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Roy,
Thanks for the info. I do have X5.

Roy,
Thanks for the info. I do have X5

Sandy,
Thanks I will give that a try, I am sure it will do what I want to do.
Joe

I need to know the best way to do something.
I have what appears to be a square on the screen but when I click on it there are 4 quadrants of vectors. Top left, top right, bottom left and bottom...

Thank you very much to those who responded, the links give are what I needed.
Joe

I seem to remember that somewhere on the forums I saw a box designing software program. You put in the final dimensions of the box and you got a file that you could open and cut with your laser. ...

Anybody got any advice on how to hold a T Shirt in position so that you can focus on it and laser you art in the exact right place. I have a 12" x 16" Universal VLS230. Say I want to laser a name...

Bummer! Are single line fonts available anywhere else that I can "install" and use in X5?
Joe

Does anyone know the names of the single line fonts in CorelDraw X5 or can someone tell me how to find them? How many are there?
Thanks,
Joe

Thanks VERY much to all who responded! Your expertise helped me save a lots of time and I learned some other things I had been wondering about too.
Joe

Wow, that was fast!! Thanks for the help!!!!!!
Joe

I have a triangle with three nodes. I want to delete one segment of the triangle so that I can use the two remaining angled lines to make a diamond. How do I eliminate the segment and use the...

Thanks for all of the ideas and sources. Are there any vendors you know of that will cut .010 and .020" to the size I need (12"x 16")
Joe

Thanks for all of the information. Any ideas on the settings to cut it with a Universal VLS2.30 30 watt machine?
Do you get "smoke damage" cutting mylar like you do with acrylic and PETG?
Joe

I am currently using .035 PETG to make templates for the general craft industry. I am being asked to develop stencils for the ceramics industry and I need something a lot thinner that I can cut on...

Does X5 have Center line tracing? I have X3 and it apparently doesn't.
Can Inkscape do center line tracing? I have tried to find out if it could and how to do it but so far no luck. If it does...

You might want to try the teflon sheets like bakers use. You can get them is pretty big sizes.
You can get them here...

There was some really interesting stuff on there. Especially the gunstock info.
Joe

Some things I have learned for sure.
1.) Don't forget to refocus when you change material thickness.
2.) If you are cutting thin material, be sure you don't accidentally load two pieces.
3.) Check...

I am currently cutting a lot of acrylic daily and the only way I have found to assure that you do not get the "smoke damage" from vectoring is to leave the protective coating on both top and bottom. ...

Since the laser beam is hour glass shaped would the ideal focus point be one half way through the material thickness for vector cutting?

Thanks for the tip. I think I will order a set "just in case".
Joe

I will give them a call Monday!
Thanks,
Joe

Donald,
Are you saying that the pin table cured your smoke damage problem? How high are the pins above the table?
Joe

I am running in a room cooled to 70 degrees. I will check everything suggested.
I really appreciate your inputs.
Joe