Let’s do one more thing which will aid in alignment. Once you run your cut operation you can then disable that layer since you only need to do that operation once. One which will cut out the pencil boxes, and one which engraves text. Now you have text which is centered in your pencil boxes. This time I aligned mine with a Left Orientation. Then select all text and align them Vertically. Repeat this step until you have all 5 boxes filled. Hit “Align Selected Objects Horizontally” and then select “Align H Center”. We already set the box distance and it needs to stay where it is. This ensures the text will move and not the box.

MAKE SURE TO SELECT THE TEXT BEFORE SELECTING THE BOX. Hold the Shift Key and select the box you drag the text into. Now click the arrow on the top of the tool bar and it will select your text. Again set your engraving parameters for what you know will give you the best results. Now put the text on its own layer and set it to “Fill”. Click the text icon on the left and set the height of whatever font you select to 0.12”.

Make sure you set these variables sufficient to cut through your material. Your cut speed and power is variable here based on your choice of material, and how thick it is. This is where you establish your cut and speed parameters. Now let’s hit Command +A (on Mac, CTL +A on Windows) to select all boxes. I like 0.3 because it keeps the design compact and the pencils fit nicely.

Also, set your Y spacing to 0.3 inches (or more). You can also create additional columns as well but for now we’ll just stick with 1 column and 5 rows to keep it simple. Set your Y rows to 5 (or however many you wish to create). Now click on the Array Tool near the bottom left. Make sure the lock to the left of those parameters is unlocked. Set the width to 7.5 inches and the height to 0.24 inches. Once that is set, simply draw a rectangle of any size in the layout area and adjust its size in the highlighted boxes. Designing with another laser layout can cause your design to mirror or flip if the orientation is different. This ensures that the home position will be correct, which is in the rear left corner. Let’s design and make a template to align and engrave on multiple pencils at one time.įirst open Lightburn and select your xTool D1 Pro device. They make good gifts for students, teachers and heck, just about anyone. One fun engraving project is to personalize pencils. Lightburn Software Manual for xTool D1 Pro

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