Quality Tests
Shared Preview, Frame, Start, job-control, and G-code actions for the three Laser Tools tests.
The Quality Test Shell is the movable, resizable frame used by Material Test, Focus Test, and Interval Test. It is not opened directly; choose a test from Laser Tools.
Each child dialog owns its test-specific fields. Material Test and Interval Test include a material preset picker; Focus Test does not.
Actions
- Close: dismisses the dialog.
- Preview: generates the test and opens its preview. The preview represents generated geometry and reports warnings such as configured-bed bounds; it is not a simulation of the physical material result.
- Frame: streams a low-power rectangular frame around the generated job through the active machine session. A bounds warning or missing live-action requirement disables it.
- Start: generates and streams the transient test job.
- Pause / Resume / Stop: replace Start as the live job changes state.
- Save G-code: exports the generated test through the file picker. It does not save a project file.
The component also supports a Create on Canvas action when a child supplies one, but the current Material, Focus, and Interval dialogs do not expose that action.
Gates and warnings
- Output actions require a valid test configuration and active profile context.
- Live Frame and Start require a compatible active machine session and no other active job.
- A generated job outside the configured bed bounds blocks live actions.
- Focus Test adds its own Z-support, backend, reference-mode, and Material Height requirements.
The shell shows backend errors and quality-test warnings without changing the current project.
Typical workflow
- Open Laser Tools → Material Test..., Focus Test..., or Interval Test....
- Configure the test with manufacturer guidance or previously verified safe values.
- Click Preview and resolve geometry or bounds problems.
- Secure the scrap and click Frame to check the actual placement.
- Enable required ventilation and eye protection, click Start, and supervise the laser.
- Use Pause, Resume, or Stop when needed, then inspect the physical result only after the machine is safe.