Laser Position
Click on the canvas to send the laser head to that point on the machine.
The Laser Position tool maps a canvas click into a machine move. Click anywhere on the bed and the head goes there. No firing, just rapid travel to position.
Useful for visually placing the head at a specific spot to set a User Origin, line up to a feature in the material, or verify alignment.
Activate
- Hotkey:
Ctrl+Shift+L - Toolbar: Creation Toolbar
How to use
- Make sure the machine is connected and not running a job.
- Activate the tool.
- Click on the canvas at the position you want the head to go to.
The head moves there at a rapid speed within ~3 seconds (timeout).
Bounds
The tool respects the workspace's bed dimensions. Clicks outside the bed are rejected with a status message.
Coordinate transform
The click is mapped from canvas coordinates to machine coordinates using the project's bed size and the active Start From mode in Laser Control:
- Absolute Coords: canvas position maps directly to machine position.
- User Origin: canvas position + saved User Origin offset.
- Current Position: canvas position + the machine's current position.
See Job origin vs workspace origin for the full picture.
When the tool is disabled
- Machine is disconnected.
- The machine is running a job (use Pause in Laser Control first if you need to move the head).
What gets modified
Nothing on the canvas. The physical head moves to the clicked position.
Related
- Move panel: jog with fixed step sizes; save positions
- Laser Control: connection state, Start From, Job Origin
- Move panel: User Origin, jog, saved positions
- Job origin vs workspace origin