Full Version: Dummy With New Epilog Laser Needs Help
From: Larry B (PALMETTO) [#29]
30 Mar 2007
To: Don (HIGHDESERT) [#20] 30 Mar 2007
Don..basic principle..use the Align & Distribute feature. It's under Arrange on the menu bar at the top. I set my Corel page to my laser table top size as default. I then design my project inside a rectangle of the size I want the finished piece to be. I use the Align & Distribute feature to align the rectangle to the upper left corner. (that's home position as a default in the machine). You can also use the same feature to align all your objects to each other as you require.
If your working with text, I set my text up in inches in lieu of points. That just makes more sense to me. (Cntl + J) will get you there, click on text and down in the bottom of that screen is the option to reset it.
Hope this helps
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#30]
30 Mar 2007
To: Don (HIGHDESERT) [#28] 30 Mar 2007
When I first got my laser I set the laser sheet size to the full bed size, and set Corel to a document size the same. So both are 12x24. I then set all the defaults in Corel to that so if I open a blank page it always opens as a 12x24 page.
I find it just so much easier to work in Corel as if I am looking into the bed on the laser. So if I place something 1 inch to the right, it lasers one inch to the right of the rulers in the laser. For me at least, it is a way of visualizing on the Corel screen exactly what I will be working on physically in the bed of the laser. And I've never had any surprises, or forgotten to change the size setting in Corel or the driver, since they always match.
From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY) [#31]
30 Mar 2007
To: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#30] 30 Mar 2007
From what you have written........... am I to understand that if you create a nametag 1 x 3 you have to send a file 12 x 24 so you know where on the bed the laser will go?? or am I reading this post wrong!
My software shows me where the laser head is on the table and where I placed the 1 x 3 job on the bed.
How could you ever do a knife blade ???
Am I off base on this one ????
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#32]
30 Mar 2007
To: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY) [#31] 30 Mar 2007
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#33]
30 Mar 2007
To: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY) [#31] 30 Mar 2007
When I do an odd shaped object I make a fixture to hold the object in an exact location on the table, so it won't move and so I can stick one after another in the holder and get the engraving in exactly the same spot each time.
For example, if I'm doing one or a few of something I'll make a template using scrap cardboard. I draw an outline in Corell that matches the outlkine of the object, and then I draw the engraving I want on the object within that outline, in the appropriate spot. I then stick a piece of cardboard into the laser against the corner where the rulers meet and I vector out that outline. I remove the scrap of cardboard from the carboard sheet and place the object into the hole I just cut. Then I run the laser again, this time sending the raster engraving info, and it engraves it exactly where I drew it on the drawing. If I want to do another one I pick up the object, drop the next one in the hole in the carboard, hit "Go" and a second one is engraved exactly the same as the first.
From: Larry B (PALMETTO) [#34]
30 Mar 2007
To: UncleSteve [#18] 30 Mar 2007
From: Don (HIGHDESERT) [#35]
30 Mar 2007
To: Larry B (PALMETTO) [#29] 31 Mar 2007
Larry,
I followed your suggestions and it worked perfectly. I tried several different things at different sizes and they all worked.
Thank you very much for the great tip.... I love It....
From: Larry B (PALMETTO) [#36]
31 Mar 2007
To: Don (HIGHDESERT) [#35] 31 Mar 2007
From: Don (HIGHDESERT) [#37]
31 Mar 2007
To: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#30] 31 Mar 2007
Dave,
Thanks for the help. Your advice has worked very well.
I appreciate it very much.