1. Connect xTool F2 to xTool Studio

See Connect xTool F2 to xTool Studio on the Computer.

2. Select the processing mode and material name

In the top-right corner, click Unknown material, select the type and the name of your material, and click Apply.

3. Place the material and perform laser focusing

(1) Lift the protective enclosure, and place the material on the baseplate.

(2) Turn the knob to adjust the height of the laser module. When the red and blue light spots overlap, the focus is successfully set.

After you finish focusing, you can see the measured material thickness on the right side of xTool Studio.

4. Shoot background and design processing objects

(1) On the right of xTool Studio, click theicon.

 (2) Use the left-side tools to create objects on the canvas. 

(3) Select the objects to further edit them using the features on the upper bar.

5. Set the processing parameters

Select objects on the canvas and configure settings on the right panel.

Processing type

• Image - Engrave/C-engrave: Laser beams hit on the surface of the material to change the color of the surface. By creating different shades of color on the material surface, xTool F2 prints an image on the material.
• Vector - Score: Laser beams walk along the path of the vector graphic, drawing the vector on the material with lines.
• Vector - Engrave: Laser beams walk through the entire area enclosed by the vector path, engraving the vector on the material with monochromatic fillings.
• Vector - Cut: Laser beams cut the material along the path of the vector graphic.

Setting

If you have saved settings for the same type of material before, you can use your saved settings.

If you want to manually set the parameters, select User-defined. Then, set the parameters below. After setting the parameters, you can click Save setting to save it for further use.

6. Set the processing path

On the bottom right side, set the processing path by clicking the icon next to Process button.

(1) Turn on or off the Evade smoke mode.

When this feature is enabled, the device follows a path less affected by the smoke to process the material.

(2) Set the Processing path.

• Auto planning: xTool Studio automatically plans the processing path based on intelligent algorithms.
• User defining: Manually set the processing paths for some objects.

7. Preview the processing area

You can preview the processing area on the material by framing. Framing means laser dots walk along the border of the processing objects on the material. Take the following steps to start framing:

(1) Click the icon next to the Framing button to set the parameters for framing.

• Light power: Sets the laser power for framing.
• Mode: 
  In the Rect mode, laser dots walk along the rectangle border of the processing objects.
  In the Outline mode, laser dots walk along the outline of the processing objects.
  In the Polygon mode, laser dots walk along the polygonal path defined by the object's vertices.

(2) Click the Framing icon in the software, the laser dots will move along the boundary of the processing objects on the material, allowing you to preview the processing area.

To stop framing, click the  button again.

8. Start processing

(1) In the bottom-right corner of the software, click Process.

(2) Preview the processing pattern and path.

On the bottom-left corner, click the button, and xTool Studio will show you the processing path.

(3) Close the protective enclosure. In the bottom right corner of xTool Studio, click Start. When the software shows “Ready”, press the Start/Stop button on xTool F2 to start processing.