This guide walks through setting up your Illustrator design in the laser cutting template for submitting laser cutting requests.
Download our Template File
Open your Adobe Illustrator design file
Create a new file using the template by selecting File > New from Template and selecting the laser cutting template file
Navigate to your design by clicking your design’s tab in Illustrator
Select Select > All (or Ctrl-A / Command-A)
Select Edit > Copy (or Ctrl-C / Command-C)
Select the tab for the laser cutter template file
Select Edit > Paste (or Ctrl-V / Command-V)
Select the Layers tab and drag and drop your cut and engraving objects into the respective folders
Select each vector line that you want cut individually and check that it has a stroke width of 0.001 pts
Select each vector line that you want engraved individually and check that it has a stroke width greater than 0.001pts
Make sure that parts are least 5mm apart and away from the edge of the artboard
Select File > Save As
Name your file and select Save on your computer. Select Save on your computer again if prompted.
Select Adobe Illustrator (*AI) as the file type and Save your design
Your file is now ready to be submitted!
