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Just asking, no help on their forums or no forums at all?
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On the first picture, it shows up at the offsets as 70 on X, while lower it shows -70?
On the third and fourth picture, the starting points are OK for both X and Y, but end points are over the limits on both X and Y, meaning even if you move the offsets for X it will still not fit on Y as there are no offsets on Y.
What is the table size?
Is the Plasma (you should have mentioned it is a plasma) set in metric or imperial?
What CAM are you using?

Yes

I've been a Linux guy for years, so FreeCAD is the only game in town if you want CAD + CAM (with adaptive toolpaths, at least). I said this in the FreeCAD thread, but my experience is the CAD is pretty good, once you learn how to not make "fragile" models. The UI even seems fine to me, though there are plenty of folks who would disagree with that assessment, so YMMV.

The CAM still has some rougher edges, but I'm working on sanding off those that annoy me specifically- shameless self-promotion that making automagic adaptive roughing a reality is my current effort on that front. That's going to be soooooo nice to have.

I'd also suggest giving the weekly "unstable" builds a chance if you want to test FreeCAD- they get improvements/bugfixes well before the official releases and on average (IME) give a much better experience... with the occasional build that totally breaks something, so I always kept the previous week's build until I knew the current one didn't have anything critical broken in it*. YMMV, of course.

*past tense in that sentence only because due to the development work I've been doing I've been building my own "weekly" builds, not because I've stopped using the bleeding edge

I suspect you'll be happier without Windows/Fusion 360 based on your complaints, even if learning curves bite in the short term. The FreeCAD forum is fairly helpful if you run into problems.

Hi, where can i find the source code to send the instructions to the joints through the parallel port ?
Thanks a lot.

Hello PCW! My cold is better today and I could test your suggestions - YES! That was the solution. I can move my machine per jog or handwheel with full G0, braking does not bring the motor-0-positon error anymore! Thanks a lot for another magic change !
Kind regards
Hanno

CandCNC ?