Use EaglePrint with AutoCAD

We will guide you in details to use EaglePrint with AutoCAD in this section.

  1. Create a new document
    There is no document setup dialog in AutoCAD, different with CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator.

  2. Create your design
    Create your design. EaglePrint will cut thin outlines, which should be set to 0.00mm in AutoCAD, and engrave thick outlines. Refer to Vector graphics for more details.

    AutoCAD Create Design

    If you want to set different cutting parameters on outlines, assign them with different colors, matching the corresponding ones in EaglePrint, refer to Colors in Cutting for more details.

    Here is an example of assigning color with the palette.

    AutoCAD Color Palette

    Click More Colors… in the dropdown-window shown above, you can set the color value directly in the tab True Color.

    AutoCAD Color Set Value

    In color mode, all thick outlines will be spooled in black and results in same engraving effects, refer to Colors in Engraving for more details.

    AutoCAD does not support image engraving at all, we suggest to do that in Adobe Photoshop, refer to Use EaglePrint with Photoshop for more details.

  3. Print
    Bring up the print dialog. Choose EaglePrint, confirm the paper size, set Drawing orientation to Landscape, set Plot scale according to your design, set Plot area to Extents, and check Center the plot in Plot offset.

    AutoCAD Print

    Click Preview… to show the preview window which helps you have a look at what is going to be printed out.

    AutoCAD Print Preview

    IMPORTANT

    What you see in print preview is what the Windows spooler will get when printing, so we recommend to ALWAYS preview and confirm before printing. If there is anything wrong in print preview, e.g. wrong color, missing parts, paper overflow, etc, please go back and review your design and all relative settings in EaglePrint and in the drawing software.

    If you want to change the job settings, click Properties…, and then click Custom Properties… to bring up the printing preferences dialog. Refer to Job Settings for more details.

    AutoCAD Print Setup

  4. Output
    If everything is good, click OK to bring up the EaglePrint laser window, select the laser, set a name and download the job, or save the job to a USB flash and read it from the laser. Refer to Laser Window for more details.

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