Move

The Move panel is your machine-driving surface. Jog the head, send it to a specific coordinate, save and recall positions, set the user origin, and (when enabled by the active profile) fire the laser to test power.

It is entirely about the physical machine. Moving things on the canvas is the Select tool's job; see the Select tool.

Opening it

• Default dock zone: upper-right
• Visible by default: yes
• Hotkey: no default

What you see

The panel header shows Machine positioning with the current connection status (Connected / Disconnected). A Get Position button on the right refreshes the live status. When connected, the live machine state (position, run state, alarms) appears below the header.

Below that, the panel is organized into sections:

• Feed Rate: numeric input for the machine motion feed rate. It follows your Display Unit and Speed Time Unit settings, while commands are sent to the controller in mm/min.
• Go to Position: numeric inputs for an absolute target (X / Y, plus Z for profiles that support Z moves). Three buttons: Go sends the head there; Go Machine Zero sends it to machine 0,0; Use Current copies the current head position into the inputs as a starting point.
• Jog: a 3×3 grid of directional buttons (eight directions; the center is a static crosshair). Below it, four step-size buttons (0.1, 1, 10, 100 mm). Tap a direction to move by the step amount. Hold a direction to switch to continuous jog (the head keeps moving until you release). The hint Hold to jog sits next to the step buttons.
• Saved Positions: shows up to four saved positions. Each row has the name, X/Y/Z summary, and a Go button. Save Current opens a modal to name the current position; Manage opens a modal to view and delete all of them.
• Origin / Finish: four buttons in a 2×2 grid. Set User Origin marks the current head position as the user origin; Clear User Origin removes it; Go to User Origin sends the head back; Set Finish Position stores the current head position as the post-job finish point on the project's optimization settings.
• Laser to Selection: a single full-width button that sends the head to the center of the current selection on the canvas.
• Fire (hold): a red Fire button that fires the laser at the profile's configured test-fire power while held. Only appears when the active machine profile has Enable laser fire button turned on (see Device Settings).
• Override controls: feed-rate and laser-power overrides for the running job. Only appears while a job is active.

What you can do

Jog the head by a fixed step

1. Pick a step size (0.1, 1, 10, or 100 mm).
2. Click a direction in the 3×3 grid. The head moves by that step.

The feed rate used for the jog is whatever is set in the Feed Rate section. The same value is used for Go, saved positions, user-origin moves, and machine-zero moves.

Jog continuously (hold to move)

1. Press and hold a direction button. After a short delay, the jog switches from a single step to continuous motion.
2. Release to stop.

If the head is already running, releasing also cancels the jog cleanly through the machine.

Send the head to a specific coordinate

1. Enter X and Y (and Z if your profile supports Z moves).
2. Click Go.

Use Current copies the current head position into the inputs, so you can edit one axis without retyping the others. Go Machine Zero sends the head to absolute machine 0,0 regardless of the inputs.

Save and recall positions

1. With the machine connected, jog to the position you want to remember.
2. Click Save Current, name it in the modal, click Save.
3. The position appears in the Saved Positions list with its X/Y(/Z) values.
4. Later, click Go on that entry to send the head back.

The Saved Positions list shows the first four. Manage opens a modal listing all of them with delete buttons.

Set the user origin

1. Jog to the corner of your material (or wherever you want job 0,0).
2. Click Set User Origin.

After this, Go to User Origin returns the head to that point. Clear User Origin removes the mark.

The user origin is what your project's job origin offsets are relative to; see Job origin vs workspace origin.

Set the finish position

Click Set Finish Position to store the current head position as where the head parks after a job. The setting lives on the project's optimization config, so it travels with the project file.

Send the head to the current selection

Click Laser to Selection to send the head to the geometric center of whatever is selected on the canvas. Useful for verifying alignment before framing. Disabled when nothing is selected.

Fire the laser to test power

This button only appears when the active machine profile has Enable laser fire button turned on (in Device Settings → Machine).

1. Press and hold the Fire button.
2. The laser fires at the profile's Default fire power %.
3. Release to stop.

A safety keepalive runs while you hold; if the connection is interrupted, the laser stops.

Behavior worth knowing

• Most controls require Connected + Ready + Idle. They disable when the machine is not ready, when a job is running, or when the connection drops.
• If the window loses focus mid-jog or mid-fire, the action is released automatically. The laser does not keep firing if you alt-tab.
• The Feed Rate and Step Size are per-session UI state, persisted across launches.
• Saved Positions are app-managed (not stored in the project file). They persist across projects on the same machine.

Related

• Laser Control: connect, frame, start, pause, stop
• Connection Diagnostics: why the machine is not connecting
• Device Settings → Machine: the Enable laser fire button toggle and other profile fields
• Job origin vs workspace origin: what user origin means
• Hotkeys: keyboard jog bindings