didn’t think it is. Definitely being considered.

[image] Duality: But help us then - what are those things? There are numerous threads and I imagine thousands of posts about this, most of the speculative, time-wasting kind. Could you please disseminate for us what is the current best practice for achieving accurate repeatability in the absen…

[image] dan: Definitely being considered. That is some of the best news Ive heard in a long time! This will save sooo much agony, and allow for so much more precision! I know its not final, but im going to say thank you now just because its such a relief to even hear that! [image]

[image] dan: Definitely being considered. May I suggest consideration only up to the point where the answer is “Yes.” :wink:

Sure, I’ll use the same example I’ve used before, that of a steel ruler. Unlike the GF one: This one’s markings start at the very edge of the material on 3 sides, and; It’s made of a material that the GF cannot cut (so we have no bleed to cut away like with timber). Example: https://www.jetpens.…

Is my lid camera misaligned?

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dan June 22, 2017, 3:54am 87

Definitely being considered.

Feature Request: Numerical positioning