Great advice, thank you!Get good at vectors and cleaning them up. Adobe Illustrator is great program, Inkscape is free for us stuck on linux. FlexiSign is an amazing program but $$. ArtCam is another I've liked. AutoCad is also useful for translating formats.
No experience with MOPA, but have lots with CO2. CO2 isn't going to be able to mark steel unless you use the expensive reactive spray. They work really well for marking anodized aluminum, tho. CO2 will also effectively take coatings off so that's an alternative way to mark steel.Not really sure where this should go, so if it's in the wrong area speak up....
Does anyone here have any experience with MOPA (or even Co2) lasers and etching mags, frames/parts etc? I'm looking for tips, tricks, lessons learned, etc...
Are you using Lightburn or something else to run the machine?No experience with MOPA, but have lots with CO2.
Inkscape works great on windows, too. I've been using it a lot lately. Trying to get away from Adobe crap...Inkscape is free for us stuck on linux
I was using Trotec's and Epilog's software when I was doing it. We didn't even have 32-bit boards then. The newer controllers are much better.Are you using Lightburn or something else to run the machine?