Buildbotics Forum

Hello,
I’m using the Buildbotics controller that Onefinity provided with their original Journeyman CNC. I recently added a USB microscope to help with zeroing on visual features, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it worked right out of the box! It showed up in my interface and even included a crosshair overlay — great job on that, and thank you!
I had expected I’d need to reroute the feed through separate software with an overlay feature and then send it back as a virtual camera, but the plug-and-play functionality was exactly what I needed.
I do have a couple of questions I’m hoping someone can advise me on:
1. Automatic Offset Compensation: Is there an existing feature — or an easy way to add one — that allows for automatic offset compensation for the camera’s position when setting part placement offsets?
2. Circle Overlay for Hole Finding: Since the crosshair overlay is already available, is there a simple way to replace that with (or add) a small circle overlay for improved accuracy when locating holes?
I’m hoping these features are either already accessible or achievable with a few lines of code.
Thanks so much for your time and for providing a fantastic product! I really appreciate any guidance you can offer.

I'm sure this is basic code for most of you but If anyone else didnt know and was curious, you can input a a G92 value for a temporary offset or a G10 for a more permanent one. Works very well so far. I am hitting my target within 1 or 2 thousandths which is good enough for me.

my camera is offset by 39.56 mm on the X and 56.55 mm on the Y, so I line my camera target up and enter

G92 X39.56 Y56.55
G0 X0 Y0

Now the center of my cutter has moved to that position and the offset values are zeroed

I believe if I used G10 instead of G92 then my offsets would always match my camera positions. I am using G92 so when I use my edge finding probe it will still be correct.