Settings

In the Settings page, you can manage material presets, configure your gamepad for manual jogging, and set up your Z-probe parameters.

Material Presets

Presets allow you to save verified speed and power settings for different materials (e.g., "Plywood 3mm", "Acrylic 5mm").

• Contour Settings – Define the speed, power, and number of passes required to cut through the material. You can also specify the default Kerf Compensation.
• Engrave / Raster Settings – Define default parameters for vector and raster engraving.
• Import / Export – You can export all your material presets to a JSON file for backup or to share them with other users.

Gamepad Settings

If you have a compatible USB or Bluetooth gamepad, you can use it to control the laser head manually. This is often more convenient than clicking buttons in the UI.

• Axis Mapping – Assign your gamepad's sticks to control X, Y, and Z movements. You can also invert the directions if needed.
• Button Mapping – Map physical buttons to actions like Play, Pause, Go to Origin, and Home Machine.
• Deadzone – Adjust the stick sensitivity to prevent mechanical "drift" when the stick is at rest.

Z-Probe Settings

Configure how the software interacts with your touch plate or Z-probe sensor:

• Probe Block Thickness – Enter the exact thickness of your physical probe block in millimeters.
• Feed Rates – Set the speed at which the laser head descends during probing and the speed for the slower "second touch" for higher precision.
• Search Distance – The maximum distance the laser will travel while searching for the probe block before giving up.

Camera Calibration

Camera Calibration improves real-world size accuracy when you use Shape Autodetection from photos. The calibration process measures your camera lens distortion and stores correction data for future detections.

• Create or select a camera profile – Use separate profiles if you work with multiple webcams or phone cameras.
• Generate calibration overlay – Display or print the ChArUco marker overlay used for calibration.
• Take multiple photos – Capture the marker board from different angles and distances for better calibration quality.
• Apply calibration – Save the computed camera matrix and distortion coefficients to the selected profile.
• Use in Shape Autodetection – During Shape Autodetection, select the calibrated camera profile to undistort photos before contour extraction.

Tips for best results: keep the marker board sharp and well lit, avoid motion blur, and include the full board area in most photos.