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In the SmartXp we have a Lasercutter for cutting and engraving materials mainly for Creative Technology students but also for others
You have to buy materials yourself
suitable materials:
Acrylic - max 6mm
PETG (Copolyester) - max 1mm
Birch Plywood - max 6mm
Poplar Plywood - max 6mm
Cardboard- max 4mm
Woodboard
Paper
Poplar Plywood plates for lasercutting can be bought here at the SmartXp
Poplarplate 4x300x600mm €2.00
Poplarplate 4x600x1000mm €7.00
Poplarplate 6x300x600mm €3.00
Poplarplate 6x600x1000mm €10.00
Poplarplate 8x600x600mm €6.00
Poplarplate 8x600x1000mm €11.00
Poplarplate 10x300x600mm €7.00
Acrylic plates €0.015 /gram
Acrylic plates can also be bought at the TCO selfservice workshop
or at several places on the internet like Bouwplastics.nl
Not allowed materials:
Polystyrene, Polycarbonate, Delrin, PVC, MDF and Hardwood plywood
Be carefull when buying Acrylic plates in shops. Sometimes they sell you Polystyrene plates instead off Acrylic.
Other materials: please ask before buying anything.
Design rules:
- Cuttinglines must be RGB red hairlines(vector). Hairline is a line with a thickness of less than 0,11 mm.
- Engraving parts are greylevel lines/parts or bitmaps. Black is highest engraving power, white least.
- Lines thinner as 0,11mm are considerd to be hairlines even if they are not red and will be cut.
- fileformats: cdr, dxf, eps, pdf, ai.
- Send your design by e-mail to A.P.deVries@utwente.nl .
- Mention details like material and thicknes. You should also mention the size of at least one item to avoid conversion errors.
- Maximum size 1000x600mm
- The order in which items are cut is back to front. In Coreldraw: the items on the objectslist are cut from bottom to top. When cutting “nested” objects you should cut the inner objects first
- Avoid double cutlines!
Want to make a box? You can use Boxmaker. It will give you a pdf file which can be loaded in Coreldraw where you can add holes and engravings. You could also use:
MakerCase or even better: this one
You could use Coreldraw on one of the SmartXp desktop systems or ask Alfred.
Ideas on connecting plates can be found at cnc-panel-joinery-notebook