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II. CorelDraw X5
CorelDraw is a vector design program that is compatible only on the Windows Operating System. It is recommended that you design outside of CorelDraw and import your design. CorelDraw is only a means to job setup and printing, please avoid designing with it. Our laser cutter computer is located directly to the right of the machine, you will find the software shortcut on the desktop on the computer, double click on it to open.
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1. Welcome Screen
On this screen, you must decide whether you want to create a new document or import a design that you have already prepared. Select Open other... and navigate to your design file to import it. Check out the Importing Files section to find out more about file format and compatibility. If you wish to start from scratch, select New blank document and you will be prompted with the new document settings menu.
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There are a couple of important settings that all laser cutter documents should have: 1. useful file name - please include a name that is easily recognizable and a date and/or version number - example of a good file name = 10_21_2011_pressfit_birdhouse.cdr 2. d ocument size - our laser cutter has a 24 (width) x 12 (height) working area,
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please keep all documents sizes to a maximum size of 24 x 12. 3. color mode - the laser cutter coverts the color mode into a greyscale mode before engraving and cutting, for the most successful results please always use RGB.
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3. Document View
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Whether you open a preexisting file or create a new one, you will see the document view when you are prepping your design for cutting/engraving. If you have set your document to 24 x 12 in size, then you will see a document that represents the entire work area of the laser cutter. The orientation of your document and the laser cutter are the same, the X direction is the width of your document and the direction that the X Carriage of the laser cutter travels. Likewise, the Y direction is the height of your document and is the direction that the Y Carriage that the laser cutter travels. The home position for both is the top-left corner.
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4. Setting up an Object to Vector Cut Vector cutting is when the machine is tracing the shapes of the vectors cutting through the material. If we want to cut shapes out of our material, this is the mode we want the laser to be in. In order to the machine to cut an object out, we have to set the properties of that object to the following: 1. No Fill = remove the fill of the object. 2. Stroke Color = set the stroke color to black (RGB = #000). 3. Stroke Width = set the stroke width to hairline, a dimensionless unit.
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Rastering is when the machine is engraving a graphic into the material, it is a similar process to an inkjet printer except that it removes materials to create the graphic instead of adding layers of ink. Raster engraving is a bit more forgiving than vectoring, we have some room for experimenting with different settings. This also means there is not a clear path to a good engrave, that will determined by you and the job you are trying to do. In general the following properties can be applied for engraving jobs: 1. No Stroke = remove the stroke of the object to avoid accidentally cutting it out. 2. Fill Color = set it to black (RGB = #000). Note about colors and etching - the machine is going to map different colors to different etching depths. This is how the machine is about to etch a complex graphic into a piece of material. The machine will map Black (RGB = #000) to the deepest part of the etch and it will not etch White (RGB = #FFF). Any colors will be mapped to a gray scale mode and will etch to depth somewhere in between Black and White.
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you are ready to set up the appropriate machine settings based on the material that you are using. This is a very crucial step! Failure to pay attention to all the settings and you may ruin a perfect piece of material. To edit the machine settings, first enter the general print menu. The laser shows up just like a normal home printer machine.
Once in the printing menu, select preferences to edit the machine properties.
You will then be prompted with the official Epilog Laser Cutter Printer Properties dialogue. This is where you adjust all of the machines settings according to the material that you are using. Please check out the materials guide located above the machine, and also check out the Epilog recommended settings. IMPORANT: If you dont know what you material is, dont cut it! Especially if you think it is made of vinyl, pvc, or any chlorinated material.
Step 2 - Job Type There are three different types of job types on the laser cutter. 1. Raster - used for only engraving onto material 2. Vector - used for only cutting through a material 3. Combined - used for doing both engraving and cutting in the same job
Step 3 - Options
The only option you ever need to change is Auto Focus. By default, this will be set to be off, which means you need to manually focus the machine. If you want to use the auto focus feature on the machine, click on the button to activate it.
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not the size of the laser cutter or your document, and will result in a incorrect job. Change this to 24 x 12 which matches your document, this will give you the best results.
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