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2. File Edit Draw Tool Options View Help DP el a C x 0 00 en 0 00 Y oo Z oo Control Panel COM Find COM COM14 e lt Layer Options Layer Mode Speed Power Output Up Down Top Bottom Machine Control Load Stop Start ES E En Val HENO CREME BOGART Ae X 311 52 Y 113 58 j i THUNDER LASER TECH CO LTD Language Setting click Help Language Settings to change the language directly there re four selections the third one 1s English Language Setting Ju Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese English Other 11 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Open and Save File All the information including parameters of the layers and orders will be saved in the pwj file Click File Open or click E the following dialog will pop up Select the file you want to open ex THUNDERLASER pw and click open Libraries THUNDERLASER Administrator Computer Filename THUNDERLASER Gren Fles oftype PW geste THUNDER LAS seen ee Preview 12 WW W THUNDERLASER COM Click e the following dialog will pop up Input the file name in the edit box and then click save Libraries THUNDERLASER Administrator Computer Files Thunder work Input file name File name THUNDERLASER Save astype PWJ Det pwi 13 LaserGRAV WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Import and Export File The software use pwj format to save files therefo
3. 24 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Create Image Outline Import a Picture and then click Tool Create Image Outline to get a vector outline of the image 25 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV DST Contour If the vector file is not so perfect you can use the DST Contour function to make it more smooth Click Tool DST Contour to create a more smooth file DST Contour Error mm 0 30 Filtrate mm LU 00 26 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Click WWW THUNDERLASER COM Light Barrier on the tool bar to use the light barrier function This function 1s usually to draw the designs engraved on acrylic to make light barrier User can change the different settings to make the design freely Di RW a Se P Light L Can Right Y 400 000 Center Bottom es Light Bar SA Ellipse idts KE Hei gh t Pre 1 AAA lt To e LaserGRAV After doing the settings click apply to project to confirm the settings and draw the design 8 LaserGRAV Untitled Layer Options Speed 500 00 25 00 w Layer Mode Power Output ses Engrave Up Down Top bottom Machine Control Settings Track Cut Load Stop Start Pause dek Z X origin X Focus d SE xr Reset z Reset X 324 87 Y 184 03 Right Qe Da eil File Edit Draw Tool Options View Help D fN e n Q
4. Step into Edit Create Delete 4 mo uR VBA Manager Macros DR active drawings and projects e Options Description Choose PHLaserCut PH Init EN and click Run and then the toolbar will pop up as below me DGOABoOos Axess TACEN va et IO ES Heeadiqag Re PSNSOXORES A MARX PSA coes GE EE CT TT o sist Ieee A oO Mo gt aDaz 2200 30 1U0O0LAA BODO CIO FEO Pap Eo ERR Layout Layout Bb 24 4 68 el a OA a Peon eT CS 62 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Now create your job in AutoCAD LA a P o AutoCAD 2012 THUNDER JOB1 dxf D A SSS er V z po a Bar NN se yr Ep d E T r rE WA TS ry gt TN F ES HERA g so BSE SAS GO XORESa 2 MAGGS Bale E E eT l Ot E dt O3 D Ce d 5 Le ol 3 D o D Gi a IS li o al A Jo KE 4 DEEE Layout Layout gt t f Es Bb e OE 12 84 65 6 Pta a OA 711 eo H dk 63 WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Then click O to switch to LaserGRAV as below File Edit Draw Tool Options View Help DEA e BOP MEQ QA De APE ROX Ai X 300 79 vn 79 28 Eerst 0 00 Y 235 62 61 70 a Tom Control Panel x COM Find COM COM14 e lt Layer Options Layer Mode Speed Power Output A cu 500 00 30 00 Y a c 350 00 20 00 wv Machine Control ae la a lz THUNDER LASER LA ANNO CAMIN
5. Machine Control Load Stop Start Y t FREI zt At 313 KY Reset Z Reset Click Find COM if the machine is turned on and has been connected to computer through a USB cable the correct COM will be showed and the USB icon will turn to Blue color COM em EZ G3 means the laser machine has been connected to computer lt M means the connection 1s cut off 42 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Layer Options You can set different speed power for each single layer by set the layer to different colors Control Panel Find COM COM1 4 v Layer Options COM Layer Mode Speed Power Output sc 450 00 20 00 v Engrave 500 00 15 00 Cut 252 00 22 00 wv Machine Control na en oe ee Layer Parameters Tick output bar to choose whether to process the layer means process the layer Double click the layer Min 500 00 15 00 je and the following dialog will pop up 43 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Layer Parameters Ju Layer MS fork Mode Engr are Cut Parameters Speed mmf sl 0 00 Power DI 0 00 Corner Power 4 0 UU Overlap mm 0 OU Engrave Parameters Speed mm s 00 00 Power DI 15 00 Scan Gap mm 0 10 Engrave Mode k_Two way be e Ramp Engrave Yes Ho Min Power SI 0 00 Une by One El Dot Parameters Work Mode you can choose Cut Engrave Engrave amp Cut or Draw Dot If the current layer is BMP layer you c
6. THUNDER LASER TECH LIMITED Thunder laser Controller bestsoluhontor laser cuttingland engraving systems www thunderlaser com WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Chapter 3 Settings of LaserGRAV Main Window Most job is done in the main window It is suggested to read this section carefully before using the software File Edit Draw Tool Options Vie DF el Sox Help n Qt Q A Eras o X 0 00 e 0 00 B 0 00 To 00 H 0 00 a Control Panel x 0 45 90 135 180 25 270 315 360 405 450 495 540 585 63 CO gt Find COM COM14 y Layer Options Layer Mode Speed Power Output Up Down Top Bottom Machine Control z ES n m GI 180 225 Color Bar FEE Z Reset q FEE 270 315 360 450 NENE CEM 3004D Ae 405 gt ER ga gt SS o EH 52 o A Status Bar THUNDER LASER TECH ET 4 Menu Bar the major functions of the software will be achieved by the following orders File Edit Draw Tool Options View and Help Tool Bar Some frequently used tools Object Bar adjust the selected objects Edit Bar editing tools used to draw lines circle square and adding text etc Align Bar tools used to align multiple objects Color Bar change the color of the selected objects Control Panel set the cutting speed and power and other important settings for the job WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV System Settings Click options system o
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8. Default Parameters When the software parameters are in a mess user can use this function to set the software parameters back to default Click default parameters in Options Menu to reset the parameters as below Reset to Default Para Ju a Set the basic settings before reset to default Basic Settings Machine Zero Top Left e X Range mm 600 Y Range mm 400 Select machine zero point and set X Y Range then click ok 30 WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Chapter 4 Laser Process Settings Relative Position The laser head s relative position to the figure CA Click to set relative position for the laser head as below Relative Position Laser Relative to Figure 0 Top Left Top Center Top Eight Center Lett Center Center Ki ght C Bottom_Left Bottom Center Battom Right ES Choose the relative position to fit your work The default relative position is the same as machine zero point Look at the following examples to set relative position the crossing point is the laser E fe Top Lett Top Center Top Right Le ri Center_ Left Center Center_ Rgiht Bottom Lett Bottom Center Bottom Right 31 WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Array Mirror Image Click to set array parameters as below Y Size 119 23 gry ar Offset 0 0 00 Range 119 23 Y Size 157 56 gryq 1 Offset x 0 00 Y Range 157 56 Auta Fill Caleulate A Size Y Size size of
9. There are two ways to change the parameters Click Read Parameter and then change the parameters and click Save Parameter Click Load Settings to read parameters and then click Save Parameter You can click Save Settings to save the parameters as a file 35 LaserGRAV WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Click Read Parameter to show the default parameter System Settings BIOS Settings A is Pulse Datum Range IQ Open Hap Protection E Blow Air Water Protection Limit Switch Low Level Effective e Motor Control Mode PWM DIR MM Pulse send an pulse to control the machine If this is not correctly set the cutting size will be incorrect If this happens click to change the settings after this setting the software will find the correct pulse ze Expected Size input the correct size that you need lt gt Actual Size input the actual cutting size Pulse Calculate a Expected Size 200 Actual Size 300 36 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Datum rotating direction of motor 1f this setting 1s incorrect the laser head will move to the opposite direction Range max range of work area Initial speed start speed of the machine Max Acc Max accelerate speed of the machine Max Speed Max speed of the machine IO Settings addtional settings to control some special functions Tick to activate each function lt gt Open Flap Protection laser machine will stop working if the front cover of the las
10. draw circle Edit text Click text in draw menu or 1 in edit tool bar and then double left click the mouse the following dialog will pop up Edit Text goe THUNDER LASER SYSTEM Choose font and choose the size of the character and then input the text then click ok 16 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Edit Node gt d R P Click edit node in draw menu or click D these buttons add node delete node j connect node A po separate node in the edit object bar will be activated Select Object Click object to select it The is the node of the selected object A selected rectangle is as below Point in the selected object Click the line of the selected object to edit a point PS press shift to select more than one node Add Node Select a point as below Delete Node Select a node as below WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Then click delete node or in the edit object bar to delete a node as below The node has been deleted Separate Node Select a node as below Unite Node Select two node as below Then click unite node or e in the edit object bar to unite two node as below Two nodes have been united as one 18 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Select Object When the object is selected there is a x in the center of 1t and 8 control points in the corner and the color of it s frame will turn to the default color Click select in draw menu
11. or IS to switch to select mode Below are five ways to select an object Click select all in edit menu or Ctrl A to select all objects Click mouse to select a single object Click the object as below TIAlUIN DEIR LASER Select multiple objects press mouse and draw a rectangle to select multiple objects Add selected objects reduce selected objects Add select an object and then press shift and hold it down and then click other objects to select more Reduce press shift and hold it down and then click an object to release it Select an object by color of the layer Click a in edit object bar and a dialog will pop up as below Select the color and then click ok all objects of the same color will be selected Select Object by Color _ Color of an Object Select an object and then choose of the below color to change the color of an object 19 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Edit Object This will only change an object s position direction size and quality Flip Flip an object horizontally or vertically lk Click in edit object bar to flip an object horizontally El Click in edit object bar to flip an object vertically Rotate an Object There are two ways to use this function 0 00 Y l i use in edit object bar input the number and then click to rotate the object double click an object and the object will be as below THUNDER LASER Move the mouse to the arrows and draw the
12. small user need to set max speed for it to improve the quality Circle Speed 5 00 10 00 10 00 20 00 Engrave Reverse offset The edges of figure may be unsmooth because of the extending of machine strap when the laser bilaterally scanning the picture So we increase the reverse interval to for the amendment There is certain reverse interval under certain speed Generally speaking the faster the speed is the bigger the reverse interval is 38 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Engrave Reverse offset Speed Reverse Offset 200 00 0 30 300 00 0 50 When speed is 200mm s the reverse offset should be 0 30mm when the speed is slower than 200mm s the speed is proportional to reverse offset Thus when the speed is 100mm s the reverse offset should be 0 30 100 200 0 15mm When the speed is 300mm s reverse offset is 0 S5SOmm when the speed is between 200 300mm s the speed is proportional to reverse thus when the speed is 250mm s the reverse offset should be 0 30 300 250 300 200 x 0 5 0 3 0 40mm When the speed is faster than 300mm s the reverse offset is the same as 300mm s 0 50mm 39 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Rotary Axis There re two types of rotary tick to activate when you need to use one of them When you do not use the rotary axis please do not tick either of them or the cutting engraving will be in a mess system Settings 2 General Settings Rotary Axis i Extra Settings gt Rotary Axis BIOS S
13. Click Tools Macro Macros EJ AutoCAD 2004 A Ae ES File Edit View Insert Format Tools Draw Dimension Modify Window Help PHLaerCut S x Baa gt La se Py Q Autodesk Website E En a A aaa da 150 25 E vc s Ya Boo id avers e By Layer v ByLayer e Spelling a y E Office carpet o3 Display Order o o L g Ad Inquiry E Z E Office trim A de carpet ES Attribute Extraction ga O Properties Ctrl 1 S a ce DesignCenter Ctrl 2 I flooring O E Tool Palettes Window Ctrl 3 E dbConnect Ctrl 6 3 ei Entry carpet Y Load Application a n Desk 30 x e ei Run Script C 60 in dl el e LL o Macro Macros Alt F8 E O D 5 sa x AutoLISP gt Load Project A 0 0 Chair Dek fa LI I s VBA Manager E Display Image gt O a Visual Basic Editor Alt Fl1 File Cabinet e Named UCS Letter ant ye Orthographic UCS H EI Dy Move UCS A New UCS gt Wizards Drafting Settings Tablet Customize gt Kee Options Command _vbarun Command 4 j H Runs a VBA macro VBARUN 61 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV E Macros Macro name F Program Files AutoCAD 2004 acad dvb PHLaserCut PH Init EN Run Fo AProgram Files AutoCAD 2004 acad dvb PHLaserCut PH Init CH F Program Files AutoCAD 2004 acad dyb FHLaserCut PH Init EN F Program Files AutoCAD 2004 acad dvb PHLaserCut PH_LaserStart Help
14. DER ud UD File 3 15 KB 33 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Control Buttons Machine Control Settings ESE ia Le e En Start Pause start processing the job When press again job will be paused Stop the current work will be canceled Track machine will track the frame of the current work This function is used to test if the material is put at the correct position Cut machine will cut the frame of the current work Origin Set the starting postion home position Focus laser machines with auto focus function can use this function When use auto focus user need to set the correct focus distance first X Y Reset Reset the X Y axis of machine Z Reset reset the Z axis X X Y Y Z Z arrow directions to control laser head 54 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Chapter 5 CorelDRAW Plug in Add Plug in to CorelDRAW After installing the Plug in please start CoreldDRAW to run it Zu M File Edit View Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Table Tools Window e pi 00 sn smpto gt E 210 0 mm ge A A4 FLA Units millimeter r mm 270mm B o la um Be ES 550 enn 250 D I ooootonoolnoaodoonoll on oto oo eee beret ER A co i eR D avl T AUNDIER LASER EM 4 1of1 gt gt DL Bagei E f Ki E S E O O ech E Ki r S P
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16. P2 JPC PGX RAS PNM SKA RAW Suggested PC System and Software Above PIII or PIV recommended Memory above 1G recommended Windows2000 XP VISTA WIN7 CoreDraw X1 X5 and AutoCad 2004 2012 and other Cad software gt gt WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Chapter 2 Install USB Driver and Software Insert the Thunder Laser software DVD Open the file named LaserGRAV and then double click Setup exe Select the installing language Select the language to use during the English Now Click Next to continue Il Setup LaserRAV a es Welcome to the LaserGRAY Setup Wizard This will install LaserGRAY version 8 00 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Set the Installation Path iS setup LaserGRAV Select Destination Location Where should LaserGRAW be installed A Setup will install LaserGRAW into the following folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse At least 17 1 MB of free disk space is required User can select Full installation directly The software will detect if you have AutoCAD and CorelDraw in your PC If yes the plug in will be installed directly Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Next wh
17. THUNDER LASER SYSTEMS LaserGRAV www thunderlaser com tech thunderlaser com WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV The operation mode and settings may differ due to upgrades of software Any differences are subject to the software WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Contents Sa aaa bles 3 Chapter 22 Install USB Driver and Sotware violar diia na l 4 Chapter sets Of Taser GRAV ado 9 Main WTO EE 9 SS A RO 10 Operando lei incas 12 mporn and Export Elle ads os 14 Tools for Drain a a EUA a iia 16 A A SI NA RT NI A T 19 A eegener 20 AVANCE WT 23 EE 30 Chapter Laser Process Seti Gs aiii td ia 31 REUS OSO elas e 31 ARTE AY Minor DEE 32 SN O a a 34 SN Eeer 38 POT AA E 40 Save Load SYS lemn SeN S ea E E O E E 41 A a ES 42 Machine ORIEL E 47 Chapter CorelDRAW PIUS Nana dll 55 Chapter 6 AutoCAD PIUS E 61 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Chapter 1 Introduction How to Use This User s Manual Thank you for purchasing a Thunder laser system Your Thunder Laser system has been designed to be easy to operate but you will utilize it to its fullest potential bytaking some time to read this user s manual prior to use You will be ready to use the Thunder laser system as soon as you read this manual Software Versions lt gt LaserGRAV lt gt CorelDraw Plug in lt gt AutoCAD Plug in Supported Formats lt gt Vector format dxf ai plt dst dsb etc lt gt Bitmap format JPG PNG BMP GIRFMNG TIF TGA PCX J
18. amorphic it will be Route Optimize arrange graphs orderly when importing files thus the laser will work orderly click to set the rules of arrangement as the following picture ee A Order by Layer Color dl Inner to Outer Auto Start Point Direction Gap Optimize Block Processing Height 135 0 Direction Top to Bo sl Order by Layer Color layers of the same color will be lasered in succession the machine will first process layer of the same color and then process another color Inner to Outer the laser machine will cut from Inner to Outer Auto Start Point Direction the machine will set the starting point and direction for the target graphs automatically Block Processing the laser machine will process the whole job block by block Height is the height of each block Direction is the processing direction 15 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Tools for Drawing and Editing Draw a line Click menu or click N in the edit tool bar now you can draw lines in the work Area If you press ctrl you can draw straight line Draw polyline Click polyline in draw menu or in edit tool bar to draw polyline Draw Bezier Click Bezier in draw menu or in edit tool bar to draw bezier Draw Rectangle Ld Click Rectangle in draw menu or in edit tool bar to draw Rectangle Press Ctrl to draw square Draw Ellipse Click ellipse in draw menu or 9 in edit tool bar to draw ellipse Press Ctrl to
19. an choose Engrave Mode only since BMP file is only for engraving Cut Parameters Choose Cut or Engrave amp Cut Mode and then set the parameters for the layer Cut Parameters Speed mms 252 00 Power DI ee OU Corner Power DI 2 00 Overlap mm 0 00 Speed mm s max cutting speed of the laser while working Power max power of the laser while working Corner power since the laser head moves slower when making a turn you need to set this into a smaller power than the normal power to keep the laser dot at the same size while processing 44 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Overlap if this setting is added laser will still keep moving a bit even the job is cutting is done This will revise some of the mechanical problem but usually it is not suggested to use this setting it s better to imporve the mechanical structure parts of the machine Click eem to set the Advance Settings Cut Mode Advanced Settings Cut Mode Power o 00 Corner Power 4 H 00 Tenite Delay Ins 0 00 Shut Delay ms 0 00 Gian Power2 if your machine has two laser heads you can set the power for the second head here Corner Power2 1f your machine has two laser heads you can set the power for the second head here Ignite Delay ms turn on the laser power before start working Shut Delay ms delay the turning off the laser power after the work is finished Engrave Parameters Engrave Parameter
20. arameter list Set as Default set the current parameter as default parameter users are not allowed to use this function this setting 1s done by the factories only the default parameter is saved in the main board the data will not miss even if the software is reinstalled Delete delete the parameter in the list the default parameter can not be deleted Below are two suggested parameters fork Farameters High precision Space Speed 200 low speed Space Acc 1500 cutting suitable _ Initial Speed 10 a Min Ace 400 acrylics Cut Acce 1000 Engrave Ace 10000 00 Farameter List 49 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV fork Parameters High speed low Space Speed 200 00 precision for Space Acc 3000 cutting fabric Initial Speed Min Aec TOO Cut Ace zoi Engrave Ace 10000 00 Parameter List Control Panel Parameters Track Frame Speed speed of tracking the frame Cut Frame Speed speed of cutting the frame Origin there re two selection here If set to Machine Zero the laser head will move to the machine zero after the job is done If set to Origin the laser head will move back to the orgin point start cutting point where you set after the job is done Other Parameters Cut Mode there are two modes Precise Cut is for jobs need higher precision but slow speed and Quick Cut is for jobs need fast speed but low precision Reset Speed moving speed of the laser head when you press the Reset
21. button Outage Delay when the power is suddenly cut off you can still continue the unfinished work The default setting is 1000ms Focus The table will move down by using your setting when the auto focus sensor is activated If you set 1mm here the table will move down 1mm when auto focus function is used 50 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Load Job to Machine Load Click ted the following dialog will pop up Edit Files Files Saved in Machine Current File Options File Hame File Name TLOO1 Number Repeat Times Interval 5 ol Weaker Power in Corners Route Optimize m Refresh Work Save File as UD Delete All Delete WEE Read UI Format Current File Options File Name name of the files which will be loaded to the laser machine Repeat Times set the repeat times of the same work If the setting is set to 2 the job will be repeated 2 times this function is usually used for repeated cutting the same job Interval interval between each cutting this setting 1s used to change the materials after each cutting is done set the Auto Feed Length Set Auto Feed Len Feed Lengthimm 0 00 Feed length the moving distance of U auto feed Axis axis between each process This function is used only when the laser machine has a auto feeding conveyor Weaker Power in Corners when this is ticked the laser will use less power when turning the Route Optimize please refer to
22. ding el Recordin Ctrl Shift R Ctrl Shift P Record Temporary Macro Run Temporary Macro Add in Manager Add ins Run Macro Step Into Edit Create Delete VBAProject Graphicl J 56 WW W THUNDERLASER COM then select PHLaserCut PH_ Init Macro name PHLaserCut PH Init FHLaserCut FH Imp FHLaserCut PH Init FHLaserCut PH_LaserStart Delete Macros im GlobalMacros FH CorelEx gms Description rr Now click Run to add the tool bar as below i av Gy hi 4 k Sne pe nn Oa Ed tos Urais pebreterg ger mm P Y T m ESO E de oia ira z SSprnFEHPOOD ey Parl THUNDER LASER Ea Lei H E sails 332 407 226534 Ment dial for Drag Scale Second dal for RotatefShew Dk tool selects al objects Shift chckt multi elects Alt chcc cigs 57 LaserGRAV WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Drag Plug in Tool Bar to where you want as below Edit View Lay out Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Table Tools Window OP RH G E 6 go Ge Ei Ki 92 y Snapto O 210 0mm rl a Ms nn w e ten 550 600 650 Zug A te II EE A EE EE AR AN fv k g a w LU O Y e S K A Kei gt A TIAUNIDIEIR LASIEIR Baa 1of1 gt Bi Paget E 736 415 284 151 Next dick for Drag Scale Second dick for Rotate Skew Dbl clicking tool selects all objects Shift dick m
23. en you are ready to continue The main program required AutoCAD Plug in CorelDraw Plug in Install the driver Current selection requires at least 17 4 MB of disk space WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Choose where to put the shortcut and then click Next Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts i Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the following Start Menu folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse LaserGRAV Click Install to continue installing 3 Setup LaserGRAV SE Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing LaserGRAV on your computer Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location Setup type Full installation Selected components The main program required AutoCAD Plug in CorelDraw Plug in Install the driver Start Menu folder El WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV The below information means the USB driver is installed successfully FTDI Driver Installation Completing the LaserGERA Y Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing LaserGRAV on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup Launch LaserGRAV WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV P rd LaserGRAV Click the icon to start the software a welcome page will show up
24. er machine is opened lt gt Blow Air air compressor will work only when laser is working need extra part lt gt Water Protection laser machine will stop working if the water cooling system is not working Laser Mode three types of laser tubes are supported lt gt Glass Tube lt gt RF Laser Tube No Preignition lt gt RF Laser Tube Preignition PWM Frequency the normal frequency is between 10000 20000 Max power Set a limit for the max power of the laser tube the default is 98 Z U Axis Settings lt Z Axis used to control the motorized table ze U Axis used to control the auto feeding conveyor Z U Axis Settings e Z_Axis Uris Polen o 710000 o Pulse 2 510000 Datum Hegati va Datum Negative Range iTO Range 3000 Initial Speed 2 HD Initial Speed 10 000 h Hee 1000 000 Max Ace 1000 000 Max Speed 10 000 Max Speed 300 O00 s 37 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Extra Settings When the mechanical struture of the laser machine 1s not so perfect you can set these parameters to fix some of the cutting engraving problems e General Settings Extra Settings oo Extra Settings Rotary Axis BIOS Settings Curve Disperse mm Circle Speed Apply Curve Disperse the smaller the number the higher the resolution the slower the speed When cut acrylics user can set the number smaller The default is 0 15 Circle speed if the circle 1s too
25. ettings Rotary Bois Chuck Rotary E Four Wheels Rotary Pulse 4 97000 Pulse per Round 12600 Diameter a0 Pulse this setting should be totally the same as the Y axis Pulse Pulse per Round this setting subdivision of your motor driver gear ratio of your rotary axis for example in our standard machine this setting 6400 2 12800 Diameter diameter of the round item that you want to engrave 40 WWW THUNDERLASER COM Save Load System Settings LaserGRAV Click Options Save Load System Settings then you can save load the all the System Settings Save in A Design 5 Ki ES El Name y Date modified THUNDER JOB1 2012 7 11 15 35 THUNDER LASER 2012 7 11 15 29 THUNDERLASER 2012 7 26 15 58 4 File name Mars 30 Save as type gbp Look in A Design la E E KS s Name Date modified Mars 90 gbp 2012 9 11 11 35 laa THUNDER JOB1 2012 7 11 15 35 THUNDER LASER 2012 7 11 15 29 La THUNDERLASER 2012 7 26 15 58 4 File name Mars 90 gbp Files of type gdp 41 WWW THUNDERLASER COM Control Panel LaserGRAV The laser machine is connected to Computer by using a USB cable 1f the COM setting 1s incorrect the computer will fail to control the laser machine Control Panel COM Find COM COM14 v lt Layer Options Layer Mode Speed Power Output Mi ue 450 00 20 00 v MEngrave 500 00 15 00 Cut 252 00 22 00 Iv Top Bottom
26. object to the destination as below oe y Sap LR A Vi Move the right place and release mouse Change the Size of an Object Sp 87 99 116 27 You can drag an object directly to change the size or you can click in edit object bar and input the size of the object and then press Enter When the lock is ticked the size of the object will be changed in equal proportion 20 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Array Clone Oo Select an object and then click HH in manage object bar a dialog will show as below ao coro pe X ATY Offset D Multiple Y QTY 1 Offset O Multiple Direction Top Lett Ton Ki ght Co Bottom Left 9 Bottom_Right zeg QTY number of objects you like to clone Offset distance between the original object and the clone object Multiple distance between each clone objects will be enlarge by times Direction relative position of the clone objects Input the number you need and click ok Move an Object to Original Position To Select an object and click to move the object to original position Align Objects E sl m d ei Select multiple objects and click to align the objects as below 21 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Group Objects User can group multiple objects as one object as below select the objects click E in tool bar to group the objects now objects of the same group will move together d h PS you can ungroup objects and then group with o
27. page 13 Load File Send the file to the laser machine Save File as UD save the current file as UD format User can use this fucntion to save the file in memory stick and then the machine can read files from the memory stick directly This means the user can send the files to the machine even without a Computer nearby 51 WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV 6 2 em Libraries Administrator System Folder System Folder Computer 9 Network sed System Folder SmE System Folder MINI y TEM 3 File folder File folder Thunder work ge Shortcut A 450 bytes Save the file as UD format UD est ul Files Saved in Machine Refresh read all the files saved in the mainboard And this will activate the rest buttons two files are currently saved in mainboard Files Saved in Machine Work select a certain file in the list and click work to start laser the file 52 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Delete select a certain file in the list and click delete to delete it from mainboard All Delete delete all files in the main board Format format all the files saved in the mainboard Read UD load the UD format files from PC Libraries System Folder kal Computer system Folder MINI File folder Thunder work AG Shortcut 450 bytes File name THUNDER1 Files of type DCS m Administrator System Folder Network System Folder Lg TEM File folder THUN
28. ptions or click a the following dialog will pop up System Settings p General Settings General Settings Extra Settings Rotary Axis BIOS Settings a on Paste Offset mm Language Speed Unit Machine Zero Color of Selected Objects Land E Show Grid arid Distance mm Virtual Work Table A Range mm Y Range mm Zero Simulate Engraving Result Popup Welcome Page Nudge Offset moving distance of the selected object when press arrow 2 4 Paste Offset shift distance of the pasted object Language change into other languages Speed Unit set the velocity unit used in the software Machine Zero zero point of the machine limit point must be correct or you will have reverse engraving Color of Selected Objects border color of the selected object X Range set the X Range of the Virtual Work Table the default size is the same as the X axis Range Y Range set the Y Range of the Virtual Work Table the default size 1s the same as the Y axis Range Zero set the zero point of the Virtual Work Table the default setting is the same as the machine s zero point Simulate Engraving Result showing the final engraving result of the image Popup Welcome Page Always show the welcome screen when launching the software Grid Distance set the size of the grid you need 10 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Show Grid tick show grid the work area will be filled with grid as showed below
29. r 31 Interval imm Time ms Speed speed of the laser Power power of the laser while drawing holes Power2 power of the second laser head Interval interval of each holes Time the longer the time the larger the hole will be Adjust the orders of the layers The default working order is from Top to Bottom If you want to change the order of each layer just select the layer and then click Aen KE Botton to change its order Attention this function will work only when you tick Order by Layer Color in route optimize 46 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Machine Control Some major settings to control the machine Control Panel x Find COM COM14 e Layer Options COM Layer Mode Speed Power Output Ms 450 00 20 00 wi Engrave 500 00 15 00 Cut 252 00 22 00 Machine Control Control Parameters These parameters are saved in the main board The data won t miss even if you reinstall the software Click Settings the dialog will pop up 47 LaserGRAV WWW THUNDERLASER COM Control Panel Parameters 0 0i Tork Parameters opace Speed 0 01 Track Frame Speed opace Acc 0 01 Cut Frame Speed 0 01 0 0i Machine Zero Initial Speed Origin Min Acc 0 0l Cut Acc O 01 Engrave Acc 0 01 Farameter List Other Cut Parameters Cut Mode Precise Cut Reset Speed 1 00 head Parameters Outage Delay ms U 0 OU Focus Save Paramete
30. re when you need to use other formats you have to use import function The supported formats are dxf ai plt dst dsb JPGPNGBMP GIFMNG TIF TGA PCX JP2 JPC PGX RAS PNM SKA RAW etc And you can also export files as plt format Click File import or click at the following dialog will pop up select the object and click open Lookin Design e 2 Cs Pi Name Date modified Type THUNDER JOB1 2012 7 1115 35 AutoCAD Bee Filename THUNDER JOB Files of type Supported files 1 e C Combine Lines DST Auto Smooth Route Optimize PLT Unit VRUNODE R Keep Current Fils Preview Combine Lines when importing graphs the software will combine the adjacent lines as one You can click to set tolerance as the following picture Tolerance mm 0 1 14 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Tolerance when the distance between adjacent lines is less than the combination tolerance the lines will be combined as one PLT Unit length unit the size of the imported graphs will be differ according to the setting of the PLT unit Keep Current File reserve the current document data when you import another file the former file will be reserved Preview preview the file you select DST Auto Smooth when impoting DST DSB formats the graphic data will be optimize smooth the graphs to make the laser work more smooth La Smooth set the smoothness of the graphs the smoother the graph is and the more an
31. rs F Multiple Click read parameters the software will read the parameters saved in the main board as below Control Parameters fork Parameters Space Speed Space Acc Initial Speed Min Acc Control Panel Parameters 300 00 Track Frame Speed 150 00 2400 00 Cut Frame Speed 80 00 10 00 Origin Origin 600 00 Engrave Acc 10000 00 Other Cut Parameters Reset Speed 50 00 Read Parameters Outage Delay ms 200 8 00 Focus 1 00 F Multiple Select the parameters and change the settings and then click save parameters to save the data in mainboard 48 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Work Parameters Space Speed the max speed of the machine when there s no laser in the work process Space Acc the accelerated speed of the machine when there s no laser in the work process Initial Speed the initial velocity of the machine Min Acc the min accelerated speed of the machine in work process Cut Acc the max accelerated speed of the machine in work process Engrave Acc the max accelerated speed of the machine while engraving normally this should be larger than 8000 Parameter List user can save the parameters here click Parameter List the dialog will pop up Parameter List keng Saved Parameters Default Parameter mirni Save Set as Default Delete Load load one parameter from the parameter list on the left Save add the current parameter to the p
32. s Speed mms 450 00 Power R 20 OU Scan Gap mm 0 10 Engrave Mode Ito way be w Ramp Engrave Yes 0 Ho Min Power OI 0 00 One by One E L Speed mm s max engraving speed of the laser while working Power max power of the laser while working Scan Gap mm interval of each scanning strip in other words resolution of the layer Engrave Mode there are four Mode lt gt X_Two way Beam default setting the laser beam is on when engraving from left side to right side or right side to left side lt gt X_One way Beam the laser beam is on when engraving from left side to right side But when engraving from right side to left side there s no beam And this will cause doule time to finish the same job lt gt Y Two way Beam the laser beam is on when engraving from upper side to bottom side or bottom side to upper side lt gt Y One way Beam the laser beam is on only when engraving from upper side to bottom side 45 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Ramp Engrave choose yes to engrave ramp this function is usually used for stamp engraving Min Power min power of the laser beam Usually this should be set a lot smaller than the Power and the difference between these two power settings will create the ramp like when the power is set to 50 you can set the min power to 15 Dot parameters Select Draw Dot in the work mode and then click Dot Parameters en speed 0 OU Power Powe
33. the object QTY number of the object you need Offset interval of each object X Range Y Range size of the whole work Auto Fill Calculate machine will fill the work area with max objects Target Material Width Range MMMM Height Y Range 400 OU Target Material size size of the material you re going to cut 32 LaserGRAV WW W THUNDERLASER COM Look at the following example 513 04 334 05 A Range Y Range See Tr eege EE Auta Fill Calculate Offset XI z Offset D H H 1 H H DH H e H H i i 1 K QTY GEI QTY ff 4 egenen 124 51 164 53 MS 1ze Xo ies a Weih o 33 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV BIOS Settings Basic parameters of the machine Users are not allowed to change the setting The parameters are save in the mainboard and won t miss even reinstall the software Click ch and a dialog will pop up then click BIOS Settings to change the parameters The final user is not allowed to have the password unless told by the factory system Settings e General Settings BIOS Settings Extra Settings Rotary Axis Input the password to change the setting 34 WWW THUNDERLASER COM BIOS Settings A Axis Pulse Datum Range Initial Speed Max Acc Max Speed IQ E Open Flap Protection E Blow Air E Water Protection Limit Switch Motor Control Mode Read Parameter Save Parameter
34. ther objects again by using or Si Zoom In and Zoom Out Click in tool bar and right click mouse to zoom out or left click mouse to zoom in Click to view the whole object Click E to view all objects Lt CH Click IB to view the whole page Rolling the scroll wheel of the mouse allows you to zoom in or zoom out 22 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Advanced Tools Below are some useful tools to make your work more convenient Manual order User can arrange the cutting order of an object by using this function Click manual order in tool menu as below Manual Order EN Ki TS GA 105 120 Kee Or der Rev Dir Analog Cut Staring point Cutting direction Change the cutting order Drag the item in the order list to change the cutting orders Click Rev_ Order to reverse the order Change the starting point of cutting The starting point is showed as ga You can click the object to change the staring point Change the cutting direction The cutting direction is showed as User can click Rev_Dir to change the direction 23 WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Image invert Select the image and then click k in Align Bar to invert the image Image Invert gt al la Halftone Screen Selet the image and then click SS in Align Bar and a dialog will pop up Halftone Screen Dot Sizra mml 0 20 Halftone Screen gt a D S Ja a es y a Kn Se ww Ss ess ss a
35. ulti selects Alt click digs millimeters A d 58 WW W THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Create jobs in CorelDRAW File Edit View Layout Arrange Effects Bitmaps Tet Table Tools Window Trae KE 6 gl Ge Ei 92 D 210 0mm rial es o E oe HEN 550 600 700 750 rae GE RONONDAN K tt Ee A Kee H Ss S a Ki Ki Y e E Kl A gt e TAUNDIEIR LASIEIR Mi 4 ioi gt gt DL Pagei 5 m gt X 8 millimeters A d 736 415 284 151 Next dick for Drag Scale Second dick for Rotate Skew Dbl dicking tool selects all objects Shift dick multi selects Alt click digs Then click 0 to switch to LaserGR AV as below 59 WW W THUNDERLASER COM File Edit Draw Tool Options View Help D wm et 3 X 300 79 wu 79 28 Ess 300 J 0 00 Y 235 62 61 70 a DEE Control Panel x Find COM COM14 e lt Layer Options COM Layer Mode Speed Power Output A cu 500 00 30 00 Y Wi 350 00 20 00 wv Machine Control sina ae ae Ct Eur sa SS SC TAUNDIER LASER en 0 X 236 08 V 7615 et Now you can use LaserGRAV to do the settings for your work OP MEQ QB eK PE RORY 60 LaserGRAV WWW THUNDERLASER COM LaserGRAV Chapter 6 AutoCAD Plug in Add Plug in to AutCAD After installing Autocad Plug in there should be a Toolbar 0 on the left If not user can add by themselves as below

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