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Cutting and engraving wellLesson 1 of 19

Focus test

Find the height that puts the beam at its sharpest on this material.

1

Set the material on the bed and cut the test lines.

2

The machine does not move the head for you: raise it by the step between lines, and one comes out thinner than the rest.

3

Set the head to the height of the cleanest line and use it for the job.

Every setting

8

What each number in the dialog means, and where it starts.

Lines

How many lines to cut

Starts at 10 · 3 to 30
Line length

Length of each line (mm)

Starts at 60 · 10 to 300
Gap between lines

Gap between lines (mm)

Starts at 5 · 1 to 20
Tick height

Height of the end ticks (mm)

Starts at 3 · 1 to 10
Start height

Focus height of the first line (mm)

Starts at 0 · -50 to 50
Height step

How much the focus height changes per line (mm)

Starts at 0.5 · -10 to 10
Start x

Left edge (mm)

Starts at 20 · 0 or more
Y

Top line (mm)

Starts at 20 · 0 or more

What it is

Draws one line per focus height with the height written beside it. The machine does not raise the head for you, so raise it a step between lines.

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