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Hi tdomask,
Where the machine origin is shown in the 3D view is where you must set to be the coordinate 0,0,0 on your machine - and you'll likely also want to make sure any kind of work coordinate offsets are disabled as well. If you set the top surface of your canvas to be the project's Z origin then you should be zeroing your machine's Z-axis with the cutter touching the top surface of your workpiece. If there is any kind of tool Z offset this will affect things as well.
Keep us posted!
- Charlie
I do have the Z origin correctly set at the top surface and I used a XYZ probe for setting the 000. I checked the machines Z calibration. It was off slightly. I tried to rerun the job and getting the same result. I was also trying out Estlcam software and getting the same problem. I just created the same job on Openbuilds free web based CAM and the job seems to run fine. I seem to be missing something?
Hi tdomask,
Would you mind sending G-code output by PixelCNC, EstlCAM, and the OpenBuilds CAM to us support@deftware.org? We should be able to get to the bottom of this by comparing the output of each. The situation is likely that the machine is expecting a tool Z offset which their CAM includes a command for in generated G-code.
- Charlie
