
TU Wien / E2642 / Institut für Kunst und Gestaltung / Abteilung Modellbau Karlsplatz 13 A-1040 Wien http://kunst2.tuwien.ac.at/
1.Carving(Red)Frame(othercolor)
2.Cuttinginside(blue)
3.Cuttingoutside(green)
Drawing Preparation
PreparationfortheDrawing(e.g.RHINO)
• Drawinginmm(intherightscale)
• Drawtheframe(inthesizeoftheplate)anddrawthe
partstobecutinsidetheframe.
• Nodoubleoverlappinglines!!(acleandrawing)
• Cleanupandsimplifythedrawingtoshowonlythene-
cessarycutting-engravinglines
• Savethedrawingthefollowingfilesthatmaybeopened
inRhino(dwg, dxf, usw...)oraspdforjpg.SaveAuto-
caddrawingsinversion2007orolderversions.
Surfaceareaofthelasertable:L:1240mmW:700mm
LayersandColors
Thelaserwillreceiveinformationabouttheprintingjoband
thereforecertaincolorsmustbeused.
Eachcolorwillproduceadifferentcuttingperformance???
(engravingorcutting)andwillbeperformedinthefollowing
order:
Order(CarvingandCutting)
1.Red > RGB 255 0 0
2.Blue > RGB0 0 255
3.Green > RGB0 255 0
4.Magenta > RGB 255 0 255
Engraving
Engravingdoesnotworkforvectorgraphics,butonlyforflat
surfacelasering(e.g.photoorpattern)
Forengravingtheblackcolor(RGB000)orgrayscaleis
used.