GCC Venus
Venus LASER Engraver
Runs as a printer using CorelDraw
35W upgrade
| Work Area | 11.8"x8.3" (300mm × 210mm) |
| Max. Working Piece | 14.2"x11.8"x2.8" (W×D×Thick) (360x300x70mm) |
| Table Size | 14.2"x11.8" (360x300mm) |
Materials
1/16" Basswood - vector cut speed 7.4, power 100% cut through, but speed may be increased. Speed of 10, power 100% was too fast to cut through
1/8" Birch plywood - vector cut speed 2.7, power 100% cuts through
Notes
Clean the bed after use. Wipe it down with windex. Use a single edge razor blade if necessary to remove tar/sap after engraving wood.
Lowering DPI to 250 will improve speed and reduce burn marks. This setting is in the Properties dialog for the printer driver.
Using Inkscape
Save you work as EPS Encapsulated PostScript. Dialog box will pop-up for making EPS settings. Restrict PS Level should be set to PostScript Level 2.
Inside CorelDraw open the EPS file.
Duplicate lines in DXF file
Some lines in a DXF file appeared to be thicker than others. Selecting the line and right clicking gave the option to break apart curves. You could then manually select and delete the duplicated line. Found suggestions in prepping the file before exporting here: [[1]]
You can also remove duplicate lines globally using a macro File:RemoveUnderlyingDups.gms as described here: [[2]].
- Combine the shapes to a single object / curve
- Select the shape with the shape tool
- Break Curve (This will bread each curve at its node points)
- Now Break Curve Apart (Ctrl - K)
- Run Macro - Remove Underlying Dups (attached)
Install MACRO in CorelDraw
- Copy the macro file *.gms to the folder GMS.
- For Windows Vista or Windows7/8:
- if CoreDraw X4: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4\User Draw\GMS\ - if CoreDraw X5/X6/X7: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5/X6/X7\ Draw\GMS\
- Start or restart CorelDRAW.
- Select in the Menu Bar: Tools-Customization...
- In the opening Options select: Customization - Commands.
- In the drop-down list select: Macros.
- In the list of installed macros, search for the macro
- In the Appearance tab:
− In the Caption field – you can adjust the name of the macros or to set it; − In the Image field – you can draw a button, or select from preinstalled, clicking on Import. − Button Files ... allows you to import a picture.
- Drag the macro you want from the list to the toolbar and click OK
