Laser Cutting Guide: Difference between revisions

[[File:schnitt_I_II_gravur.jpg|thumb|left|Line colors for Illustrator template, Schnitt I, Schnitt II, Gravur]]

The first step is to download the [[Media:Vorlage Laserschnitt.ai.zip|Illustrator template]]. Open the template in Adobe Illustrator and you will see your work area, which is the maximum size of material you can use with the Universities laser cutter. All of your designs need to be inside of this white rectangular box. Your lines should be set at 0.25pt thickness.  

[[File:FSH Components Amel.jpg|thumb|left|Balsa Wood with laser cuts for a Microscope design by Amel Ali-Bey]]

Also, to be more efficient with your time you should place all of your pieces side by side and only include 1 line for pieces that are the same size and touching each other. For example; if you are cutting 2 squares, they should be placed side by side and the line that touches in the middle should only exist one time - so it is an open square with 3 sides and a complete square with 4 full sides. If you don't design like this the laser cutter will literally cut both instances of this line because it is following your lines exactly and it is not smart enough to simply create a single cut when lines overlay each other.