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Dave Vigness
Posts: 526
Joined: Sun Dec 15, 2019
Location: Kansas City - Rural
Country: USA
Nickname: Dave
Laser Machine Make or Type: Chine Red and Black
Laser Power: EF RF2 80W
Laser Bed Size: 20 x 26
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: 8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 7
Accessories: Power Switch for air assist / exhaust blower, Ma meter with switch for external digital, dual digital temp gauge, LED lights under gantry and and and.

Pics and a list here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Start point - I have a cut with several long narrow boxes to be cut. How the )&)*#% do I tell RDWorks where to start, what corner of the box to start at? Is this as hard as I seem to be making it, or am I just that dense today?
Jeffrey Aley
Posts: 388
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2017
Location: Folsom, California
Country: United States
Laser Machine Make or Type: Kehui
Laser Power: 50W
Laser Bed Size: 500mmx300mm
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: 8.01.24
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win10 Enterprise
Accessories: Spray bottle with water (for small fires)
Fire extinguisher (for big fires)

I think (based on the index) that this is the video you want to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3oUQ9gKjCk
Dave Vigness
Posts: 526
Joined: Sun Dec 15, 2019
Location: Kansas City - Rural
Country: USA
Nickname: Dave
Laser Machine Make or Type: Chine Red and Black
Laser Power: EF RF2 80W
Laser Bed Size: 20 x 26
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: 8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 7
Accessories: Power Switch for air assist / exhaust blower, Ma meter with switch for external digital, dual digital temp gauge, LED lights under gantry and and and.

Pics and a list here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

I took a look at the video. I'm already doing the grouping for the group cut order. I did have a few of the boxes checked by default in 'Cut Optimize'. I've cleared them so we'll see how that works out on the next project.

It's not a big deal for this project, it's just that there was a lot of what I would consider un-necessary travel between the stopping corner of one of the squares to the starting corner of the next. On a larger project it could begin to add up.

I cut primarily 3mm Premium MDF on a rail bed, so I've gotten to love cutting order and bridges.
Shay Hovell
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Mar 29, 2019
Location: ft myers florida usa
Country: usa
Nickname: shay
Laser Machine Make or Type: bosslaser
Laser Power: 60w
Laser Bed Size: 32x18
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18
Windows Version: win 10
Accessories: none

go to "Config" top of the page- look for system setting- when the window appears you will see a diagram of 9 circles representing the start position-clicking here will change it from middle to side--top to bottom
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Gene Uselman
Posts: 2180
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016
Location: Suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Country: USA
Nickname: Gene
Laser Machine Make or Type: QC
Laser Power: 130W
Laser Bed Size: 900x1300
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: RDw .19 & Lightburn
LightBurn Version: Latest
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win 10 Pro
Accessories: I have a combining lenses, pin tables [homebuilt], honeycomb tables , wireless remote, Modifed Ultimate Air Assist, home built non-powered rotary device, PrusaMK4 and Mini Prusa printers.

Fun to see names from the past... and both Dave and Jeffrey are still active. Hi Guys. Gene
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