Acceptable Formats
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All linework must be on the same 0 Z plane.
Rhino Guide
- Prepare your line work at full-scale, then scale down to your desired scale-cut size within your file
- This must be done within Rhino before you send the file to the Laser Cutter
- Separate your line work in to distinct layers according to the desired power levels and order of cuts. In the Layers tab, assign each of these new layers their own unique color from this list of options:
- Black
- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Green
- Cyan
- Blue
- Magenta
- Drag-select all of the line work, and navigate to the Properties tab. Make sure that Display Color, Linetype, Print Color, and Print Width are all set to By Layer.
- Lastly, with all of the line work selected, type in the command "SetPt" – in the pop-up, uncheck the boxes next to Set X and Set Y, and make sure that Align to World is selected. After hitting OK, type in 0 to move all of your linework to Z = 0.
- When printing to the Epilog Dashboard, use the Window option under View and Output Scale in the print dialog.
- (Important) Make sure to set your Output Type is set to Vector Output
- You can now follow the steps from the How to Prepare the Laser Cutter page.
AutoCAD Guide
The pre-configured template file has labeled cut order layers and a no-print boundary representing the space of the laser cutter bed. It is located on the desktop and is attached below.
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- Prepare your linework at full-scale, then scale down to your desired scale-cut size.
- Separate your linework into distinct layers according to the desired power levels and order of cuts. In the Layers tab, assign each of these new layers their own unique color from this list of options:
- Black
- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Green
- Cyan
- Blue
- Magenta
- Ensure all geometries are set to "By Layer" in the color, line type, line weight, and transparency drop-down menus.
- Run the overkill command to ensure there are no overlapping lines (to prevent the laser cutter from cutting over lines twice or cutting slower)
- You can now follow the steps from the /wiki/spaces/SOAdigitech/pages/75236392How to Prepare the Laser Cutter page.
Illustrator Guide
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