![]() ![]() The lab assistant may need to test cut on a portion of the material that you provide – be sure to bring extra for testing. You can also provide your own materials for cutting in the laser cutter. You can find more information about stocked materials and their prices here. Thicker and harder materials also take longer to cut or engrave than thinner materials.įor convenience, the Service Desk stocks some common materials, although we cannot guarantee that any given material is available at any given time. Raster engraving takes a longer time than vector cutting, because the lens must move incrementally back and forth to remove material from the surface. Solidly filled objects, and thick lines are treated as raster engraving, and can be made using Laser Black fills and/or strokes. Select type in Adobe Illustrator, and go to Create Outlines in the Type menu. Photo images are converted to grayscale and treat varying levels of gray as varying depths of engraving (black = full power, white = no engraving)Īll vector cutting line weights should be Laser Red 1pt “stroke” with no “fill.” Laser Red (R=255, B=0, G=0) = Vector Line Cutting – the laser will cut all the way through the material sheet.Laser Black (R=0, G=0, B=0) = Raster Engraving – removes a small amount of material from the surface.There are color swatches in the template, that when applied to objects “tell” the laser cutter what to do: The template has separate layers for cutting and engraving (etching) to help organize your file for proofing by the lab assistant. If you are providing your own material that is larger than 18″x24″, size your art board up to the size of the material. The extra guides outside of the art board indicate the cuttable area of the bed – 24″ x 40″. The template file is formatted to 18″x24″ – the size of the majority of stocked materials at A&D. YOUR FILE MUST BE PROVIDED IN THE LASER CUTTER TEMPLATE found at ![]()
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