Material Test
Generate a power × speed (or any two parameters) sweep grid. The fastest way to dial in a new material.
The Material Test produces a grid of test patches that vary along two axes, typically power and speed, so you can pick the cell that gives the best result and save its settings as a Material Library preset.
This is the most-used quality test for new materials. Run it once per new material per machine.
When it opens
Menu: Machine → Quality Tests → Material Test. Opens inside the Quality Test Shell.
What you see
The dialog has many sections. Top to bottom:
Material preset picker
Optional. Pick a preset to seed the sweep around known-good defaults.
Recipe
A saved-test-recipe system. Pick a recipe to fill in all fields at once.
| Button | Effect |
|---|---|
| Load | Apply the selected recipe. |
| Delete | Remove the selected recipe. |
| Save | Save current settings as a recipe. |
| Import | Read a recipe JSON file. |
| Export | Write the current recipe to JSON. |
Axis editors (X / Y)
Two parallel editors, one per axis:
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Param | select | Speed / Power / Interval / Passes. |
| Count | number, 1–10 | How many cells along this axis. |
| Min / Max | number | The endpoints of the sweep. Units depend on param. |
Base operation
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Operation | select | Fill / Line / Cut / Score / Offset Fill. |
| Base Speed | mm/min or mm/s | Used for parameters not being swept. |
| Power | %, 0–100 | Used for parameters not being swept. |
| Passes | number, 1+ | Used for parameters not being swept. |
| Interval | mm, min 0.01 | Only if a raster operation (Fill). |
Cells
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cell W / H | mm, 1+ | Per-cell size. |
| Cell Spacing | mm, 0+ | Gap between cells. |
Optional labels / borders
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Enable Text | toggle | Engrave labels (value of each cell) so you can read them on the result. |
| Text Speed / Power | numbers | If labels enabled. |
| Enable Border | toggle | Draw a border around the whole grid. |
| Border Speed / Power | numbers | If border enabled. |
Placement
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Absolute Center | toggle | When on, center the grid on an explicit workspace coordinate. |
| Center X / Y | mm | If Absolute Center is on. |
Buttons
Embedded in Quality Test Shell: Preview / Run options gated on the current state.
Notes
- Setting Operation to a vector op disables the Interval parameter (it does not apply to line cuts).
- When switching operations, the dialog notifies if the change disabled a swept parameter.
- Recipe management persists across sessions and can be shared.
Related
- Focus Test: Z sweep
- Interval Test: interval sweep
- Quality Test Shell
- Material Library panel
- Material test grid guide