How To: Laser Cut & Engrave City Maps

How To: Laser Cut & Engrave City Maps - Adobe Illustrator

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6 жыл бұрын

In this How To with Adobe Illustrator episode, we'll show you how to create your own local city maps for laser engraving or cutting with an Epilog Laser machine. These maps can be personalized to any location in the world.
Whether you're going to engrave the city map artwork on stone coaster, a leather wallet, a wood table or cut them from paper, cardboard, or acrylic for a custom wall art piece, these city maps will be a popular item with your customer.
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@signaturelaserdesigns7556 6 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. Great step by step instructions for engraving a map. We will be trying this. thank you for the video.

@nnlark 5 жыл бұрын

Great instructions! Had seen this styling before, never thought about this as an engraving/cutting method.

@eduardolaguna9328 4 жыл бұрын

¡Great! The world of design has changed a lot.

@dianemakes 4 жыл бұрын

What a great instructional video!! Thank you! I did everything you said and I made a wonderful map of my city on Baltic Birch. Great for gifting!

@epiloglaser 4 жыл бұрын

We're happy to hear you found it useful!

@ecekeskiner5558 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, nice video!

@Adventures.withKatrina 4 жыл бұрын

love this! Any suggestions on how to engrave the land, and lazer the roads? Editing every NODE is so exhausting lol.

@HubertRoguski Жыл бұрын

Cool ideas! Thanks for sharing.

@imarmodels 2 жыл бұрын

Really easy to follow, thanks for sharing!

@epiloglaser 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@becomealasergenius3396 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video👍🏼

@viosabarileva8810 3 жыл бұрын

This is a very informative video. I'm using maps to papercut so the lines need to be thicker. Any idea how to achieve that?

@coulterjb22 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the walkthrough. I am using CS4 and getting jagged streets/lines. i don't have the same customization settings as your newer version of Ai. i have a feeling my old version of Ai is going to be a problem getting straight vectors. Thoughts?

@epiloglaser 3 жыл бұрын

Hi ChaffineMachine - the Image Trace features in the newest version of Adobe CC have come a long way since the CS4 version released in 2008. We suggest reducing the amount of detail in the Trace features, then you may be able to smooth out the jagged lines you mentioned with the Simplify path feature under Object / Path / Simplify. The Simplify path feature will allow you to remove unnecessary and unwanted anchor points and simplify artwork, without making significant changes in the original path shape.

@coulterjb22 3 жыл бұрын

@@epiloglaser Thanks for the response. It might be time to upgrade or settle on lower quality.....upgrade it is.

@robertprice9052 2 жыл бұрын

I can't seem to get the detail I want in the area I would like to cover

@GeoffreyMoran 4 жыл бұрын

Your tutorial is great! I just keep getting a weird path all around my map which in turn becomes a cut path. Any ideas why this might be happening?

@benjaminsieber1589 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Geoffrey - is the line around the outside of the map section as a box?

@GeoffreyMoran 4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Sieber it would appear that way yes. When I try to delete the path, it deletes the entire map. Just to be clear the box is saying that it is a path not just the image or object box.

@davidbotero4291 2 жыл бұрын

how long does it take, cutting and engraving ?

@serhii2929 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! In what format I need to save final design in AI for engraving/cutting? DXF??? Thanks!

@benjaminsieber1589 4 жыл бұрын

Any format that supports a vector line will do. You'll need vector lines for cutting. DXF, SVG, PDF, and EPS are examples of file types that support vector lines.

@serhii2929 4 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminsieber1589 Thanks so much

@JJ-up5be 3 жыл бұрын

I missed the AI instructions in this video

@jeffreycunningtown5730 3 жыл бұрын

I did it with Woodglut.

@futhaiter366 5 жыл бұрын

Most us american city look boring and dead. All streets in cols and rows. Our european cities are grown and are full of curves and criss and cross streets. Much more interesting and natual.