Positioning aids in the JobControl® laser software
Have you ever wondered what is the easiest way to position your graphic on your workpiece for laser processing? Correct positioning is important because it allows you to save material waste and handling time. JobControl® laser software provides a few options to help you quickly and reliably determine the best position for your graphic on your workpiece.
1. Job preview: "WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get"
The "Eye" icon activates the job preview.
If WYSIWYG is activated, all jobs positioned on the work surface are displayed with their graphical content. Move the laser head in the machine and the cross hairs in the software will move accordingly. The bidirectional communication between laser and JobControl® software makes it easier to position the graphic on the workpiece and allows you to check the position prior to processing.
In the job preview, you can also see at a glance whether all desired cutting, engraving and positioning lines, as well as pass marks, have been sent to the laser. If you deactivate a parameter in the material database (indicated by color) for example, it is not displayed in the "What you see is what you get" view either and is subsequently not processed by the laser. This is used to check whether all desired elements have been sent to the laser and indicates if there are any undesired cutting lines. In the full view of the WYSIWYG display, however, all colors used in the graphic are displayed regardless of what you have defined with parameters for the laser processing.
2. Guides
Guides make it easier to position the job on the work surface (if it is not in the 0/0 position). This allows you to save material waste and use the remaining material more efficiently. In recurring jobs, you can align these with leftover pieces on the upper edge to increase efficiency. You can also use guides to align your job to the right or center on your workpiece.
3. Marker
4. Job Position
The job position bar provides information about the X and Y position of a selected job on the work surface. A precise job position is possible through the manual input of the desired coordinates.
Depending on the choice of import, the coordinates are displayed in the top left corner or the center of a job.
5. Do you often have recurring jobs? Save plate
Save the entire plate including the job, parameters, markers and guides as a pjx file. With just one click, you can open the job and all the settings will be automatically loaded. This not only saves time, but application errors can be kept to a minimum, even for untrained operators.