Precision Vector for Laser Engraving
Every line at least 0.6 mm wide, or it doesn't engrave.
- Role
- Vector Tracing, Production Design
- Year
- 2022-2023
- Minimum line width
- 0.6-0.9 mm
Vectoring against a machine
Screen vectors only have to look right. Engraving vectors have to survive a machine. The laser can't hold a line thinner than 0.6 mm, and on some materials the floor moves to 0.8 or 0.9, so every curve, gap, and counter gets checked against a physical minimum before it ships.
That changes how you trace. Detail that reads fine at full zoom gets deliberately sacrificed where the tolerance says so: hairlines thickened, tight gaps opened, textures simplified until every stroke clears the spec. It's vector work with a hard pass or fail at the end, and the machine doesn't grade on intent.
I did this for 11 months of production work for a custom laser-engraving shop, piece after piece, from customer image to machine-ready file.