Generating Laser Cutter Compatible SolidWorks （产生激光切割机SolidWorks兼容）.pdfVIP

Generating Laser Cutter Compatible SolidWorks Drawing Files Overview: This guide will cover how to generate a laser cutter compatible file from an existing SolidWorks part file. Procedure: 1. After completing a SolidWorks model of your part, start a new drawing (File New… Drawing). In the initial configuration window, enable “Custom sheet size” and set the dimensions to a reasonable size. A good choice of size is the physical dimensions of the laser cutter cutting area (24” x 18”) or better yet, the physical dimensions of your medium. 2. Right-click inside the tool ribbon at the top of the SolidWorks window and enable the “Layer” toolbar. This toolbar will allow us to generate layers that we will use to change line colors. 3. Locate the now available Layer toolbar and click the “Layer Properties” button 4. Clicking this will open up a new window listing available layers. At this point, the list should be empty. 5. Add a new layer by pressing “New”. Give the layer a descriptive name and adjust the color by clicking the colored square (most likely black as this point) and selecting an appropriate color. For the laser cutter, you should select red for cutting and blue for engraving.