Learn/Laser/Layers, palette & operations
Palette workflow
At a glance
- Fixed color swatches map to layer names—assign parts by picking a palette entry
- Operation presets cache per swatch in local storage so re-used colors remember power and speed
- Right-click menus for quick layer moves, contour overrides, and lead tweaks
Layers drive everything in the Laser workspace, and the palette is how you assign them. A bottom-centered toolbar offers 20 fixed color swatches; select parts (or contours) and click a swatch to move them onto that color's layer. Colors map to layers first-come-first-served per sheet, each layer becomes an operation in the operations list, and the outer contour's layer sets the part's fill color so you can read the sheet at a glance.
Colors remember their settings
Operation parameters are cached per palette color in local storage. Cut a lot of 1/8" acrylic with red as your through-cut and blue as your engrave? The next job that uses those swatches starts with the same power, speed, and mode already filled in — no re-typing settings for the colors you always use. Tune the details any time in Operation parameters.
Right-click for the fast path
Right-clicking a contour pops the first five palette colors for instant layer reassignment — and if you have a contour selection active (via the Contour Select tool), the assignment applies to every selected contour at once. The same menu carries per-contour overrides: Override Lead, Override Feedrate, Rev Cut Direction, and Reset Overrides, so one stubborn hole can get its own treatment without splitting layers. Operation rows in the browser panel have their own right-click menu with Rename (renames the layer across every part and sheet in the job), Edit (jumps to that layer's parameters tab), and Properties (contour count, linear distance, line/arc counts).