AutoCAD Laser Cutting Guide

1. Choose the correct laser cutter based on the material and its maximum cut size.

Your job should be smaller size then then Max Material Size.

TROTEC SPEEDY 400

DIGITAL MODELLING @ BUILDING 202

MAX MATERIAL = SIZE 900 x 600 x 12.7mm

Strawboard, Plywood, Acrylic, leather , other upon request

TROTEC SP500

DBE MAKERSPACE @ BUILDING 418

MAX MATERIAL SIZE = 1245 x 710 x 12.7mm

Strawboard, Plywood

2. Download the template

AutoCAD Laser cutting template Trotec SP500 (dwg)

AutoCAD Laser cutting template Emblaser 2 (dwg)

ALTERNATIVELY SET UP YOUR LAYERS FROM SCRATCH.

3. Job Setup

Import your work into the template and setup your layers.

Make sure your work fits within the material boundary. Create multiple sheet if necessary.

Ensure that your objects are at the appropriate scale.

The Laser Cutter cuts at 1:1 scale. For example, if you need your models at 1:100, they should be scaled down by 0.01.

Having trouble with Scale | Try a scale converter:

https://www.ginifab.com/feeds/cm_to_inch/scale_converter.html

4. Finalise your file

Complete the following actions before exporting your work

Lineweight

Check all your cut lines (red lines) and etch lines (green lines) are set to 0.00mm line weight. Explode Select All (CTRL+A) and type EXPLODE - hit Enter

Overkill

Select All (CTRL+A) and type OVERKILL - hit Enter. A window will appear

No need to change any of these setting – Just push OK

Join

Select All (CTRL+A) and type JOIN - hit Enter

5.Export file as a PDF

SUMMARY/QUICK GUIDE

Always check the following when plotting as PDF:

- Plot in Model page

- Printer/Plotter set to AutoCAD PDF (High Quality Print)

- Select or set Custom Paper Size to match selected material

- Make sure custom paper margin are all set to 0

- Select Window under Plot Area

- Select Center the Plot

- Uncheck “Fit to paper”, make sure scale is 1:1

- Check page orientation is correct