Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design program that we use to send our jobs to the Laser Cutter. We also recommend designing with Adobe Illustrator as it is available on all campus computers. For other free vector graphic editor software we recommend using Inkscape or Fusion 360 (we particularly recommend using Fusion 360 if you are also designing in 3D)

Beginner Tutorials

Preparing your files for Laser Cutting

Pre-preparing your files for laser cutting can save you a lot of time on the laser cutter, especially if there are many straight, parallel lines in your design (for example a simple box).

Please let us know of any tutorials/ resources that you have found particularly useful, and we can share them here!