Family Tree Instructions
Web Browser
- Find shape
- Try searching for silhouettes, outlines, and line drawings
- The images to the right are examples of things you could use
- Right click on image
- Click copy image
Illustrator
- Open Adobe Illustrator
- File>Open>Family Tree.ai
- Ctrl+V
- If you want the image to cut:
- With the image selected, click Image Trace, then click Expand
- Deselect the image
- Using the Direct Selection Tool (pictured to the right), Click the outer border of the image
- Change back to the Selection Tool (pictured to the right)
- Change the Fill to Nothing (pictured to the right)
- Change the Stroke to 0.001 (pictured to the right)
- Scale the image
- For wood or acrylic, maximum size is 4 inches
- For cardstock, make it fit in the space inside the sheet of paper in Valentines.ai
- If you want text:
- Click on the Text Tool
- Click in an open space away from the candle cube
- It’s important that you just click, don’t click and drag
- Type in what you wanted to type
- Click on the Selection Tool
- Click and drag your text into place
- File>Save As
- Name it something creative that you’ll remember
- Navigate to your flash drive (Removable Disk or USB Drive)
- Click Save
- Click Save again
- Click OK
At The Laser
- Open Adobe Illustrator
- File>Open
- Navigate to your flash drive (Removable Disk or USB Drive)
- Find your file
- Click Open
- Place a sheet of wood in the laser
- Move the box parts to the open space on the wood
- File>Print
- Click “Setup” in the bottom left corner
- Follow the instructions below for your laser
Epilog Helix
- Select the printer (Epilog Engraver (Right or Left)) from the list on the top (you may have to scroll to the left)
- Click Preferences
- Select Auto Focus
- Select Combined under the Job Type
- Enter the Raster/Vector settings (wood)
- Raster:
- Speed: 50
- Power: 100
- Vector:
- Speed: 30
- Power: 100
- Frequency: 500
- Raster:
- Make the piece size 24 in x 18 in
- Click OK>Print>Print
Stay within an arm’s length of the laser while it’s running.
If something goes wrong, press stop.
Epilog Fusion M2
- Select the printer (Epilog Engraver WinX64 Fusion (Copy1)) from the list on the top (you may have to scroll to the left)
- Click Preferences
- Select Auto Focus
- Select Vector Grid
- Set the Thickness to 0.12 in
- Select Combined under the Job Type
- Enter the Raster/Vector settings (wood)
- Speed: 65
- Power: 100
- Vector:
- Speed: 14
- Power: 100
- Frequency: 10
- Make the piece size 24 in x 18 in
- Click OK>Print>Print
Stay within an arm’s length of the laser while it’s running.
If something goes wrong, press stop.
Assembly
- Line up the tree with the base and push them together
- Open the jump rings
- Locate where each name goes
- Put the jump ring on the name leaf
- Close the jump ring on the branch
- Check that the name is facing the front of the tree before closing the jump ring
- Repeat for the rest of the names