Requirements 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.

Connect xTool F1 Ultra to xTool Studio

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

(2) Open xTool Studio. In the top-right corner, click + New project.

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

Note: If you have connected an xTool device in xTool Studio before, click the icon.

(4) On the pop-up window, click Connect Device. Then, click the name of your device.

Start processing with xTool Studio

1. Select the processing mode

(1) On the right side, click the name of the current processing mode, then select Curved material. 

(2) Click Unknown Material, select the desired material, and click Apply.

2. Set the focus and select the processing area

(1) On the right side, click the Remeasure icon.

(2) Lift the protective enclosure, and place the material on the flat surface, 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) Click Framing. Then you can see a blue rectangular projection is displayed, which indicates the target processing area.

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

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

3. Set the measurement density

(1) xTool Studio 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 xTool Studio.

(3) After completing the measurement, xTool Studio 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 xTool Studio, you can use the tools to further edit the selected objects.

(3) Select objects on the canvas. On the right side of xTool Studio, you can set parameters for the selected objects.

5. Start processing

(1) In the bottom-right corner, click the icon to set the processing path.

• Auto planning: xTool Studio 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, click Process.

(3) Preview the processing pattern and path.

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

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