#1 Requirem

ents on materials

• Use a material with a smooth surface and gentle curves that meet the requirements below.
  
   
• The angle between the tangent to the curve at any point and a horizontal line should be no more than 45 degrees.
  
   
• The distance between the highest and lowest points on the curved surface should be no more than 10 cm.
  
   
• Abrupt height change, sharp corners, and inward sloping are not supported.
  
   
• Do not use highly reflective materials.
  xTool F1 Ultra measures curved surfaces based on optical principles. Excessive reflections from the material may cause inaccurate measurements.
   

#2 Connect xTool F1 Ultra to XCS

(1) Use the USB cable to connect xTool F1 Ultra to your computer.

(2) Open XCS on your computer. On the top-right corner of XCS, click the + New project button.

(3) On the right side of the project editing page, click Connect device. 

Note: If you have connected an xTool device in XCS before, click theicon > Connect device.

(4) On the pop-up window, click the name of your device to connect to it.

#3 Start processing with XCS on your computer

1. Select the processing mode

On the top of XCS, click the name of the current processing mode, and then select Curved material. 

2. Set the focus and select the processing area

(1) On the top of XCS, click the Curve-measureicon.

(2) Lift the protective enclosure, and place the material on the baseplate, allowing the blue light spot to fall in the center of the desired processing area.

(3) Hold down on the Up/Down button for laser module to lift or lower the laser module. When the red and blue light spots overlap to form a purple spot, the focus is successfully set.

(4) On XCS, click Framing, and then you can see a blue rectangular projection, which indicates the target processing area.

(5) In XCS, drag the handles to resize the bounding box, so as to adjust the target processing area. After confirming the target processing area, click Next.

Note: By default, the width and height proportion is locked. You can unlock it by clicking theicon.

3. Set the measurement density

(1) XCS provides recommended measurement density based on the size of the selected area. You can adjust the measurement density by changing the Rows and Columns.

(2) Click Start measuring, and the device will measure the height of each point on the selected area. You can see the measurement progress on XCS.

(3) After the measurement is complete, XCS generates a 3D model. 

• To rotate the model, drag it with the mouse.
• To adjust the model, change the Smoothness and Tension.

(4) Click Done. The selected and measured area is displayed normally on the canvas, while the other area becomes grey, which indicates a non-processing area.

4. Design objects and set processing parameters

 (1) Use the tools to the left of the canvas to create objects on the canvas. You can import images, insert shapes, enter text, draw vector graphics, and so on.

(2) Select objects on the canvas. On the top of XCS, you can use the tools to further edit the selected objects.

(3) Select objects on the canvas. On the right side of XCS, set parameters for the selected objects.

5. Start processing

(1) In the bottom-right corner of XCS, click theicon next to Go to process to set the processing path.

• Auto planning: XCS automatically plans the processing path based on intelligent algorithms.
• By layer: The objects will be processed by the order of the layers.

(2) In the bottom-right corner of XCS, click Process.

(3) Preview the processing pattern and path.

In the bottom-left corner, click thebutton, and XCS will show you the processing path.

(4) Close the protective enclosure. In the upper right corner of the software, click Start. When the software shows “Ready”, press the XTOOL Start/Stop button on the touchscreen controller to start processing.