Home and Away

@EricBaker
Set those points as G28 (Park) or G30 (Work). There currently is no button, but i’ve asked if it could be added like the Home under the machine menu or keyboard shortcuts. G28 and G30 buttons and or keyboard shortcuts

Assuming you have homed the machine so that everything you did after is relative to that…

Open the Machine Inspector by either:

Ctrl+Shift+D
or
Machine Menu > Advanced > Machine Inspector

In the Console box:
If you are at the location you want to “Park” type G28.1 to set that location.
If you are at the location you want to use as the “Work” (place to z-probe or whatever else) type G30.1 to set that location.

Workflow:
Turn machine on and HOME or change bit and HOME.
(I am assuming that XY=0 is already set)
Ctrl+Shift+D to open the Machine Inspector and type G28 to Park your machine
Place workpiece and secure
type G30 to move to Work
start the Carve process of clicking through the prompts and zeroing Z and run your carve
after carving Ctrl+Shift+D to open the Machine Inspector and type G28 to Park your machine
Place next workpiece and secure
type G30 to move to Work
start Carve and if it is the “same” work thickness do Manual instead of Probe and select Last

Like 0,0 the G28 and G30 will remain set. So long as you do a HOME when you turn the machine on or change a bit (if you accidentally move the gantry while changing) you can use those to quickly move the gantry away and back to the work without having to do too much fussing. That is why it would be great for the inventables team to add buttons or keyboard shortcuts to reduce the steps further.

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