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==Tips== | ==Tips== | ||
| − | *After saving the | + | *After saving the HPGL file open it up in Inkscape to verify the output looks right. If there are issues, go back to the source file and save it as a PDF. Open the PDF in Inkscape and then save as HPGL. This has fixed all of the conversion issues we have run into so far. |
==Test Files== | ==Test Files== | ||
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=15_FEPuQvpRuOy_wG0z43D3wh7xqOZnh1 Test Files Drive Folder] | *[https://drive.google.com/open?id=15_FEPuQvpRuOy_wG0z43D3wh7xqOZnh1 Test Files Drive Folder] | ||
*[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17QpdqChdCzYvCMbTnM13wBxACZXlW0Zi7po2hpxJg6g/edit?usp=sharing Vinyl Cutting Basics Slides] | *[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17QpdqChdCzYvCMbTnM13wBxACZXlW0Zi7po2hpxJg6g/edit?usp=sharing Vinyl Cutting Basics Slides] | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 12 February 2019
This is a flatbed vinyl cutter and plotter. It works.
Contents
Workflow
- Create/import a file in Inkscape
- Select all
- Path > Object To Path
File > Save A Copy> choose .plt extensionMust have Uniconverter installedUniconverter is installed on the Thinkstation in the Fab Lab and on a number of the laptops
- File > Save A Copy> choose .hpgl extension
- Make sure that "Tool offset correction" is set to 0 or your cut will be very bad.
- On the computer, put the file into the CUT_NOW folder on the desktop.
- Username and password are both 'maker'
- Once there double-click the 'Run Vinyl Cutter' shortcut.
- It will choose the first file in the folder, so make sure yours is the only one
- Cut will not start if the machine is in 'view' or 'test' mode.
- Once done it will be moved to the CUT_DONE folder with the same name.
- It WILL overwrite files with the same name.
- It will choose the first file in the folder, so make sure yours is the only one
Settings
Small Blade (Blue Knob)
Cutter Offset: 17
Starting point for vinyl:
- Stickout: 0.2mm
- Force:18
- Speed:10
- Quality:1
Tips
- After saving the HPGL file open it up in Inkscape to verify the output looks right. If there are issues, go back to the source file and save it as a PDF. Open the PDF in Inkscape and then save as HPGL. This has fixed all of the conversion issues we have run into so far.
