Course
Getting started
From a machine that is not plugged in to a part you have cut.
11lessons
44illustrated steps
11 lessons
What you will be able to do
Connect a machine, set up its profile, understand what actually gets sent, and cut your first job.
The lessons, in order
11Each one assumes the one before it. Marking them off is kept in this browser only, so there is nothing to sign in to.
1
Connect your machine
Get the software talking to your laser so you can send jobs. Nothing cuts until this link is live.
2
Set up the machine profile
The software needs your bed size, head count and origin corner so parts land in the right place and framing stays…
3
What actually cuts
Every layer has an output switch, and it decides on its own what goes to the machine.
4
Send your first job
Getting a drawing onto material is four checks and one button. Knowing which four means you never press Start wondering.
5
Frame before you cut
Framing walks the head around the job with the laser off, which is the only way to know where a part lands before it…
6
Connect and bind the camera
Bind the overhead camera to this machine so the bed view and print-and-cut belong to the right laser, even when you…
7
Calibrate the camera
Calibration teaches the software exactly where the camera is looking, so the spot you click on the bed image is where…
8
Camera settings
Tune the live view so the bed reads clearly: zoom in, straighten the image, show a grid, and click to jog the head.
9
Measure the distance between two heads
On a two-head machine the software needs the exact gap between the heads, so both cut in the right place and the…
10
Line up a printed sheet by hand
A printed sheet never lands square, and the cut has to follow the print rather than the bed.
11
Line up a printed sheet with the camera
The camera does the same job as your eye on each mark, without jogging the head there by hand.