diff --git a/src/kiri-mode/cam/animate2.js b/src/kiri-mode/cam/animate2.js
index d0791e61..f9681c77 100644
--- a/src/kiri-mode/cam/animate2.js
+++ b/src/kiri-mode/cam/animate2.js
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ kiri.load(() => {
 
         stockSlices = [];
         const { x, y, z } = stock;
-        const sliceCount = 10;
+        const sliceCount = 20;
         const sliceWidth = stock.x / sliceCount;
         for (let i=0; i<sliceCount; i++) {
             let xmin = -(x/2) + (i * sliceWidth) + sliceWidth / 2;
diff --git a/src/kiri-mode/cam/client.js b/src/kiri-mode/cam/client.js
index 5f06e67a..ab72439f 100644
--- a/src/kiri-mode/cam/client.js
+++ b/src/kiri-mode/cam/client.js
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ CAM.init = function(kiri, api) {
             widget.setAxisIndex(-index);
         }
         currentIndex = isIndexed ? index * (Math.PI / 180) : 0;
+        updateStock();
     });
 
     func.opGCode = (label, field = 'gcode') => {
@@ -1383,7 +1384,7 @@ CAM.init = function(kiri, api) {
     });
 
     createPopOp('index', {
-        degrees: 'camIndexAxis',
+        degrees:  'camIndexAxis',
         absolute: 'camIndexAbs'
     }).inputs = {
         degrees:  UC.newInput(LANG.ci_degr_s, {title:LANG.ci_degr_l, convert:UC.toFloat, bound:UC.bound(-360,360.0) }),
@@ -1496,14 +1497,16 @@ function createPopOp(type, map) {
             }
             if (op.note) {
                 const { divid, noteid } = op.note;
-                $(divid).onclick = () => {
+                const div = $(divid);
+                if (div) div.onclick = () => {
                     let note = op.x = prompt('Edit Note for Operation', poppedRec.note || '');
                     if (note !== undefined && note !== null) {
                         $(noteid).innerText = poppedRec.note = note;
                         API.conf.save();
                     }
                 };
-                $(noteid).innerText = poppedRec.note || '';
+                const note = $(noteid);
+                if (note) note.innerText = poppedRec.note || '';
             }
         },
         group: [],
diff --git a/src/kiri-mode/cam/ops.js b/src/kiri-mode/cam/ops.js
index c2126d6c..0b4f8c0d 100644
--- a/src/kiri-mode/cam/ops.js
+++ b/src/kiri-mode/cam/ops.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class OpIndex extends CamOp {
 
     slice() {
         let { op, state } = this;
-        state.setAxisIndex(op.degrees);
+        state.setAxisIndex(op.degrees, op.absolute);
     }
 
     prepare(ops, progress) {
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ class OpOutline extends CamOp {
 
         // project empty up and render
         for (let slice of slices) {
-            if (false) slice.output()
+            if (true) slice.output()
                 .setLayer("slice", {line: 0xaaaa00}, false)
                 .addPolys(slice.topPolys())
             slice.output()
diff --git a/src/kiri-mode/cam/slice.js b/src/kiri-mode/cam/slice.js
index c3e51631..7f6d587a 100644
--- a/src/kiri-mode/cam/slice.js
+++ b/src/kiri-mode/cam/slice.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 gapp.register("kiri-mode.cam.slice", [], (root, exports) => {
 
 const { base, kiri } = root;
-const { driver, newSlice, trackWidget } = kiri;
+const { driver, newSlice, setSliceTracker } = kiri;
 const { polygons, newPoint, newPolygon } = base;
 const { CAM } = driver;
 const { OPS } = CAM;
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ CAM.slice = function(settings, widget, onupdate, ondone) {
         zTop = zMax + ztOff,
         minToolDiam = Infinity,
         maxToolDiam = -Infinity,
-        thruHoles,
         dark = settings.controller.dark ? true : false,
         color = dark ? 0xbbbbbb : 0,
         tabs = widget.anno.tab,
         unsafe = proc.camExpertFast,
         units = settings.controller.units === 'in' ? 25.4 : 1,
-        axisIndex = undefined;
+        axisRotation,
+        axisIndex,
+        thruHoles;
 
     if (tabs) {
         // make tab polygons
@@ -137,9 +138,10 @@ CAM.slice = function(settings, widget, onupdate, ondone) {
         return shadows[z] = POLY.setZ(shadow, z);
     }
 
-    function setAxisIndex(degrees) {
-        axisIndex = degrees;
-        // state.axisIndex = (Math.PI / 180) * axisIndex;
+    function setAxisIndex(degrees = 0, absolute = true) {
+        axisIndex = absolute ? degrees : axisIndex + degrees;
+        axisRotation = (Math.PI / 180) * axisIndex;
+        widget.setAxisIndex(-axisIndex);
     }
 
     function addSlices(slices) {
@@ -211,8 +213,8 @@ CAM.slice = function(settings, widget, onupdate, ondone) {
     state.ops = opList;
 
     // call slice() function on all ops in order
-    trackWidget(widget);
-    setAxisIndex(undefined);
+    let tracker = setSliceTracker({ rotation: 0 });
+    setAxisIndex();
     for (let op of opList) {
         let weight = op.weight();
         op.slice((progress, message) => {
@@ -230,10 +232,11 @@ CAM.slice = function(settings, widget, onupdate, ondone) {
                 // console.log('reshadow', progress.round(3));
             });
         }
+        tracker.rotation = axisRotation;
         camOps.push(op);
         opSum += weight;
     }
-    trackWidget(undefined);
+    setSliceTracker();
 
     // reindex
     sliceAll.forEach((slice, index) => slice.index = index);
diff --git a/src/kiri/slice.js b/src/kiri/slice.js
index d6a229e2..03d1c2b3 100644
--- a/src/kiri/slice.js
+++ b/src/kiri/slice.js
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ const { util } = base;
 const POLY = base.polygons;
 const NOKEY = key.NONE;
 
-let tracked;
+let tracker;
 
-function trackWidget(widget) {
-    tracked = widget;
+function setSliceTracker(nv) {
+    return tracker = nv;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -45,12 +45,8 @@ class Slice {
     output() {
         if (this.layers) return this.layers;
         let layers = this.layers = new kiri.Layers();
-        if (tracked) {
-            let { track } = tracked;
-            let { indexed, indexRad } = track;
-            if (indexed) {
-                layers.setRotation(indexRad);
-            }
+        if (tracker) {
+            layers.setRotation(-tracker.rotation || 0);
         }
         return layers;
     };
@@ -254,7 +250,7 @@ gapp.overlay(kiri, {
     Slice,
     newTop,
     newSlice,
-    trackWidget
+    setSliceTracker
 });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/kiri/widget.js b/src/kiri/widget.js
index 38d83a80..9be7e9c7 100644
--- a/src/kiri/widget.js
+++ b/src/kiri/widget.js
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class Widget {
             top = track.top,
             tz = tzoff !== top ? -tzoff : 0,
             { x, y, z } = track.pos;
-        console.trace('ump', {top, tz, tzoff});
+        // console.trace('ump', {top, tz, tzoff});
         if (track.indexed) {
             let rad = track.indexRad;
             let ln = track.box.d / 2;
@@ -658,16 +658,9 @@ class Widget {
         // if indexed, return points rotated about X and then offset
         let track = this.track;
         if (translate && track.indexed) {
-            // console.log(1, new THREE.Box3().setFromBufferAttribute(pos), track.box);
             let delta = track.delta;
-            pos = pos.clone().applyMatrix4(
-                new THREE.Matrix4().makeTranslation(0, 0, -track.box.d/2)
-            ).applyMatrix4(
-                new THREE.Matrix4().makeRotationX(-track.indexRad)
-            ).applyMatrix4(
-                new THREE.Matrix4().makeTranslation(0, 0, track.box.d/2)
-            );
-            // console.log(2, new THREE.Box3().setFromBufferAttribute(pos));
+            pos = pos.clone()
+                .applyMatrix4( new THREE.Matrix4().makeRotationX(-track.indexRad) );
         }
         pos = pos.array;
         if (geo.index && unroll !== false) {