Help needed please

[Daven]

They were the ones supplied with my 3020 so unless something has changed they should be the right ones.

Hopefully Chris can throw some light on the problem for you.

Let us know how you get on

Cheers

Dave

[Daven]

your quite right Pete, however the machine will remember the last file sent to it so if you don't sent it a new one it will just cut the last one it had even if the machine has gone back to its datum at startup it will try to cut the file it still has in its memory. (That said I will check to ensure that's the case)

best wishes

Dave

It is the case on the 3020 - open the engrave panel and move to xy position and press start and it starts the last job
Dave

[Susie]

Got the Laser working a treat! Now to get to grips with designing. Thanks very much everyone. May need a little help with a few setting but everything is going the right way now.
Susie x

[Spooky]

good to hear Susie

best wishes

Dave

[Susie]

Me again ( Now how did you predict that!) Can engrave anything now but having trouble cutting. can someone take me though the stages.
I am
Selecting all
Pressing the first box that looks like a lightening streak!
Setting the x ys
Then.????

& also how to engrave and cut at same time
and if you could do it as though you are talking to a child please Lol

Thanks
Susie

[PhillyDee]

To engrave and cut different objects at the same time -

When you import the jpg, or type out the text (can be done whenever)
Click on the item you wish to alter.
Select either CUT or SCAN from the drop down box (can only select one item at a time for this).
Usually - Black line = scan, red line = cut.
You can then select all the items you wish to send to the LS3020.
It will automagically do both at the same time depending on which you have told it to do.
It starts by scanning (engraving) and then moves onto the cutting.

Keep the speed at 200mm/s for the scan speed in the settings boxes (as per here: http://www.laserscript.co.uk/phpBB3/vie ... ?f=9&t=192)
and adjust the cut speed so it cuts through the material.

You can select things one at a time by holding shift and ctrl at the same time. (Silly chinese software!)

[Susie]

Hi There
Can I use change a jpeg image by using bitmap? Is that the same as vector? & then save as a Dxf file. I use Coraldraw
Susie
What thickness will the laser take?

[Spooky]

No you cant Sue, Jpeg,Jpg,Bmp are all raster formats,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats

DXF Format http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD_DXF

best wishes

Dave

[Susie]

Ok I use Coraldraw can someone who uses this tell me how I change a image so that I can cut it out.
Thanks
Susie

[Daven]

Susie - please see page 3, second post in this same thread.

You cant change a picture to dxf without using something like R2V or re-drawing it youself in a CAD program.

This may help as well
http://www.coreldrawtools.com/
Dave