MakeRiga notes
MakeRiga is a Makerspace in Riga with laser cutter, various 3D printers, and other tools for making great things!
Laser Cutter notes
Hardware
Modelhw: Gweike
- Settings: Laser at 50%/100%
- Software Lasercut 5.3
Suggested settings:
| Material | Speed | power | corner power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressed cardboard 4mm | 25 | 80 | 25 |
| Org 5mm. | 10 | 80 | 50 |
Design with Sketchup
I like to make designs in Sketchup and then export to svg/dxf for the laser cutting plotter.
- Make Sketchyp design. Keep the final details in one plane.
- Save as SVG file. One way is to use plugin at
Menu -> Edit -> 161 Entities -> Export to SVG file
- Enter the output file path
- Export Face(s) as: Paths
- Measurements: Millimeters
- Open the SVG file in Inkscape
- Edit as needed (move for a better fit, add/convert text to paths)
- File -> Save as: Desktop Cutting Plotter (AutoCAD DXF R14)(*.dxf)
- Choose "Base unit" as PX
- use LWPOLYLINE type of line output
- (Optional) Open with LibreCAD for verification of the DXF file. Measure some dimensions as needed to make sure.
- Open the DXF with the Laser cutter software, move to the print area, arrange as needed, and download to the Laser cutter.
