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Created page with "Rough Outline / Notes for revised AI page, add detail and examples for each topic: *Artboards ** Multiple artboards are allowed. ** Objects can be on or off artboard and sti..."

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Rough Outline / Notes for revised AI page, add detail and examples for each topic:

*Artboards
** Multiple artboards are allowed.
** Objects can be on or off artboard and still engrave / cut/ and print
** Artboards can be any size that you want them to be. While it might seem to make sense to make your artboard the same size as the laser cutting bed (18" x 32") it is actually more useful to size the artboard to match your material size. This, if you're cutting an 8" x 10" finger-joint box but your plywood is 12" x 24"

Grid

Creating a new document for use on ULS laser
Color Space / Mode
Units

( create template with profile/swatches/etc default for ULS)

Shape Builder
Pathfinders

Type - Create Outlines

Image Trace

Selection Tools
*Selection - U
*Direct Selection - A

Move and Rotate Display

Shift key to constrain while rotating and resizing

Alt (Option) modifier to draw a shape from center out instead of from a corner

Use shift-alt-drag (shift-option-drag) to scale from center out and constrain operation

Select + Alt (Option on Mac) makes copies of shapes, duplicates a shape while modifying it.

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Gfc: Created page with "Rough Outline / Notes for revised AI page, add detail and examples for each topic: *Artboards ** Multiple artboards are allowed. ** Objects can be on or off artboard and sti..."

Gfc: Created page with "Rough Outline / Notes for revised AI page, add detail and examples for each topic: *Artboards Multiple artboards are allowed. Objects can be on or off artboard and sti..."