This was mentioned in the post on Signs101 with the people grousing about Corel as an alternative for $50. There is a free trial.
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/
Affinity Designer
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Gene Uselman
- Posts: 2180
- Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016
- Location: Suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
- Country: USA
- Nickname: Gene
- Laser Machine Make or Type: QC
- Laser Power: 130W
- Laser Bed Size: 900x1300
- Home Position: TR
- Control Software: LIGHTBURN
- RDWorks Version: RDw .19 & Lightburn
- LightBurn Version: Latest
- Ruida Controller: RDC6442
- Windows Version: Win 10 Pro
- Accessories: I have a combining lenses, pin tables [homebuilt], honeycomb tables , wireless remote, Modifed Ultimate Air Assist, home built non-powered rotary device, PrusaMK4 and Mini Prusa printers.
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The days that I keep my gratitude higher than
my expectations, Well, I have really good days.
Ray Wylie Hubbard- unfortunately deceased
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Ampa Smith
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Tue Mar 26, 2019
- Location: Wales
- Country: United Kingdom
- Nickname: Ampa
- Laser Machine Make or Type: RDC-V8.00.46
- Laser Power: 60
- Laser Bed Size: 700X500
- Home Position: TL
- RDWorks Version: 8.01.35
- Windows Version: 7
I am successfully using Affinity Designer to run my laser cutter.
Neither the current release version (1.6.5.2) or the current beta (1.7.x) will handle DXF file format, so I am exporting as SVG. and then converted to DXF in Inkscape.
The developers have said that DXF will be supported in the future.
Neither the current release version (1.6.5.2) or the current beta (1.7.x) will handle DXF file format, so I am exporting as SVG. and then converted to DXF in Inkscape.
The developers have said that DXF will be supported in the future.
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Doug Fisher
- Posts: 206
- Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2016
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Country: USA
- Laser Machine Make or Type: Ke Hui KH-7050
- Laser Power: 80W EFR F2
- Laser Bed Size: 700x500
- Home Position: TR
- Control Software: LIGHTBURN
- RDWorks Version: v8.01.18 & 8.01.33
- Ruida Controller: RDC6442
- Windows Version: 10
- Accessories: Ruida RDC6442G EC controller, 2" lens, S&A CW5000 chiller, chuck type of rotary attachment, Russ' DoHickey (sp?), mA meter, a growing collection of tools and oddities to keep it running!
It is ridiculous that Ruida hasn't updated RDWorks to handle importing and exporting of .svg files as well as handling the current versions of other common graphic files.