Learn/Laser/Import & sheet layout
Sheet & parts
At a glance
- Drag, rotate, and box-select parts on the machine sheet with the same affordances as Plasma
- Contour-centric selection mode highlights individual loops for overrides and layer reassignment
- Keep-placement imports warn when stock is too small—oversized parts land in staging instead of disappearing
The Laser canvas works like the Plasma sheet you already know: drag parts around, rotate them,
box-select groups, lock what's finished, and keep loose parts in the staging area to the right of
the sheets until you're ready to place them. Multi-sheet jobs are supported, and everything saves
inside the .jc3 document.
Dragging and bump stops
The Bump Stop toggle in the Parts row controls drag behavior: when it's on, parts bump against each other as you drag instead of overlapping, so you can shove a part up against its neighbors for a tight manual nest. Turn it off for completely free dragging. The bump options dialog takes a single padding value — with expressions and units — that sets the standoff parts keep while bumping.
Selecting contours instead of parts
The Contour Select tool in the toolbar flips selection from parts to individual loops: click or drag a box to pick contours, hold Shift to add more, and the selection highlights white so it reads against any palette color. Contour selections survive tool switches, so you can grab a batch of holes and then right-click to reassign their layer or apply per-contour overrides in one shot.
When parts don't fit
If you choose Keep Placement on import and some parts fall outside every sheet, they aren't silently dropped — they land in the staging grid and a persistent indicator tells you how many were moved and that a bigger sheet would let keep-placement succeed. Bump the sheet size and re-import, or leave them in staging and auto-nest them onto the sheet.