Saving Set Zero position

If I have multiple pieces mounted for carve on my SP5 Pro and I want to move from carving piece A to carving piece B, can I some save the Set Zero position for piece A when I want to return to it?

By save - I don’t necessarily mean as part of the software. Even if I was able to write it down and use it when I wanted to return to working on that piece.

Thanks.

If you click on the word “Position”, it changes to “Machine Position” and you can see the positions relative to the machine zero (upper right back corner) that was set during initialization.

Another way would be to use the quick positions. Put your first part at the SW position, and the 2nd part at S.

GRBL does support multiple work offsets (G54, G55…G59). But CM doesn’t :frowning:

You could use a G92 offset for part B, then cancel it to get back to part A

I think the easiest way would be to measure the offset from A to B, then set up your CC file with 2 copies of the job in those positions.

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I have a similar question but my stuff is no mounted, If I make a fixture and have a way to make sure it is mounted in the same place every time for repeatable jobs, can i just obtain those x/y coordinates once and then put in a code in the MDI tab for the machine to go back to each time to have repeatable coordinates?

I think I may have figured this out. You will have to know where you X/Y start points are but if you input the following G-code in the MDI tab it will take you to that point in the machine. You will just have to determine the coordinates and change the X/Y numbers.
G1 X282.125 Y586.5 Z100 F1500

When you obtain the X, Y coordinates you should do so in machine coordinates. This is done by clicking on the Position header above the coordinates displays to the right in CM (I think in the Jog page). Then if you instruct the machine to return to these coordinates be sure to preface with G53 which specifies the use of machine coordinates.

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