jkopel
November 24, 2015, 3:45am
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There has not been any definitive word (that I can find) on a standard or automated color to speed/power level, but that seems to be the way it will work.@puzantpuzantyan says you will probably want to test out every material to find the best settings.
Here are a few threads on the subject (try searching on “color” for more info):
I’m not sure how you tell the GF software what lines to cut, and which to raster (I’m sure it’s in another post somewhere). I know with the Epilog, the lines of specific width (0.001") are cut. With the Silhouette Studio, lines of specific colors are cut. I’m not sure what scheme GF will use, but I had an idea this morning.
I often cut at different power and speed settings on the same piece (sometimes, I want to etch a detail at high speed, low power then cut around that using a higher pow…
I currently use Inkscape to design objects to be cut on our makerspace’s laser, and make extensive use of layers to control what gets cut in a given burn run. It’s super-useful to make sure through holes, outlines, and everything else line up correctly, lets me have multiple text sets for our local maker event badges, build multiple sets of face graphics for the same game tokens…anyway, layers are awesome. Because the laser I currently cut with uses a virtual print driver, this works seamlessl…
Lets talk the design files.
First, I get that this is a bit (LOT) premature. Campaign hasnt even ended, Im late in line, and yet I think about it every day and constantly come up with ideas. I most likely wont see my printer until next summer :(. Even so, I cant stop the mind from dreaming, designing, and planning.
So, from videos, I see a few different things.
You raster for engraving, you vector for cutting.
You can draw directly to the material, and it engraves entirely, and somehow i…
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