UsersManualofLasercutofflinecontrolsystemChapter1Overview1.1LaserengravingcuttingsystemintroductionLaserengravingcuttingsystemthroughacomputernumericalcontrolmachinetoolstoachieveeffectivecontrol,accordingtotheusersdifferentrequirementsofthecompletionofprocessingtasksThesystemincludingcontrolboardandcontrolpanel,andsupportingsoftware.Thismanualdescribeshowtousethesoftwaretocompletethetaskoflaserprocessing.(Motherboardwiringandcontrolpaneloperations,seetheaccompanyingmanualandcontrolpanelwiringboardoperatinginstructions)1.2SoftwaresupportedfileformatsVectorformatdxf,ai,plt,dst,dsbetcBitmapformatbmp,jpg,gif,png,mng,etc1.3Environmentalrequirements
WindowsXPoperatingsystemandabove,XPrecommendedAboveCPU586,abovePIIIorPVrecommendedMemory,above1GrecommendedChapter2SoftwareBasicOperation2.1ThemaininterfaceoperationAfterstartthesoftware,youcanseetheinterfaceshowninthefollowingfigure.MenuBarThemainfunctionofthissoftwareareavailablethroughtheimplementationoftheMenuBar.Executethemenucommandisthemostbasicmodeofoperation.MenuBarincluding:DocumentEditDrawSettingProcessingViewandHelp.SystemBar:OntheSystemBar,placedsomemostcommonlycommandbuttonswhichischosenfromthemenu.GraphicsBar:Graphicspropertybaristhebasicattributesofgraphicsoperations,includinggraphiclocation,size,scale,numberprocessing.EditBarTheEditBardefaultontheleftoftheworkarea.IntheEditBarplacedfrequentlyusedtoolstomaketheoperationmoreflexibleandconvenient.AlignBarAlignmentoftheselectedobjectsLayerBarChangethelayeroftheselectedobjectsMenubarSystembarEditbarAlignbarLayerbarControlpanelGraphicsbar
ControlPanelUsingtheControlPaneltocompletelaserprocessingofmultipletasks,Layerparametersettings,axiscontrol,processingetc.2.2LanguagesettingsandmanufacturesinformationInadditiontoinstallationprocesscansetthesoftwarelanguagetype,youcaneasilyswitchindifferentlanguage.ClickMenuBarHelp->/Languageexpandmenuselecttherequiredlanguagetypes.Toobtainmanufacturersinformation,sothatwecanprovideyouwithbetterservice.ClickMenuBarHelp->AboutRDCAMHowtosetmanufacturers,refertoRDCAMsoftwareinstallationinstructionsThebottomofthedialogboxshowsthecurrentsoftwareversionnumber.Asdifferentversionsofsoftwaremaybehavesomedifferencesonthefunctionsandinterfaces,youcaneasilycontactandcommunicatewithmanufacturersthroughsoftwareversionnumber.
2.3PageSettingClickMenuBarConfig->PagesettingthefollowingdialogboxappearsPagewidthSoftwarepagewidth,usuallyassociatedwithmachineXbreadthPageheightSoftwarepageheightusuallyassociatedwithmachineYbreadthUndernormalcircumstances,ifyouhaveconnectedtothemotherboard,softwarewillautomaticallyformatforthecurrentworkofthemachine,asapagesize.Iftheboardisnotconnected,orneedtheirowncustompagesize(suchastosetthepagesizebymaterial),youcanusethepagesettingtoreconfigurethepagesize.GridSettinggirdspaceandwhetherenablegrid.KeyboardUsercanusearrowkeytomovingorrotatingtheselectedgraphics.ColorconfigSettingthecoloroftheworkarea.2.4FileOpenandSaveThesoftwareusesrldfileformattosavegraphicinformationlayerparametersofvariouslayersandprocessingsequenceofthegraphicelements.2.4.1OpenFileClickmenuFile->Open,orclickicon,thefollowingdialogboxappears2Selectfile(e.g.Default.rld),clickOpen
2.4.2SaveFile1ClickmenuFile->Save,orclickicon,thefollowingdialogboxappears2EnterthefilenameintheeditboxthenclickSave2.5FileImportandExportBecausethissoftwareisrldformat,sotomakeoredittheuseofothermaterialswillbedonebyimporting.AfterusingtheExporttographicfilesforothersoftware.Supportedfileformatforimport:dxf,ai,plt,dst,dsb...etcSupportedfileformatforexport:plt2.5.1FileImportClickmenuFile->ImportorclickiconThefollowingdialogboxappears.Selectfile,andclickOpenInputfilename
SelectPreviewtheselectedfilecanbeshown.Formostvectorfile,dataautomaticallyimportedintothecorrespondinglayerofRDCAMsoftwareaccordingtothelayerdescription.ForsomespecialdocumentssuchasDST/DSB,datawillbeimportedintothecurrentlayer.2.5.2FileexportClickmenuFile->ExportorclickiconTheExportdialogboxappears.Inputfilename,andclickbuttonSave.2.5.3FileparameterssettingPLTPrecision:Accordingtotheaccuracyoftheoriginalpltfiletoselecttheappropriateimportunit.Smoothcurves:Whenimportvectorfileautomaticallysmoothingtheoriginalcurves.Fortheoriginalgraphicissmoothorneedtorepeatedlyadjustthebesetsmoothingeffect,youcanuncheckthisbutton.Donotdosmoothingcurvesmayreducetimeofimportprocessing.AutoclosecurvesAccordingtoclosetoleranceautomaticcheckandclosedcurveCombinelinesAccordingtomergertolerance,auto-connectingcurves.Currentlayer
ColormapautomaticallyswitchtograyscaleBecauseundernormalcircumstances,graphicsarebasedongrayscale.Iftheimportedbitmapisacolorimagecanbeconvertedtograyscale.ImportDxftextmessageWhentheuserneedonlyDxfthegraphicinformation,notneedthetextinformationwithinthefile,donotcheckthis.Exportprecision:Theprecisionofexportpltfileoroutputfile.Velocityunit:Softwaresupportedtwotypesofspeedunit:mm/sm/min.Selectedaccordingtousage.Afteritwasselected,thespeedofparametersontheinterfaceunitwillchangewithit.2.6BasicgraphicscreationLineClickmenuDraw->LineorclickEditBar,dragthemouseonthescreenyoucandrawanarbitrarylinePresstheCtrlkeywhiledraggingthemousetodrawhorizontalorverticalline.PolylineClickmenuDraw->PolylineorclickEditBarDragthemouseonthescreenyoucandrawanarbitrarypolyline.RectangleClickmenuDraw->RectangleorclickEditBarDragthemouseonthescreenyoucandrawanarbitrarysizerectangle.PresstheCtrlkeywhiledraggingthemousetodrawsquare.EllipseClickmenuDraw->EllipseorclickEditBarDragthemouseonthescreenyoucandrawanarbitrarysizeellipse.PresstheCtrlkeywhiledraggingthemousetodrawround.PointClickmenuDraw->EllipseorclickEditBar.Clickthemouseonthescreen,youcandrawanpoint.TextClickmenuDraw->TextorclickEditBarAndtheninadrawingareaanypositionclick,pop-uptextinputdialogbox.
Choosefontword,inputtextword,thensethigh,wide,wordspacing,linespacing.ClickagainOK.Thesoftwarealsosupportsvariabletext,theso-calledvariabletext,thetextisneedaccordingtocertainruleschange,everyoutputprocessingtime,texttobeautomaticchangeagain.Forthesystemvariableshavecharactertypedatevariablesandserialnumber.Variableisthedatewhenthecurrenteverytimeprocessingtakethecurrentsystemofcomputertimeoutput.Softwareoffersavarietyofdateformatforcustomerstochoose.Userscanalsosetthedatemigration,havethedaybythemonthaccordingtotheyears3kinds.Asinpackagingcarvedontheexpirationperiodcanusetheproduct.
IfABC0001DEFprocessesrepeatedly,ABC0002DEF,ABC003DEFuntilABC9999DEFagroupofserialnumber.Prefix:serialnumberprefix,exampleABCisleadingstring.Suffix:theserialnumberofthesuffix,exampleDEFisthestringafter.StartSN:fromwhichaspecifiednumberstartmanufacturing,exampleistostartto0001serialnumber.CurrentSN:thecurrentprocessingtowhich,serialNumbers,canalsobeusedtospecifythecurrenttoprocessingwhichserialnumber.Asintheprocessingagroupofserialnumber,leakageprocessingtheone,butthroughthedesignatedthecurrentserialnumbertomakeprocessing,notsetstart,serialNumbers,becauseinsomecasesagroupofserialnumberrequiresrepeatedprocessing,namelytoaserialnumber,needtogobacktothestartserialnumberstartmanufacturing.SNInc:theintervalnumbercanbeprescribedsequencenumber.Examplewillinturnprocessingfrom0001to9999serialnumber,theincrementis1.Ifonlyneedtooutputevenoroddnumberserialnumber,cansetincrementalis2.Enablereset:whenserialnumberprocessingtoresettheserialnumber,currentSNwillbeautomaticallyresettostartSN.Examplerequiresrepeatedprocessingfrom0001to9999,serialNumbers,socanbedesignated9999asreset,serialNumbers,whenprocessingthe9999serialnumber,textwillautomaticallychangeto0001.EnableprefixZERO:ifnotleadtozero,thesystemwillautomaticallyremovethefirstintheserialnumberofzerodigitalbeforethezero.Suchastheexample,serialNumbers,ifnottheleader'szerocanABC0001DEFwillbecomeABC1DEF.Butitisworthnotingthat,ifwewanttooutputserialnumberisABC1DEF,ABC2DEFuntilABC9999DEF,wecan'tthroughthewillstartSNsetto1toachieve,butthroughthecancelEnableprefixZEROtoachieve,thisisbecausesetinthespecifiednumberfromthestarttheserialnumberwhichone,beginningoutside,alsospecifiesthenumberofsignificantdigits,suchaswillbegintoserialnumbersetto1,thechangeoftheserialnumberorderis:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5...Serialnumberwon'tchangeto10,becausetheeffectiveaserialnumberhad1.
EnableSNarraytothearrayofway,one-timeprocessingmoreserialnumber.forinstance:000100020003afterthisbatchprocessingserialnumber,001500140013000600050004skipdirectlytothenextgroupof000700080009001600170018001600170018CaptureClickmenuDraw->CaptureorclickEditBarIfthecomputerhasbeenconnectedtotheimagedevice,thedialogboxwillappear.Afteritwasselected,youcancollectthepicturesfromthespecifieddevice.2.7ObjectSelectionIntheprocessofdrawingandeditgraphics,firstofallistoselecttheobject.Whentheobjectisbeingselected,inthecenterofthisobjectwillhaveashapedmark×andsurroundedbyeightcontrolpoints.ClickmenuDraw->SelectorclickEditBarswitchtostatusSelectUnderthisstatus,youcanselectobject.ThefollowingarefivekindsofmethodofselectingClickmenuEdit->SelectAllShortcutsCtrl+A,selectallobjectsClickmouseonthescreentoselectsingleobject