Prepare screen
Find out everything about how to prepare a design for laser processing.
Preparing Screen
Finalize your created job and push it to the laser. Multiple settings to adjust like the Material or the Processing rules.
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Pro tip: Press ‘?’ to access the shortcuts. They can be really useful!
This screen has 3 main areas:
- Job list
- Toolbar
- Right panel
Job list
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Search for a Job |
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Delete a Job |
Toolbar
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Add a new Job |
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Import a Job |
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Save |
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Save as new |
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To select an object |
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To draw a line |
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To draw an ellipse |
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To draw a rectangle |
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Undo / Redo your last step |
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Zoom in and zoom out |
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Zoom in on a selection |
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Snapping on/off |
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Lock laser head off |
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Print and cut |
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Rotary |
Right panel
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The Right panel is separated in 3 areas:
- Production
- Design
- Laser rules
Production
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Queue your Job at the laser |
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Push your Job immediately to your laser |
Design
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Design name |
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Inner geometry first |
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Adjust skipping overlapping cutlines: – Skip overlapping cutlines: off – Skip overlapping cutlines: Straight lines only – Skip overlapping cutlines: Full |
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Add a tag |
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Coordinates of the selected object |
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To scale the selected object. You can also lock the two values |
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Rotation of the selected object |
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To mirror the selected object |
Laser rules
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Choose your Material by clicking on Material name. You can quick adjust it or move to the Material Database and create a new Material. |
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Adjust your laser settings. |
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Click on it to adjust your Working area. You can simply adjust it by dragging. |
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This symbol gives you a warning about an error. |
Shortcuts
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Updated on 13. September 2021