* Cut inner parts before outer parts. After a piece is cut it may fall inward in the machine, or shift by the width of the laser cut. If this happens subquent cuts in the part will be misaligned.
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* Leave a border, especially around the right and bottom edges.
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* HEFTODO add a border edge to the print with a very weak ( opointer) laser settings, and add it to the beginning of the print order. If the pointer goes off of the piece, so will the cuts.
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when importing from DXF files, don't use automatic scaling, using a scaling factor of 1.
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== Printing ==
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* Vevtor cuts: set line width to 0.001 in. Everthing else is raster.
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* Printing vector cuts straight from inkscape does not work. Export to pdf and print from adobe.
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== Printing control ==
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You can control the order of the cuts by settings the color, and use multiple cut settings.
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* Use colors in RGB space, and set componet colors to 0 or 255. This is not neccesary, but makes tracking colors easier.
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* The order of the colors in the print settings windows matches the order the cuts will be in. This is usefull for doing the inside of parts before the outside.
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== Notes ==
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When importing from DXF files, don't use automatic scaling, using a scaling factor of 1.