Hello, when designing a project I can’t scroll around the item. To look at a different area I have to zoom all the way out then zoom in on the area. I can’t just scroll up or down or left to right. Anyone have a solution to this?
Also, when trying to fit multiple projects on to a board is there a way to run a perimeter so if I have to say turn one 90 degrees to get on to the board?
Not sure this will help but on my HP Laptop the flat mouse pad is very hard to move around. I got a wireless mouse and keyboard and the wireless mouse moves everywhere. The mouse pad on the HP can be made to work but it is very hard for me personally to navigate around. So maybe try a mouse to see if that would work easier.
Right mouse button pans. Not sure what that translates to on a touch pad or screen.
I’m not sure what the 2nd question means. You can rotate & reposition your design on the workpiece. If you mean cutting a profile around the outside edge of your board to square it up, just create a rectangle in CC & program a contour (outside) path around it.
Unfortunately, Carbide Create does not have touch-friendly controls.
When I have my convertible in tablet mode I work around this by zooming out, selecting things in the region I wish to work on (or if need be, drawing a circle or rectangle or line) and using View | Fit View to Selection
Alternately, I’ll open it up, then use right-click on the trackpad to pan.
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Sorry to clarify. On my laser I can tell it to trace a perimeter so I can be sure that the work material is large enough. It really helps eliminate waste rather than throwing away everything extra that I don’t cut from a 4x4 sheet.
I don’t know if my statement was clear. I am using the touch pad on my secondary machine (running carbide motion). My biggest problem is that if something is outside of my field of view (for example. Lower off of the screen) I cant click on a scroll bar. I have to zoom all the way out until I see the entire object, focus the cursor on the opposite side of what I’m wanting to look at, then zoom all the way back in. Idk if there is something thats simply not turned on in my settings but its very frustrating. It’s like you are on ebay and you can scroll down to the next item, you have to zoom all the way out then back in. Very similar to the way google Earth works. Surely i’m missing something.
Ah, ok. Like a “dry run” on a commercial machine. No, unfortunately. It’s been asked for.
You could program the first path in your program to trace the outer perimeter. You’d have to manually edit it to get the Z above the part though. ?? Or program it with a dummy tool & leave the tool out or place a spacer block on the bitsetter to run the path higher.
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