I decided to give this a try since I like LightBurn. I like that they included a Lowrider machine as an option. That wins some points with me. I also like that you can control the machine too. Again, another point. My question is, even with the machine profile, it is still missing the initial commands from the milling basics page. So, where is the best places to add these? I won’t be controlling the machine directly from the software. I will instead just export the gcode like always. I put the code in for turning on the router and vacuum in tool on/off. But I still need to add the other stuff including the probing. For now, I just added those in the user start/end script. Is that the best place?
And I still don’t understand why they can’t fix the DPI issue. This is the same issue that has plagued LightBurn (and Carveco has the issue too). I always have to do the work around. If you aren’t familiar, people with high dpi machines get super small icons on the top and side. They are unusable at that size. You have to go into the shortcut and change the dpi settings. No other programs are like that. This isn’t a machine problem because it has happened on several laptops I have had from different manufacturers. Rant over.
That is new. That must have been their “fix”. Granted when I first discovered this issue 4 or 5 years ago, that wasn’t an option (neither was dark mode). But normal size should still display normal size because to get “normal” size on a high DPI machine, you have to set it to the highest setting. So, they just band aided a fix. But that is good to know that they have addressed the issue finally. Thank you for that information.
Yeah I don’t like the “use dark background”. That changed the work space dark but leaves all the icons and stuff light. I prefer the opposite of that with everything else dark but the work space light lol.
I was wondering - when you said “why can’t they fix the DPI issue” I started 2nd guessing myself. One of our devs spent an absolutely ludicrous amount of time chasing all that down.
It’s funny how I’ve just assumed it was never fixed because every time I would install it on a new PC over the years, it was still “broke”. And I would just go in and apply the “fix”. But I never once noticed it was fixed in the settings. It is too bad that it can’t be automatically applied like other software.
Okay, so after using this for a few runs, I think I have a better place to enter start and stop GCODE. I moved all the start GCODE to the “job header” section which removed the problematic GCODE that was causing issues when starting a job. And I replaced the GCODE in the “job end” section with the correct GCODE. I did add this G0X0.0000Y0.0000 to the top of the “job end” GCODE. This will move the router back to the start. That allows me to start another job from there or the next operation.
