Using The Red Dot Laser Pointer For Positioning - Vision Engraving & Routing Systems Express User Manual

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Using the Red Dot Laser Pointer for Positioning

A common and easy way to position text and graphics is to use the Red Dot Laser Pointer in addition to
an outline of the area to be engraved drawn in the Vision 9 software. The following example will walk the
user through this process.
In this example, a 3 inch diameter piece of acrylic will be used and a circular engraving area will be
designed. If you are using a rectangular item, the process will be very similar and differences are noted
here detailing the variations in the job set up.
First, place the material somewhere on the table. (If using a rectangular item, make sure it is square to
the table edge guides). In this example, Multimat is used to hold down the piece of acrylic. Next, install a
cutter into the spindle (in this example, the diamond drag cutter is used because it has a fine point
which will be used for positioning the spindle). Lower the cutter until the tip extends below the nose cone
(see picture below). Open the Jogger in the Vision 9 software and move the tip of the cutter to the top
edge of the piece of acrylic (using the left, right, up and down arrow buttons, as well as the Z down
buttons) and write down the Y position readout in the Jogger window. As shown here, the cutter tip is
pointing to the top edge of the piece of acrylic. (For rectangular items, move the cutter tip to the upper
left corner of your engraving area).
The Jogger window shows a Y position of 1.642 inches for this example. Write down the number in the
Y readout field, then move the spindle to the left edge of your material. In this example, the left edge is
located at an X position of 2.619 inches, write the X readout number down for the left edge. Repeat
moving the spindle to the right and bottom edges of your material and note their positions from the
Jogger window readout. In this example, the right edge is at an X position of 5.619 inches and the
bottom position is at a Y position of 4.642 inches. (For rectangular items, you can use the X and Y
readouts in the Jogger window for the upper left and lower right corners of your engraving area).
Disconnect from the Jogger and close the Jogger window when finished finding the X and Y locations
(top, left, right and bottom edges of your engraving area).
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