Vision Engraving & Routing Blog

When engraving, you may find the need to begin your engraving in a place other than the top left corner of your table. The Vision engraving and routing machines make it very simple to change your home position.

First, place the material you would like to engrave on the table in the desired position. Then, use the XY jog buttons on your controller to move the spindle to the upper left corner of the area you plan to engrave. Now press the SET OFFSET button to set your custom home position. It’s that easy!

Please note that your machine will now engrave from that position until the machine is turned off or you clear the offset.  To clear the offset, press the GO TO HOME button to return the spindle to the upper left hand side of the table. Once it is there, press SET OFFSET to set the home back to the default position.

Vision Engraving & Routing Systems will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Monday, July 4^th. If you need to place an accessory order on Monday, please use our online store. Our customer and technical support teams will return on July 5^th, relaxed and ready to assist you.

Have a great 4^th of July! Enjoy the fireworks…

To scan an image into our Vision PRO engraving software, use the AQUIRE IMAGE command, located in the file menu. Before using this command, your scanner and scan software must already be installed on your computer.

We suggest that you set your scanning software to scale the artwork by a large amount (1000%) to provide a more detailed image that is easier to work with in Vision PRO. If you are scanning low quality artwork, you should use a low dpi (75 dpi) when scanning. If you use a higher dpi, the mistakes and imperfections on the original artwork will be magnified.

When you select the AQUIRE command from the file, your scanner software will automatically be activated. After the scanned bitmap is in Vision PRO, you can create a vector file to send to the engraver.

The AQUIRE VECTOR command is similar to the AQUIRE command, except that it will load the artwork into Vision PRO as vector artwork.

The SCAN AND TRACE WIZARD provides a series of easy to follow steps that guide you through the process of bringing an image into Vision PRO and the tracing that image into vector artwork.