An Application Genre for Lasercutting

in Personal Fabrication(Bachelors Thesis Talk)

mediacomputing

group

Thomas Oster, RWTHAdvisor: Dipl.-Inform. Ren Bohne

VisiCut

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OVERVIEW

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Epilog Driver ...other Drivers

LibLaserCut

VisiCut

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LASER MODES

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Vector Raster 3D Raster

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IMPLEMENT A NEW DRIVERThe LaserCutter Interface

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IMPLEMENT A NEW DRIVER

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LaserJob

NameResolutionDimensionsVectorPartRasterPart

3D RasterPart

VectorPart

LineToMoveToSetSpeedSetPower

SetFrequency

(3D) RasterPart

OffsetRasterData

PowerSpeed

The driver interprets the LaserJob

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VISICUT

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MODELING

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Layer 0 Layer 1

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MAPPING

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File

Cut

Engrave 1mm

Engrave 2 mm

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PROTOTYPE 1

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PROTOTYPE 2

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FINAL VERSION

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Drag & Drop

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THE POSITIONING PROBLEM

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THE CAMERALasercutting la WYSWIG

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AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS

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no focus settingno head moving

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VISICUT - WORKFLOW

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SVG, DXF, EPS PLF

VisiCut

Lasercutter

PLF

VisiCut

Home

FabLab

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FUTURE WORK

3D Slices Preview

3D Rendering

Lasercut non planar surface

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FINE TUNING

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A G-CODE DRIVER

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INPUT FILE FORMATS

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PORTABLE LASER FORMAT

Input File (Original Format)Mapping (XML)Transformation (XML)

ZIP Container

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ADVANCED OPTIONS

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MANAGER LASERCUTTERS

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MANAGE MATERIALS

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LASER PROFILES

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DEFAULT MAPPINGS

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INPUT FILE FORMATS

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INPUT FILE FORMATS

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