EZCAD2 Screen dimensions vs. Actual dimensions don't match.

[John Kleiber]

EZCAD2 Screen dimensions vs. Actual dimensions don't match.

I made a 1mm square on screen and the same square measures 1.71mm at the laser bed.

I thumbed through the manual and EZCad2, no luck.

Does anyone know where these settings are kept?

[Scott Shepherd]

It's in the parameters section. You engrave something and put the actual size it is and it calculates the right scale. I think you do that in both the X and Y. It's simple and takes about 10 minutes at the most.

[John Lifer]

Section 10 of the 2.10 manual. And check your TC positions. Mine was ending a quarter to half MM to early. And took a bit of playing with it to get it right.

[John Kleiber]

Thanks all. I should of guessed with a field titled "scale" that was it.
Just didn't want to fix one thing and break something else.
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[Scott Shepherd]

John, if I remember correctly, if you click on the >> symbol, it asks you what size it was supposed to be and what size it is and then it calculates the change.

[John Lifer]

Scott, it does, but I was trying to adjust mine just a bit and that went too far. I guessed a lot lower and got it within a thou on an inch square. For now that is good enough.

[John Kleiber]

Once the scale was set to match both screen and laser bed. I did have to go in and adjust my "Red Light Pointer" to correct the alignment which was 1-2 mm off set from the actual engraving. So, if you adjust scale you will most likely need to adjust the red light pointer also.