Laser engraving
machine
Software tutorials
简介
You can get help by perusing the files below
Use The laser engraving machine
▪ How to open software
▪ Print the first picture
▪ View help
▪ How to adjust print depth and laser power
▪ Changing and switching between different types of images
▪ How to make a beautiful sketch
▪ Advantages of tracing point graph
▪ The power of vector graphics
▪ Engraving machine setup
▪ Thank you
Open the software
How to open
software
绿色版
After unzipping the software
as shown in the left picture,
double-click on scarlet. Exe
Can open the software, you
can also select scarve. Exe
sent to desktop shortcut.
Print the first picture
Print the first
picture
First make sure the power and data lines are connected to the engraving machine
Then connect the data cable to the computer's USB port power cord to the socket
Now, prepare to operate the machine
Print the first
picture
This is what it will look like when you first open the software
Prepare a test image and drag it directly into the open software
interface
Print the first
picture
Drag
in
After
dragging in
the software
Let's start with a quick introduction
Print the first
picture
The Black Grid area is the area
that can be carved, so it is also
the area where the image can be
placed, and the image can be
moved anywhere within the
carved area
To try this, hold down the left
mouse button and drag the
image in this area, or drag the
sculpted area (the black grid area)
Also try the mouse wheel, which
zooms in and out the sculpted
area and image
The area of the engraving
machine is 170 by 200,
corresponding to the
black grid area is 170 by
200
Print the first
picture
When you manipulate a
picture or sculpted area,
such as by moving the
picture or sculpted area.
The preview box in the
upper left corner pops up,
and you can also turn off
the display in the settings.
The largest white border
in the preview box
represents the sculpted
area, the red border is the
visible area, and the white
block represents the
image. Easy to preview the
image in the carving area
of the approximate
location of the red box
can be dragged, you can
drag to try to have what
effect
Print the first
picture
Click on the button
in the Red Circle in the picture,，
The software
will identify the engraving machine.
And the button turns red.。
At the same time,
the machine reset to the upper
left corner
The button
turned red
If that doesn't happen,
go back to the beginning
and see if you missed anything
The test material can be
placed under the
engraving machine to
begin the engraving
After the link is done, that is, after the bottom button becomes red,
then how to adjust the printing position
You can double-click the left mouse button on a loaded image
Notice that there is a red border
in the picture
At this point,
you will find the engraving machine
and right frame positioning ，
The size and position of the
size and position of the red box
corresponding. The coordinates of
Drag the picture to see
that the position of the engraving
machine frame changes
as the picture position changes .。
You can change position
by dragging
laser head in the upper and lower left
engraving machine frame position is the
in the engraving area, they are
the red box are (37,86)
Print the first
picture
Try right-clicking on any area (within the print area) and a toolbar will pop up, as shown below
Print the first
picture
Click on the "move up" button
You'll notice that the picture moves up a little bit
and the positioning of the engraving machine
changes a little bit
Uh-huh
The four buttons above also move
the image
It's just for fine-tuning
The distance the image moves is 1 mm
Why 1mm? Well, it's the number in the
middle box,
and you can change it any way you want.
Try hitting "midpoint. " 。
You can also click on the four
buttons below
Double-click on the picture and the
machine will stop positioning
At this point, the laser head is
positioned in the upper left corner of
the image
The coordinates of the Red Circle in the
left picture
Print the first
picture
Print the first
picture
In order to facilitate follow-up operation,
you have to adjust the machine is now the laser brightness.
To the appropriate brightness to ensure not too harsh,
and not very dark on it,
usually before factory will be adjusted,
if you feel bad can adjust in which adjustment,
look at the following.
Here is the free time to adjust the laser brightness,click on the bottom, the settings button
Position of red dotted line in figure
First Click on the number and select the adjustment box'+'.
When selected, the cursor blinks. Non-cursor flicker does not work
Print the first
picture
If it's too dark, add numbers.
If it's too bright, subtract numbers
To whatever number you think is appropriate
Now, you need to focus the laser dots
Let me give you
a little bit of information first
Set Up
Print the first
picture
KNOWLEDGE OF OPTICAL FOCUSING: Simply put,
parallel light through a Convex Lens will converge into a point at a certain position on one side,
which is the focal point of the Convex Lens. As you can see below,
since all the light is focused, that point of energy is very high.
A convex Lens is often referred to as a magnifying glass.
A laser also has a small convex lens inside, so the position of the convex lens
has to be adjusted so that the focus falls on the surface of the object to be printed.
You don't need to know all that, just that the laser knob
keeps the spot on the surface of the object to a
minimum. So the smallest point of maximum energy, to
achieve the best printing effect. It is not necessary to
adjust the focus every time, but only when the height of
the material changes so that the focus is not on the
surface of the material
How do you adjust the laser spot size？
Just adjust the KNOB on the laser head
Print the first
picture
Like the one on the left
Rotate to the left, the laser focus is away from the laser head,
so the object must be away from the laser head
Rotate to the right,
and the closer the laser focus is to the laser head,
the closer the object has to be to the laser head
Keep the laser spot on the object surface
The FOCUS
KNOB
is rotated to
adjust focus
So, how do we make sure the focus is on the surface?
The focus is the smallest point of light so the
adjustment ensures the smallest point of light projected
on the object
General Laser Knob to the object distance how much
appropriate, generally in 30 mm-60 mm can be 35 mm-40 mm
better effect
Note: If your machine type is: non-rotatable dimmer -- that is,
fixed focus type machine, see the next chapter
定焦介绍 等待
完善
保证激光点在物体表面最小之后，
再使用定位功能保证打印位置符合你的预期
马上就可以开始打印了
Print the first
picture
Make sure the laser spot is on the smallest
surface of the object,
and then use the software's positioning
function to ensure
that the print position is in line
with your expectations and you can start
printing immediately
Before you start, make sure you're positioned and focused correctly
Print the first
picture
Clicking on the buttons in the Red Circle
in the image will bring up the adjustment
bar
Laser Power: The laser power when
printing,
can drag the red point block adjustable
power 0%-100% adjustable, here first
adjust to 100%
ENGRAVING DEPTH: The result of the
printing depth changes,
the larger the number of the final
printing color,
but also the slower the engraving speed,
drag the Red Block 0-100 adjustable,
here to 10 first
After the above work is done,
click the start button (triangular block icon button)
engraving machine will start working
Later I will introduce the two parameters corresponding
to the different carving objects of
the specific adjustment method
This is what it looks like when it starts,
and the engraving machine is printing
Print time: represents the time it takes to
print a picture. In minutes and seconds
Print the first
picture
After the beginning of the laser power
and carving depth can also be adjusted,
laser power can be adjusted to 0,
carving depth can be adjusted to 50,
try the engraving machine changes do
not forget to tune back! ! !
Stop Button:
Pause Button:
Clicking will
Click will, pause
stop printing
print
completely
and return to
the original
state
COMPLETION: Data delivery progress, close to
100% , indicating the closer to print completion
When you're done, you'll go back to the way you were before you started,
and notice the change in time in the lower right corner
Print the first
picture
Test Material: KRAFT
PAPER
LASER POWER:
100%
carving depth: 10
hours long: 11.5
minutes
Print the first
picture
Finish the effect
However, different materials and different machines test time and effect will vary, with the actual time prevail
View the software help
How to adjust print depth
and laser power
We talked about this
Laser power and print depth
Can only be adjusted through thes
two adjustment bars
So how do you adjust it?
Read on
↓
Let's start with the material
Laser engraving for a wide range of materials, I will not give specific examples here.
But you can judge how easy it is to carve based on the nature of the material 。
First of all, the material is divided into easy to burn and not easy to burn
For example, wood and plastic burn easily, but ceramics and metals do not
Then separate the color of the material,
there are generally black, red, orange, yellow, green, Cyan,
blue, purple, White, and other stages can be divided
So materials that burn easily and don't come close to blue are easiest to sculpt.
Easy to burn materials near the blue can also be carved
not easy to burn materials no matter what color basic can not be carved
Now, I'm going to talk about laser power
The laser power is refers to the laser power which the laser sends out,
also is the laser intensity, the laser power uses the wattage to express.
The same number of watts as a light bulb.
The laser power adjustment in the software is to adjust the percentage of the maximum power output of the laser.
If the laser is 10W, for example, 100% of the output is 10W, and 50% of the output is 5W.
What is the advantage of adjustable power?
For certain photographic materials, the light intensity must not be too high.
For example, black plastic, too strong will lead to plastic burn,
so the need to reduce the power of sculpture
In general, the laser is 100% and the depth of carving is 0.
If the material can print out visible traces or even burn the material,
you need to reduce the laser power.
If this is not the case, you do not need to make adjustments
The laser power can be adjusted to 100% , so the carving speed will be faster
PRINTING DEPTH
In fact, printing depth adjustment is to adjust the burning time,
that is, the laser stays at a certain point in time.
What does it mean that the appearance is made by the speed and sculptural changes in depth
This means that as the printing depth increases, say from 10 to 30,
the printing speed slows down and the engraving depth deepens.
This actually makes the laser stay longer at each point.
Well, that makes sense. Now we know how to adjust the laser power,
we know what depth means, but we don't know how to print
materials, how to print materials, or how to test combinations of materials.
Next, we show how to test laser power and sculpt depth parameters of new materials
How to test new material carving parameters
When you first use the material does not know the corresponding specific laser power or carving depth,
you can test
Finding a very small photo to test first will speed up the test time
Then according to the material characteristics, if it is black plastic,
it must be very easy to carve the material,
then the first laser power to 25% , carving depth to 0.
Print it for the first time, see how it looks? If it doesn't work,
set the laser to 30% power, same depth, 35% if you have to, and so on, until it works.
Adjustments must wait until the test pattern has been printed out.
In addition, as far as possible do not move the position of the engraving machine and the position of the printed items.
Let the engraving machine print in the same place all the time
If the laser power to 100% effect is still not good,
then only adjust the depth of carving,
according to the above steps have been added carving depth.
Basically can engrave material at laser power 100% ,
engrave depth below 50 can engrave, .
Printing depth of more than 50 can not be carved on the mark, basically can not be carved material
If the material is hard and doesn't burn well,
simply turn the laser power to 100% and the depth of the carving to 0.
Slowly start increasing the depth of the carving.
Changing and switching
between different types
of images
Switch and
modify
Clicking the edit picture
button brings up the picture
category selection
Click on the black and white
to go to image editing
The first is a black-and-white
diagram,，
Drag a picture to make a blackand-white picture
by default
WHAT‘S A black-and-white？？
Black and white only two
colors black and white,
when carving only black parts,
automatically ignore the
white parts.
Black-and-white image mode
printing speed,
the most wide range of
applications.
Switch and
modify
The second is a sketch
Click on the sketch to
go to the sketch editor
screen
A sketch is a drawing
that looks like a sketch.
When printing, there is
a certain degree of
grayscale changes,
printing speed is very
slow, good effect,
suitable materials are
very few.。
Switch and
modify
The third one is the
tracing point
Click on the line graph
to switch to the line
graph
This mode only has black
and white colors, but the
arrangement of pixels and
densities depends on the
grayscale of the original
image.
即， Where the color
dark pixel layout is
dense, light color
layout is sparse.
Zoom in to see the
changes in pixels
Switch and
modify
The last one is a vector
graph
Click on the vector map
to enter the vector
editing interface.
Note that the vector
editing interface is
different from the
picture editing
interface,
，
Vector drawing is to
extract the edge of the
current image and
vectorize it,
This picture may not be
very clear, try to
change the following
simple picture.
Switch and
modify
The image below, after
the edges have been
extracted, is the image
on the left. Carving will
be based on the edge
of the path to go, the
final line of the sample
chapter
Let's look at some of the features of image editing, for example, black
and white image editing, other image editing methods are the same
Switch and
modify
Click the resize button to bring up the
resize menu
The top two adjustment boxes are
width and height. Note that the
Mouse Click adjustment box to lock
to change the number, when the lock
has a cursor flashing, you can also
Enter the number, click Enter to
confirm input.
When the "scale" button is red, the
scale is locked, you can click on it,
and then in the case of red and
primary color change the height and
width try.
When the "new" button is red, click
OK to create a new image based on
the height and width above. For the
primary color is based on the height
and width to change the original
image size 。
Switch and
modify
Click the threshold adjustment
button to bring up the
adjustment menu
Mainly used to filter a few pixels, so that the black and white
painting looks more reasonable. The two images on the right are
10% and 80% sample chapters, respectively. You can adjust it to
Switch and
modify
Click on the brush button, the adjustment
menu pops up and the brush is locked to
red. At this time, the left key can draw in
the picture, the right key can drag the
picture, the scroll wheel can still zoom, you
need to click again to cancel the drawing
The mouse can drag the above color
block to adjust the brush size, the
mouse pointer on the adjustment
color block, scroll wheel can also
adjust the size.
You can click "white" or "black" to
switch the brush color, the font
becomes red that the current brush is
that color.
The top of the picture is painted by a black brush, the bottom is painted by a white brush
Black, to edit state, double-click the picture to complete editing, and placed on the picture
Switch and
modify
Drag to view fonts
Click the font placement button, pop up
the font properties box, and click cancel
again
The mouse can drag the above color
block adjustment font size, mouse
pointer on the adjustment color block,
scroll wheel can also adjust the size.
White, bold, Italic, placed
Black. Placed and ready
You can click "white" or "black" to
switch font colors. You can change
the font style by clicking "bold" and
"Italic"
The following list is the font
selection box, click to select
Switch and
modify
Click the cut button, pop up the
picture selection box again click to
cancel the cut
Drag to resize
Drag the selection box inside the selection box.
double-click inside the selection box to
complete the cut
Before extraction
After extraction,
Click on the skeleton extraction button, you can extract the
picture skeleton, vector map generation, with a certain sense of
art
Switch and modify
Extracted and entered the
vector editing interface
Switch
Click the finish button to finish editing and load
the control screen. If you don't want to keep the
edit, click the cancel button below (the icon is
the x button)
and modify
Switch and modify
Right Click on the black grid or
image area to bring up a menu
Click on each one to see what
happens
When you Click Save,
you will be prompted to save the path below,
and the image will be saved to your hard drive
Switch and modify
Click the finish button to finish editing and
load the control screen.
If you don't want to keep the edit,
click the cancel button below (the icon is
the x button)
Switch and modify
Sketch carving is basically the same as black and white
carving.
Please note that the Pixel filter function can not be used
in sketch carving mode
Here's a look at vector editing
Switch and modify
Click the resize button to bring
up the resize menu
The vector adjustment has
locked the proportion,
confirmed the good height
and the width to click the
confirmation, then,
Note that you have to resize first,
and then do things like
rotate the image
Ps：Vector graphics
will be based on the
print interface
drawing vector edges,
if you need to extract
font and other edges,
first confirm the
loading of the print
interface
Switch and modify
Rotate 90
Left and Right
Mirror images
Up and down
mirror image
You can click on
these buttons to
see the effect
Switch and modify
Into A black-andwhite image
Click to convert to a
black and white
image and load the
black and white
image editing screen
Click the finish button to finish editing and load
the control screen. If you don't want to keep
the edit, click the cancel button below (the icon
is the x button)
How to make a beautiful
sketch
Type A grayscale image
Not all materials are suitable for printing
detailed grayscale maps, so before printing
grayscale, take kraft paper and Elm as
examples, and test the material
Type A grayscale image
First prepare the material, the focal spot must be small, the
object from the laser head 35-40 mm is preferred
（If your machine is not capable of focusing, use the distance as
indicated by the laser head above the machine）
Type A grayscale image
The test image is a gradient, that is, the image from
black to white to form a gradient, select the sketch
mode, adjust the filter value to make the gradient more
uniform direct click complete, load control page
Type A grayscale image
Adjust the laser
power about
45%
SCULPT DEPTH:
35%
Start Printing
Adjust the laser power and engraving depth until the gradient
effect is obvious, as shown in the following figure
1: FIRST ADJUST THE LASER POWER, until the black side and
the white side has a clear distinction. If the whole line is black,
then the laser power is reduced. If the whole line is White, then
the laser power is increased.
2: To the two ends of the more obvious differences, but
not obvious gradient, you can appropriately increase
the depth of carving.
3: Different machine parameters have certain
differences
Kraft paper: Laser power 45% , carving depth
36
Elm Board: Laser power 50.8% , carving depth 30.5
Type A grayscale image
Note: The greater
the laser power, the
darker the print color.
The deeper the
engraving, the
darker the print
color,，
After setting the parameters, drag the
picture to start printing
Type A grayscale image
Kraft paper
ELM Board
Advantages of tracing
point graph
Advantages of tracing point graph
As mentioned above, the graph is a discrete black-and-white graph in which the density of black
pixels changes with the grayscale. So the plot is exactly the same as in black and white. But
because the arrangement of black PIXELS has a change in density, so when printing can form 8
牛皮纸
gray level. As mentioned above, a plot is a discrete black-and-white plot, with the density of black
pixels changing according to the grayscale. So the plot is exactly the same as the black and white
plot. But because the arrangement of black PIXELS has a change in density, so when printing can
form 8-level gray level
榆木板
The adjustment of laser power and printing depth is exactly the same as that of blackand-white drawing, and the applicable range of materials is almost the same. So the
printing speed isn't much different. But the resulting images are sometimes much
better looking. It is recommended to try tracing point printing.
Note, however, that this only works if the graph with the color change is converted into a graph,
which means that when you zoom in,
you can see the change in point density.
BLACK-AND-WHITE MAP points into a tracing point map and black-and-white map is not much different,
feel worse, the following two examples
A black-and-white graph is like a black-and-white graph
Advantages of tracing point graph
A plot of points with color variations. Note the distribution of points
Advantages of tracing point graph
牛皮纸
As 榆木板
mentioned above, the laser power and print depth of a dot plot is
exactly the same as that of a black-and-white plot. The following sets
of sample chapters illustrate the advantages of a pointwise map
Advantages of tracing point graph
Test Material: PLATE
PROTECTIVE SHELL
LASER POWER: 30%
carving depth: 0
The material is a flat plate protective Shell
Black and white on the left
On the right hand side: tracing point effect
Advantages of tracing point graph
Test Material: KRAFT
PAPER
LASER POWER: 100%
CARVING DEPTH: 7
The material is: Kraft paper
ABOVE: Black and white effect
The following figure:
Trace Point figure carving effect
Advantages of tracing point graph
牛皮纸
。
榆木板
So it looks so good. What‘s the downside?？
There are two main points:
First of all, black-and-white images can not be directly generated point drawings。
Second, it is possible that on some materials,
a pointwise graph will behave much like a black-and-white graph
The power of vector
graphics
The power of vector graphics
Vector graphics are useful for two things: they can
be used to cut and they can be used to sculpt
Let's start with how to cut, how to adjust the parameters,
how thick the material can be cut
The power of vector graphics
For example, drag in the software and then click on the vector
You can't see all the edges
because the image is so small.
You can zoom in at this point.
After determining the size,
click the finish button
The power of vector graphics
For cutting, the laser
power is usually set to
100%
Print depth note,
whether used for cutting
or carving, generally
can not be less than 50
depth. Because it's too
small, it's too fast, it
vibrates. 60 over here
You can set the number of cuts
The figures here show that the
graph has to be cut three times
before it is complete. Cutting
Times automatically complete,
click on the start will cut the
corresponding number of times.
The following cutting test material
is 0.5 mm thick kraft paper
The power of vector graphics
Why cut it so many times? Because the material is thicker, the
laser won't burn through it all at once. Fast multi-cutting also
helps to improve the quality of cutting, will not burn objects
How many times do you have to cut what? That's where the test
comes in. Here the thickest material had better not be more than
3mm thick, too thick material will lead to focus change big, difficult
to cut. The number of test cuts can be incrementally increased until
the cut is complete. Laser power 100% , print depth 60% 。
The power of vector graphics
Finished cutting, 0.5 mm
kraft paper on the left,
2.3 mm black acrylic on
the right
The power of vector graphics
Let's talk about how vector graphics can be used to sculpt
and what effect they can have
The power of vector graphics
For example, drag in the software and then click on the vector
The power of vector graphics
雕刻比较重要的是激光功率，
因为雕刻深度不能降低，太高
功率容易烧糊。以牛皮纸为例，
所以激光功率调到30%即可。
不同的材料功率有所不同，这
里需要稍加测试
切割次数注意设置成1就好。
Test Material: KRAFT
PAPER LASER POWER:
30%
CARVING DEPTH: 60
The power of vector graphics
The final result is the edge
vector image above and
the Skeleton Vector image
below,
Engraving machine
setup
Set Up
Click on the bottom button to pop up
the settings box
Now let's focus on the role of the
middle three options
Set Up
Enable location assist,
and you see this,
this is a powerful location tool
Set Up
Transverse ruler
Origin
Vertical ruler
The horizontal ruler and
vertical ruler can be
dragged
The following number
indicates the distance
from the center of the
origin to a horizontal or
vertical ruler.
How does it work? Look
down
Take the operation of the
horizontal ruler and the origin
as an example. The vertical
ruler is exactly the same
We could try dragging the
origin
Long Press Horizontal Ruler,
the number will become
bright color, connect
engraving machine,
engraving machine x axis will
be in horizontal ruler and
origin direct back and forth
movement
Double-click on the ruler. The
laser will move to the
corresponding coordinates of
the ruler
Double-click the origin. Sculpt
the opportunity to move to
the origin coordinates
Try pressing the origin
long enough to see what
happens.
Set Up
横向尺
Set Up
Transverse ruler
What‘s the point of all that stuff？
Can Be used as a ruler to
measure the length or width of
an object
It can be located at any point
You can measure the distance
between pictures
You can adjust whether the
laser path is parallel to the
material （ For example, a
long horizontal ruler laser
moves directly back and forth
between the ruler and the
origin, dragging the origin to
the edge of the material to see
if the x axis path is parallel to
the edge of the material ）
Set Up
Hiding
Unconcealed
Print time hiding, use will be hidden after the print time schedule and other information
Set Up
Preview box
The preview box is in the upper left
corner
The engraving machine has a
large area. The software can't fully
display it. So we can only do a
preview to see some relative
position and other information 。
One of the largest white box equivalent
to the engraving machine total area.
The red box corresponds to the size of
the software's black grid area as seen
so far, while the White Square in the
middle represents the size and relative
position of the image
Try dragging the image around to see
what happens
Try Dragging or scaling the Black Grid
area to see what changes
Try dragging the red box in the
preview box
Set Up
Setting positioning speed
Note: In contrast to the
previous instructions, two
items have been added to the
settings. Other functions
remain the same.
Location speed can be set at
1-10 levels. Set it to 1 for the
slowest position, set it to 10 for
the fastest position.
Note that this setting can also
affect the speed of the locator
function.
Set Up
Finally, thank you for your
support
Thank you for yourreading and enjoy