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Author - Damien Von Sincler

Work Offsets

Let's talk about the "Work Offset" buttons that are available on the main screen of Optimum CNC plasma software. These buttons allow the user to tie the current machine position to one of the four corners or to the center of the rectangle that encloses the current control program.Require assistance?...

Soft Limits

Let's cover software limits within Optimum CNC plasma cutting software and the ways in which we can override them. What the software limits allow us to do is essentially draw some kind of rectangle from the 0,0 origin point to some point on the machine that will then limit the...

Homing

Homing procedure with the Optimum CNC plasma cutting software. Homing allows the user to essentially zero the machine coordinates for the particular axis by either moving the machine automatically until it reaches the Homing sensors or by manually positioning the system to a particular point and then assigning a zero...

Coordinates

Coordinates within Optimum CNC software. In the top right portion of the screen, you’ll see the coordinates for the X, Y, and Z axes, and you’ll notice two sets of numbers — one in red representing the program coordinates, and another set representing the machine coordinates. The program coordinates are...