![]() Once you have made your choice, the raster image appear in the workspace selected with handles. Is your choice, ebbedding results a bigger svg file size. If you choose a raster image you will be asked to embed the image or link to the file. To import the graphics file of your choice from Menus - File > Import, (or press ctrl+I) … open an explorer window where you can choose the graphics file format. Obviously is preferred to use a B&W or grey shading image. ![]() Once the area of the object is available, you can draw something using the drawing capability of inkscape, or import a readymade graphic (vector or bitmap). Software I installed on the engraver is the suggested Benbox, while to obtain a correctly scaled drawing I'll use Inkscape. In this one I'll show you how to produce an image already scaled to the correct size and ready to be engraved only positioning the objet with the upper left corner in the home position of the laser engraver. In a previous instructable I'll show how to make and use a customized grid plane to help you positioning the object and scale images to be engraved on it. It is a great tool and a well built machine, that is immediately capable of producing satisfactory results, but one of the main trouble about using it, is related to correct scaling the image and centering the object to be engraved in the operating area. It has an engraving area of A5 format and it can be supplied with a different range of laser power, starting from 300mW to 5500mW. One of the objects that has always been on top of my wish list was a Laser Cutter/Engraver.
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