Scott Shepherd
02-13-2015, 10:16 AM
We've got our XOT 16x25 up and running and I'm trying to use the machine more and more now and I got stumped pretty badly yesterday. I have a 400 piece job that requires 2 tools and I drew a sheet full of them in CorelDraw, using two different colors for the different tools.
I saved it as an .eps file and when I imported it into Xenetech's software, it asks me if I want to resize the plate to match the import. If I say yes, it completely changes the size of things, and if I say no, I think it does as well.
For example, I created a 1" sq. in Corel, saved as .eps, imported it into Xenetech and it was not 1". One way, it made it about 6" and change, and the other way, it was 1" and change, off enough to be a problem.
It's all specific sized pieces. I'm cutting dovetail like edges on 3 edges that slide into something, so my fits and sizing need to be exact.
I've never imported anything into the Xenetech before, so I'm stumped here. In my example, I had a box that was about 1" x 4" and it comes in at 4.1" something.
I've racked my brain and I'm stumped. I even tried making the graphics outlined by a 12" x 24" rectangle and then created a 12" x 24" plate and tried importing that, and it still skews the size, it'll make it like 12.045" x 24.080" or something (I don't remember the exact numbers).
Any tips on the best way to accurately get .eps files imported? I've looked through their knowledge base and the manual, but it never mentions anything other than just "doing it" and it working, but that's not happening on my end.
Oh, and before I forget, how in the world do you use set it up for using two tools? Is that even possible? For the samples I had to make, I just made two files and used the different tools for each file.
I saved it as an .eps file and when I imported it into Xenetech's software, it asks me if I want to resize the plate to match the import. If I say yes, it completely changes the size of things, and if I say no, I think it does as well.
For example, I created a 1" sq. in Corel, saved as .eps, imported it into Xenetech and it was not 1". One way, it made it about 6" and change, and the other way, it was 1" and change, off enough to be a problem.
It's all specific sized pieces. I'm cutting dovetail like edges on 3 edges that slide into something, so my fits and sizing need to be exact.
I've never imported anything into the Xenetech before, so I'm stumped here. In my example, I had a box that was about 1" x 4" and it comes in at 4.1" something.
I've racked my brain and I'm stumped. I even tried making the graphics outlined by a 12" x 24" rectangle and then created a 12" x 24" plate and tried importing that, and it still skews the size, it'll make it like 12.045" x 24.080" or something (I don't remember the exact numbers).
Any tips on the best way to accurately get .eps files imported? I've looked through their knowledge base and the manual, but it never mentions anything other than just "doing it" and it working, but that's not happening on my end.
Oh, and before I forget, how in the world do you use set it up for using two tools? Is that even possible? For the samples I had to make, I just made two files and used the different tools for each file.