QTPlasmaC Remove Z axis for Tube Cutter

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04 Nov 2025 04:01 #337792 by Quail
Hello, this is my first post in the forum. Have used it a lot to set up my machine to the point it is currently at.

So far I have it all pretty much set up and good to go with the QTPlasmaC UI, but I need some help removing the Z-axis movement from the machine.

The machine is a 2 axis plasma tube cutter, one for the rotary motion, and one for the linear. The rotary axis is actually treated like a linear one. with some clever sheetcam post processing I have created something where you can input a flat profile of the tube, and get prompted to input the tubes diameter that will do some maths to get the correct feed rate at the surface of the tube, depending on the tube diameter that was entered.

My problem starts when the plasmac software tries to home the Z-axis, even though there should be no z-axis instructions in the g-code. Then when the g-code runs it sort of gets stuck at the homing of the Z-axis, that shouldnt exist....Is there a good way to remove it entirely from the machine, and maybe even the qtplasmac UI? 

I have tried to comment out all the Z-axis parameters in the .ini and .hal files, but then i just get errors when opening up the cnc software. This is for a school related project so go easy on me!  (I have added a screenshot of the machines design in cad)
Thanks! 
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