This software sucks! I had to reload my laptop and now corel just keeps

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This software sucks! I had to reload my laptop and now corel just keeps crashing over and over. I have an old XP machine and a windows 7 machine and I cannot get either to work.

On the XP machine I constantly get an A.I.R. error and the buttons are everywhere and half Chinese.

On the Windows 7 machine it crashes every time I import a jpg. I would just recreate the jpg in corel but I dont know how to do these rounded corners and skewed sides.
I ordered a smoothie board and cannot wait to try laserweb3 but I am waiting on a middleboard still from a kind but forgetful soul.

HELP!!!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwRbUywASsGJdGs2bjhQMEJCckU/view?usp=sharing

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After doing a little more research I bet I was using LaserDRW. I will try that and report back. The reason I reloaded my machines is because I couldn’t remember the passwords. I have amnesia from a medical condition. That part sucks but at least I woke up and owned a laser. It could have been worse. I could be learning how to feed my hogs or something :slight_smile:

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@Ric_Miller I wish I had that excuse when I buy my toys! :wink:
I am sorry you are having so much trouble with the software. The LaserWeb and Smoothie communities would not be doing such a great business if the K40 worked out of the box.

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I now have a second k40 in the box because of the illness, but I will get into that later. Yeah, it can be convenient and very inconvenient.

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I own two K40s also but that is because I am a laser horder.

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I am cutting now but the dimensions are way off. I put in my model and serial number in the settings. Ugh, I feel like I have done this before! :slight_smile:

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I imagine that waking & finding you own a Ferrari somehow wouldn’t go down too bad, until you see your bank balance. But on the issue of the software, it is capable of working with Windows 7 (CorelDraw + CorelLaser plugin). I did that for a while until I upgraded to Win 10.

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I wonder why every time I try to import a jpg it crashes then? Maybe I should try to make the image a BMP and import it.

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@Ric_Miller Any chance you could share a Google Drive (dropbox/onedrive/whatever else) link to the jpg (sharing via a post here tends to mess up the original file)? I can test & see if there is an issue with the jpg for you.

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That was hard for me to understand. does drive get messed up or do the the others?

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The driv e share link is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwRbUywASsGJdGs2bjhQMEJCckU/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwRbUywASsGJdGs2bjhQMEJCckU/view?usp=sharing

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This is what I am trying to veneer. https://www.mammothelectronics.com/products/4s1590a-enclosure?variant=28989130247
https://www.mammothelectronics.com/products/4s1590a-enclosure?variant=28989130247

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This is how far it’s off :slight_smile:https://plus.google.com/photos/102361688882180483990/albums/6341759931155014001/6341759931080929202

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Btw, I cut on a postal envelope

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@Ric_Miller Yeah, I meant the Drive links are good. Others get messed up. I will take a look at these files & see how it goes importing into my CorelDraw/CorelLaser & let you know.

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@Ric_Miller I managed to get it to import into CorelDraw/CorelLaser without any issues.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzi2h1k_udXwa0Nka01WckdaMm8/view?usp=sharing

On a side note, are you trying to cut or engrave this?

Also, you mention “that’s how far it is off” so are you having issues getting the positioning of the piece/cutting/engraving?

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@Yuusuf_Sallahuddin_Y Could you please help me with my machine / software settings? I am literally mentally challenged at the moment. It has to be something easy. I would rather use my XP machine since its in the garage, but the WIN7 machine will work too. you tell me. whats best. I just want to be able to draw dimensional stuff in “fireworks, illustrator, corel, gimp, etc” and laser it correctly.

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I am cutting, position is nonproblem

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My area. Like I said, not new but amnesia. https://plus.google.com/photos/102361688882180483990/albums/6341768462078107217/6341768458313520450

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@Ric_Miller Yeah, I can assist with the settings etc.

So, I am unsure about using Win XP, as I haven’t tested that. Win 7 definitely works.

I do all my design in Illustrator & export those files as either Adobe Illustrator 9 format (when I was running CorelDraw12 with the CorelLaser plugin) or now SVG (when I was running CorelDraw x7 with the CorelLaser plugin). That is for vector cut files.

For engraving, I just used bmp or jpg, either worked.

So, I have a few images to check for your settings. I will share here:

First, CorelDraw Settings:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzi2h1k_udXwWVlDR3RyTzlzemM/view?usp=sharing

Second, Device Initialise Settings:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzi2h1k_udXwbERTbWdISGY5eVU/view?usp=sharing

Cutting Settings (you may vary speeds though):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzi2h1k_udXwLW8zT3RLcC1Zd1U/view?usp=sharing

Engraving Settings (again may vary speeds):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzi2h1k_udXwYUdVc1I5NFY1R2c/view?usp=sharing

Hopefully some of that helps to start you off. Anything else, I’ll see what I can do to assist.