RdWorks Corel Plug in Help / Pro

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Ken Smith
Posts: 6
Joined: Fri Feb 18, 2022
Location: Detroit, Mi
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: Morn
Laser Power: 100
Laser Bed Size: 3' X 2'
Home Position: BL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: V6
Ruida Controller: Other
Windows Version: 10

Day 2: I've tried all I know to try so I am now here looking for suggestions and or help in figuring this out. I was trying to update RdWorks Corel Plug in as I haven't done it in years, (against my better judgement as I'm of the type that if it's working and working ok, leave it TF alone!) so here I am, haha. I've uninstalled, re-installed, deleted and uninstalled, registry cleaned, fresh install, reboot, restart, searched for answer's, googled my butt off, pray, cussed etc etc. Here's my issue, everything get's installed properly, the plug in is there, the version I've installed is there, I load a engraving from Corel to send to the machine, all looks good, set up the parameters and hit start, machine kicks on like normal, but it will only engrave outlines! No fill! Even with "scan" set in the settings, it engraves outlines!
I saved all my (RdWorks Corel plug in) settings that were working with a previous plug in, so I go through and change any setting that is not like my old settings. Still doing outlines! Uninstall everything, reinstall and don't change any of the settings except the Axis Mirror setting and it still is engraving outlines! Now I am at the point, okay, it's an older machine, maybe because it's older and has an older Ruida (RDL C320) controller that this plug in will not work with my machine? I went back to version 8.01.45, 48, 54, 59 and they all will do the same exact thing! Am I missing anything here? Any suggestions? I think the last plug in I was updating from was 8 something version and it was working fine (Of course!) Thank you for any help and your time!
Pete Cyr
Posts: 1964
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2016
Location: Suffolk Virginia
Country: United States
Laser Machine Make or Type: Boss 1630
Laser Power: 100w
Laser Bed Size: 16"x30"
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win 10
Accessories: roller rotary attachment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHela0GXcfc

watch this - I have to use it occasionally to fix my setup.
I am using corel 7 and RDWORKS ver 18.
I don't know if your system is is configured similarly with the version of each you are running.
Location - VA
Equipment - Boss Laser 1630
Power - 100W
Laser Bed Size - 16" x 30"
Home Position - TR
Full RDWorks Version - v8.01.18
First name - Pete
Ken Smith
Posts: 6
Joined: Fri Feb 18, 2022
Location: Detroit, Mi
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: Morn
Laser Power: 100
Laser Bed Size: 3' X 2'
Home Position: BL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: V6
Ruida Controller: Other
Windows Version: 10

I will give this a try, maybe later today if I have time, thank you and I will report back the findings!
Ken Smith
Posts: 6
Joined: Fri Feb 18, 2022
Location: Detroit, Mi
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: Morn
Laser Power: 100
Laser Bed Size: 3' X 2'
Home Position: BL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: V6
Ruida Controller: Other
Windows Version: 10

Okay, part of the video seemed to work as far as uninstalling items. I'm currently down to version 8.01.45 which seems to run the best so far (I started from 01.60 and worked down) Malwarebytes was going nuts and quarantining certain files, shutting it off and running them made no difference in functionality as they still didn't work properly. I so far like where I am at and frankly do not have the time right now to be dicking around with software, haha. Here's my issue and I've ran across this a couple times, it's engraving mirrored or opposite of where it's suppose to, there was an Axis setting but on the newer versions I either can't find it or they changed it to something else! It's mirrored and the engraving is mirrored, but it is engraving scan / hatching and not just doing outlines. So anybody help with how to un-mirror reverse the engraving function? Again thank you for any help!!
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