Software tour

The CopperKit flow follows the board.

Load the design, choose the copper-removal tool, connect the machine, tune against real material, and carry one guided plan through alignment, machining, inspection, drilling, and finishing.

These screens are from the Windows beta. Numeric values are one machine's working calibration, not general recommendations.

CopperKit workspace showing a loaded board, ordered operations, machine controls, command entry, and status log. — The complete workspace keeps the board plan, preview, machine controls, command channel, and job status together.

01 · Plan

Choose the complete run before motion starts.

Make Board gathers the recipe, front or back sides, alignment method, origin, copies, verification strategy, and every required operation into one reviewable plan.

Make Board dialog with board plan, recipe, alignment, copies, cut checks, and included operations. — Make Board exposes the decisions that shape the run without exposing generated machine code.

02 · Reuse

Turn calibration into a repeatable recipe.

Named settings keep probing, alignment, mapping, tracks, cleanup, silkscreen, mask, drilling, and board-edge operations consistent across projects.

CopperKit Recipe Settings showing named profiles and values for each board-making operation. — A recipe is a readable record of how this machine should approach the next board.

03 · Tune

Converge using physical evidence.

Trace Auto Tune lays out compact coupons across depth and contour spacing. After each pass, the best result narrows the next search until the cut is clean and reliable.

Trace Auto Tune showing five coupon variants and controls for depth and contour spacing. — Calibration exercises the real copper, selected tool, machine, and PCB-like geometry.

04 · Verify

Start carefully, then let a known process run.

Cut checks can pause after the first operation, sample again later, or run directly once the board and machine are understood. Early beta work can stay cautious without making every future board equally slow.

Make Board dialog with progressive cut-check strategies for a guided or direct run. — Verification can be progressive while learning and lighter once the recipe is established.

05 · Flip

Keep the second side in the same context.

The back-side view mirrors the design, updates the origin, and keeps the same ordered job visible. Alignment and surface mapping follow the physical board instead of depending on a permanent jig.

CopperKit workspace showing mirrored back-side PCB geometry and the corresponding origin. — Two-sided work remains explicit before and after the physical flip.

06 · Intervene

Automation that knows when to stop.

CopperKit handles machine work directly, but pauses when a probe clip, tool change, coating, board flip, or visual inspection needs a person at the bench.

CopperKit illustrations for probe, drill, mask, silkscreen, board flip, and completed-board prompts. — The workflow stays explicit whenever the next step needs a person at the machine.