Just a friendly reminder on quick file setup for your lasering needs!
Make a new file! On startup of Illustrator you should see this dialog box, or File - New!
Specify the size of the artboard, either default paper size or a custom measurement.
You can also choose how many artboards you want to work with. (see additional Blog Entry!)
If your docuement isnt already set to RGB, do so by File > Document Colour Mode > RGB.
There is a chance that colour mode will not have changed within the colours pallet - so that will need to be updated.
All marking and cutting strokes to be set at 0.01mm
I'd reccomend removing strokes from fill engraves and text.
For strokes that are to mark, change to red 255
Cutting strokes change to blue 255
For fill engraves, change to black 0,0,0
If you have loads of empty space in your document - edit the artboard size as to reduce material and the overall size of your job.
Get your work as close as 1mm between objects for maximum efficieny.
Get really fancy - share lines from other parts of your drawing to reduce time and increase effiency in the lasering! You must ensure that you have no double lines in the document.
If you have double lines, use the direct selction tool to select and delete.
Save your work!
Current accepted file types are Adobe Illustrator CS5 or a PDF.
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