LaserCut 5.3
| SoftwareInfoBox LaserCut 5.3 or Lasercut 5.3 | |
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| Type: | laser cutter driver/CAM |
| Platform: | Windows (XP, 7, 8, 10 [1]) |
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| Input Formats: | PLT, AI, DXF, DST, BMP, NC, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, TGA, PCX |
| Output Formats: | MOL |
| Users: | Martin |
Lasercut 5.3 is required to prepare a design file for our laser cutter. Its drawing functions are apparently quite terrible, so pretty much all users in forums etc. recommend to only use it for the very last steps!
If you are familiar with "our" previous laser cutter (the loaned Epilog Zing), this software will pretty much take over what you used to do with Visicut.
LaserCut 5.3 will be installed on a dedicated PC, which will be located next to the laser cutter itself.
This page needs more information as soon as we gather the necessary experience!
starting points:
- summary by our laser's retailer
Installation
We got a copy of LaserCut 5.3 from HPC Laser. You can get it from the orange USB drive located next to the laser cutter. However, the version we got does only work with the "soft dog" USB dongle, which will be attached permanently to the dedicated PC.
In order to prepare files on your own computer, you can install the software from another source. Most sources include an executable called "Lasercut53_Demo.exe" which can be used without the dongle but cannot operate the machine itself.
In case you plan to do these, please make sure that you replace your syscfg.ini with the one shipped with our laser (can be found on the mentioned USB drive).
Installation notes:
- The software only works on Windows. Try Wine or other methods at your own risk, but be aware it's 32-bit software
- The software must be installed in C:\LaserCut53 in order to work properly. There is a parameter in syscfg.ini which indicates the installation path. Changing it might get it to work from other locations as well but is untested. Try at your own risk.
