Look at all the things you can create:CLO: Using the tools of Adobe illustrator and the Epilog Laser Cutter, I will create a 3D artwork using the design cycle and get support through speaking & listening to my peers and teacher. Safety Harmful gasses and bright lights are both emitted from laser cutters. Although it is not required to wear eye protection or facial masks, a user could only benefit from wearing such protection. Facial masks are highly recommended when cutting any plastics. Remember safety first! Depending on the speed and power the laser cutter is set at, small fires are potential problems too. If flames do appear during the cutting process, quickly turn off the printing process and proceed in the manor that best seems fit. A user should not leave the immediate proximity during the laser cut (unless another individual equally well knowledge in the machine looks after it while the user is away). If you must leave the work area, press the "Stop" button on the laser machine to pause the process to ensure safety while absent. Materials Needed
First you must Manually Focus
First, take the manual focus tool (metal triangle) and position it on the cutting head so that it’s pointing down towards the material. Next, put the machine into focus mode by pressing the “Focus” button on the control panel. This will display “Focus Mode” on the display screen and now the up and down arrow controls will control the height of the bed, adjust them so that the tip of the manual focus tool is touching the material that you are focusing on. It should look similar to the photo above. CorelDraw 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 left of the machine, right click on .PDF file and open with CorelDraw. Make sure your page size matches the size of the material in the cutter.Use the guid to select the correct Vedtor and raster settings DOCUMENT SIZE- our laser cutter has a 24” (width) x 18” (height) working area, please keep all documents sizes to a maximum size of 24” x 18”. There are three different types of job types on the laser cutter. Please refer to Epilog’s Material Settings guide if you are unsure of the settings you need to use for your material. Raster - used for only engraving onto material, (value scale using back & white contrast setting)
Sending the Job
Once you have entered in all of the settings you need, double check to make sure everything looks okay. Then press “OK”. You will then be brought back to the normal print menu, click “Apply” to save the settings in case you need to go back and make some small tweaks, otherwise you’ll have to start from scratch. Finally, select “Print” on the print menu and your job will be sent to the laser cutter and will show up on the display screen of the machine.
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