![]() At the time, I used Adobe Illustrator for my main drawing software on the mac and it was handier to have a windoze version on the ‘PC’ so I could simply print from the same software (the UCP software is essentially a printer driver interface) - sadly, you couldn’t print from AI on the Mac to the UCP on the PC emulator. ![]() I ran mine for many years on my Mac using Parallels. The other issue is that the Universal UCP software only works on Windows. Universal are also a very close minded company regarding software - I asked a number of times for simple software changes and got nowhere !!! I did ask way back when LB was first around if it would be possible, but unfortunately not. Lightburn sadly will not work with this laser as it uses a completely different protocol for driving it - not gcode. Strangely, I’ve just recently sold (2 wks ago ) my Universal Versalaser 40W. ![]() If you have any ideas why a drawing like this is raster engraving instead of vector cutting it’d help greatly. If Lightburn could talk to the ULS 60w directly they could use gDraw on their Chromebooks, import to Lightburn and send to the ULS or just whip out a quick design directly in Lightburn and send to ULS. I know we can save a bunch of the material settings they will be using which should make the material selections/settings parts simpler the workflow of gDraw, Lightburn, AI, UCP just sounds a bit too much. ![]() At which point we went and selected the material type and the material thickness then Go(Green arrow) and it proceeded to do a raster engraved and for some reason there was a border around the page which was also raster engraved. Then opened it with AI, changed/verified color was FF0000 ( read for vector cut ) and set the line stroke to. To test I had created a simple wheel(circle with axle hole) in Google Draw( they have gDocs access) and saved it as an SVG on a USB thumb drive and brought it to the USL laser machine. The students can’t install any software on the school supplied devices so they do not have access to AI other than on the dedicated computer at the USL 60W laser. Position it where I want and hit the Green button. I don’t change anything in the Universal software, because I do the same thing over and over. I output a SVG from LB and import it into Illustrator, change the score and cut lines to 0.001" thickness. I export to DXF, and import into LB, because it’s DXF import works better than my old Illustrator DXF import. I design everything in Draftsight - a CAD program. Would love to help Lightburn working with this laser if interested.ĭo the students have the student version of Illustrator on their own computers? I also have a 60w ULS VLS6.60. StudioLink: the most seamless workflow ever conceived in a creative suiteįrom within Affinity Publisher, you can instantly access the advanced toolsets of Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo without ever leaving your layout thanks to the world-first StudioLink technology.The current method the school uses is to create a drawing in Adobe Illustrator(on a dedicated machine) set the color(cut,engrave,vect engrave) then change the line stroke width to set the power level and then Print using a print driver from Universal which brings up a laser sender app where things can be changed again. It’s now being used by more than three million users (and counting!), delivering a next-level experience for photographers, designers, artists, architects, students, teachers, publishers, hobbyists and others looking for top tier creative software without sky-high subscription fees. Since its inception, Affinity has gained the trust of professionals across the globe and picked up some of the industry’s most prestigious awards.
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