Check the link for the current version of Falcon Design Space and download the version that matches your computer.
When your download is complete, find the file in the Downloads folder. On Windows and MacOS, simply double-click on the downloaded file.
The default startup size of Falcon Design Space is 1440*1000, so it is required that the resolution of the user's computer is not lower than 1440*1000.
Double-click the installer (*.exe) to start the installation program and follow the process.
Installing Falcon Design Space on macOS is the same as most macOS software. After downloading the DMG file, open it (usually by double-clicking on it) and drag Falcon Design Space into Applications.
Functional Description:
Equipment list: display all laser engraving equipment of Creative, users can click on the equipment list to select;
Connecting equipment: after connecting the laser equipment to the computer, it supports automatic connection and displays the current equipment type and laser power. Early part of the product can not read the firmware information, does not support automatic connection, users need to manually select the device, click the “Connect” button to connect the device;
Disconnect: After the device is connected, the “Connect” button changes to “Disconnect”, and the connection status changes to not connected after clicking;
Device status: Not connected, Connected, Going to border, Working, Paused. When the device is working, the print time and stop button are displayed;
Functional Description:
Falcon Design Space controls how the laser performs a print job, with two modes of operation, absolute coordinates, and current position. This can be selected in the Start Position box in the Process Setup module.
The page grid you see in the Workbench window represents the work area of your machine. Anything placed in this area will be cut at the appropriate location on the machine. Absolute Coordinates A reset operation is automatically performed before printing to prevent the print from failing if the current coordinate information is incorrect;
When you click the Start button, the engraving job is performed from the current location of the laser head.
Use the Job Origin control to tell Falcon Design Space how to position the engraving job relative to the laser position.
Falcon Design Space's shape creation tools allow you to create simple shapes. Select a tool from the left toolbar, such as the Ellipse, Rectangle or Polygon tool. After selecting a tool, left-click in the canvas and drag the mouse to resize the shape being created. When dragging, the Shift key will force the shapes to have the same width and height, so you get circles and squares instead of ellipses and rectangles.The Ctrl key centers the shape at the starting point instead of dragging it from corner to corner. Release the mouse button to complete the shape. For text, select the Text tool and then enter the text content in the edit window on the right. the text in the canvas is synchronized for modification.
Import format support: SVG, DXF, PNG, JPG, BMP, JPEG
You can import files into Falcon Design Space in several different ways.
1. Click the File Upload button on the left side of the Workbench page;
2. Click File - Import for file upload;
3. Upload files by using the shortcut key Ctrl+I;
Once you have elements in Falcon Design Space, the next step is usually to place or resize them. When one or more elements are selected, they will enter the selected state and you will see various “tool handles” appear on the outside of the selection, as shown below;
Grabbing any of the four corners lets you resize an element from that corner, by default using the other corner as an anchor point for uniform resizing. Holding down Ctrl (Command build on Mac) switches the anchor point to the center, so the center of the object stays in place when resizing. Holding down the Shift key adjusts the width and height independently, rather than locking them together.
Grabbing any of the four side handles lets you adjust the width or height of your selection, and the Ctrl/Command key switches to the center anchor point, just as it does for corner sizing. When moving, the status bar shows both the absolute position of the selection being moved and the relative distance it was moved.
You can also edit the position, rotation, and size of the drawing in the Basic Information toolbar.
When you create shapes in Falcon Design Space, they are independent of the other shapes you create. Sometimes it's handy to treat a bunch of things as a whole, to make sure they maintain their relative positions and sizes when you move them around. In Falcon Design Space, this is called a group. If you select two or more shapes and click the Group button or press Ctrl+G, you will create a new object containing the original shapes. To ungroup to edit individual elements, select a group of shapes and click the Ungroup button or press Ctrl+Shift+G.
When a vector file is imported into Falcon Design Space, it defaults to the first layer, which is black by default.
Layers in Falcon Design Space are used to assign different settings to the shapes in the design. Example:
LASER CONTROLS In the design above, the 00 can be used for a solid, dark engraving, while the 01 is a slow, high-power cutting layer.
We will show step by step how to create a small and simple project, from start to finish, showing how to use some basic editing tools.
This project will make a simple name tag, cut around the letters, ideally made from basswood board.
In the left toolbar of the Workbench, click the “Text” button shown below.
Next, click somewhere in the middle of the Edit window (workspace) to get the cursor and enter the text:
Click the “Select” button or press the “ESC” key to enter the selection mode.
After you add the text, you can adjust the print parameters in the “Engraving Layers” list, modify its engraving mode, speed, power, number of times, output and other settings:
This engraving layer tells us that the engraving mode of the layer is line engraving, the speed is 6000mm/m, the power is 40%, the number of prints is 1, and the prints will be printed according to this parameter. Engraving layer power / speed / number of times, set according to the choice of laser equipment, processing materials set the default value will be different.
To see how the laser will run your project, click the Preview button:
The Show Preview window, which shows the printing effect of the objects in the canvas, is shown in the following figure:
Where fast movement (laser not on) is indicated by a blue line and cutting distance (laser on) is indicated by a black line, clicking on the Run button allows you to watch how the simulated laser will do its job. You can also drag the progress bar to see how the cut will look at different points in time. Viewing the preview before you start printing can effectively minimize mistakes, thus saving time and material. Click the Close button to close the preview.
Make sure you are currently in selection mode, with the Select button highlighted. Click on the text to bring it to the selected state. This is shown in the image below:
Drag the handle to modify the size, position or orientation of the selected object.
The Text Settings bar appears when the text is selected, as shown in the following figure:
If you make a change you don't like, you can undo it by clicking the Undo button on the toolbar (or pressing Ctrl+Z/Edit-Undo on the menu). If you decide you like it, you can also do a restore operation on it (Ctrl+Y/Edit-Restore on the menu).
Instead of Outline Text, you want Solid Fill. In the “Engrave Layer” window, change the engrave mode to “Engrave with Fill”.
After selecting the text, click the “Offset Effect” button, as shown below:
The “Offset Effect” pop-up window will appear, as shown below:
The offset effect outlines the selected shape by setting the offset distance (positive value outward, negative value inward), and after adjusting it to a satisfactory effect, click the Confirm button to generate the shape.
Click the Add button to add an engraving layer. Select its engraving mode as “Line Cut”.
Now, using the Selection Tool, select the outline shape just created, and then in the sculpture layer, click on the “01” layer of the color block, making the outline shape, switch to the 01 layer, as shown in the figure below:
Engraving parameters include speed, power, and number of times. These parameters will give you the recommended values according to your currently selected laser equipment and processed materials, which can be used directly, or can be modified in the engraving layer list by yourself if required.
Clicking on the Machining Material drop-down box displays a library of material parameters in which you can switch machining materials, as shown in the following figure:
Once the material is selected, you can choose to apply the material to all layers/the current layer:
In addition to using official preset materials, you can also create custom materials to use, save carving parameters for easy reuse;
Starting position: You can choose between the current position or absolute coordinate mode for printing.
Processing path: Four printing modes can be selected: automatic planning, from near to far, from inside to outside, and in layer order. Depending on the design, the corresponding mode can be selected to adjust the printing order and optimize the printing time. Before printing, the print result can be viewed through the preview window.
Before starting the homework, it is necessary to perform border (rectangular border, rubber band border) operation to ensure that the drawing can be engraved on the printing material. The laser border path may vary depending on the starting position mode (absolute coordinates, current position) you have currently selected.
After confirming the accuracy, click the start button and the laser will start working.
If there is a problem during laser operation, you can click the pause/stop button to terminate the job. After clicking pause, the button changes to resume, and clicking resume button can continue to complete unfinished work.
After completing the work, if the carving is too deep or too dark, you can increase the speed or decrease the power in the carving layer; If the cutting is unsuccessful, the speed can be reduced or the power can be increased. If you don't modify the settings, you can cut again.
This is the default layout for Falcon Design Space windows.
Clicking on 'New Project' in the 'File' menu will clear all current projects and create a new one.
Functional Description: When creating a new project, it will check if the current project has not been saved, and a pop-up window will prompt as follows:
Click 'Yes' to open the path save window and perform the project save operation.
Click 'No' to clear existing project information and directly create a new project.
Click the "Close" button in the upper right corner to close the pop-up window, cancel the creation of the new project, and continue operating in the current project.
To open an existing or saved project file, click "Open Project" on the "File" menu
Functional Description: Open the project, display the path selection pop-up window, select the project file to open, and the pop-up window prompt is as follows:
Click 'Confirm' to overwrite the existing project content.
Click 'Cancel' to close the warning pop-up window and no longer proceed with opening the project.
Click the "Close" button in the upper right corner to close the warning pop-up window and no longer proceed with opening the project.
Functional Description: After clicking, a path selection pop-up will appear. After setting the storage path and name, save the project as a * * *. fds format file.
Functional Description: Save the project as another file.
Functional Description: Export the design drawings from the canvas in SVG format.
Functional Description: Keep the current design as a "GCode" file, which can be used for offline operations through an IF card.
Open the file directory, select the G-code file, send the G-code file to the engraving device, and start the printing task directly.
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Click to display a shortcut key pop-up window, where you can view all shortcut keys.
The statistics of Falcon Design Space shortcut keys are shown in the following table:
Shortcut keys |
Windows |
Mac |
New project |
CTRL+N |
COMMAND+N |
Open project |
CTRL+O |
COMMAND+O |
Save project |
CTRL+S |
COMMAND+S |
Save project as |
CTRL+SHIFT+S |
COMMAND+SHIFT+S |
Drag |
Middle/SPACE+Left |
Middle/SPACE+Left |
Import |
CTRL+L |
COMMAND+L |
Export vector |
ALT+S |
ALT+S |
Save G-cdoe |
ALT+X |
ALT+X |
Run G-code |
ALT+N |
ALT+N |
Undo |
CTRL+Z |
COMMAND+Z |
Restore |
CTRL+Y |
COMMAND+Y |
Select |
ESC |
ESC |
Select all |
CTRL+A |
COMMAND+A |
Cut |
CTRL+X |
COMMAND+X |
Copy |
CTRL+C |
COMMAND+C |
Paste |
CTRL+V |
COMMAND+V |
Paste in place |
CTRL+D |
COMMAND+D |
Delete |
DELETE |
DELETE |
Group |
CTRL+G |
COMMAND+G |
Ungroup |
CTRL+SHIFT+G |
COMMAND+SHIFT+G |
Open the Design Space settings window.
Functional Description: Click the "Preview" button to open the preview window. It will display the current laser project and include information about cutting distance, rapid movement, and total time estimation. The cutting line is black, and the motion trajectory is blue.
Functional Description: Click on "Use Screen" in the "Window" menu to enlarge/reduce the workspace to its default size, so that you can see the complete workspace.
The main toolbar of Falcon Design Space allows you to quickly access commonly used functions such as undo, restore, adapt to the screen, preview, align, distribute, and more;
Functional Description: To undo the last editing operation on the current file, click on the “Undo” icon/Ctrl+Z in the upper left corner.
Functional Description: To redo the last editing operation on the current file, click on the “Restore” icon/Ctrl+Y in the upper left corner.
Functional Description: Click “Unite” in the “Combine” menu to combine two shapes into a single outline.
Functional Description: Click “Subtract” in the “Unite” menu to cut out a graphic from another graphic, there are two kinds of cases: A minus B and B minus A. When you use this function once, you can exclude the top layer. If the effect of cutting does not meet the expectation after using Exclude Top Layer once, you can use Undo to cut it again, so that it will change from A minus B to B minus A.
Functional Description: By clicking “Intersect” in the “Unite” menu, you can combine two shapes into a single outline and delete the parts that do not intersect.
Functional Description: Subtracting the overlapping area before the shapes, Falcon Design Space will by default exclude the shapes in the same engraving layer from intersecting, at this time the shapes are still separated, the user can drag them around, and after manually triggering the exclusion of intersections, the shapes will be merged into a whole.
Functional Description: Click “Grid Array” in the “Array” menu to create an array or grid of objects in the workspace. A window will open allowing you to set the parameters of the array or grid.
Functional Description: Click “Circular Array” in the “Array”menu to create an array or grid of objects in a circle in the workspace. A window will open allowing you to set the parameters of the array or grid.
Functional Description: “Flip Horizontal” flips the selected objects in the workspace horizontally.
Functional Description: “Flip Vertical” flips the selected objects in the workspace vertically.
Functional Description: “Align Vertical”aligns the selected objects in the workspace vertically, with the box centered on the last drawn shape and the point centered on the last selected shape.
Functional Description: “Align horizontally” aligns the selected objects in the workspace vertically, with the last drawn shape as the center of the box, and the last selected shape as the center of gravity.
Functional Description: “Align Right” aligns the selected objects in the workspace to the right, with the box centered on the last drawn shape and the point centered on the last selected shape.
Functional Description: “Align Top”aligns the top of the selected objects in the workspace, with the last drawn shape as the center of the box, and the last selected shape as the center of gravity.
Functional Description: “Horizontal Alignment”aligns the selected objects in the workspace horizontally, with the box centered on the last drawn shape and the point centered on the last selected shape.
Functional Description: “ Align Bottom”aligns the selected objects in the workspace to the bottom, with the last drawn shape as the center of the box, and the last selected shape as the center of gravity.
Functional Description: “Horizontal Distribution” distributes the selected objects in the workspace horizontally with the same interval between each object.
Functional Description: “DIstanbute horizontally” distributes the selected objects in the workspace vertically with the same interval between each object.
Functional Description: The offset effect outlines the selected shape by setting the offset distance (positive value to the outside, negative value to the inside), and then clicking the Confirm button to generate the shape after adjusting it to a satisfactory effect.
Functional Description: “Shape Separation” splits a closed shape, such as a closed rectangle, into four segments by clicking Shape Separation;
Functional Description: “Line Split” splits a shape into two shapes by straight lines and locks, ignores images and text when splitting, and only works on vector shapes;
Functional Description: “Shape Closure” closes the unclosed lines into a shape by the numerical closure distance;
Functional Description: Sets the position of the element on the canvas by x and y coordinates. The point (0, 0) is located in the lower left corner. The unit, mm/in, can be set in the settings.
Functional Description: Show or set the size of the object. You can set this unit, mm/in, in Settings.By default, the aspect ratio of an image or object will be locked. You can click the link icon to unlock the ratio so that you can change the width and height of the image or object as needed.
Functional Description: Rotates the selected object by angle. Positive values indicate clockwise rotation, while duplicates indicate counterclockwise rotation.
Functional Description: Uniformly sets rounded corners for closed shapes, and supports setting different values for each corner if it is a rectangle drawn by a shape;
Functional Description:
Click “Select” to select objects in the workspace for moving, scaling, rotating, etc.
Click to select: Clicking on an object (graphic, image, etc.) in the canvas brings the object to the selected state. Closed graphics and images support selection by surface, click on the inside of the object can be selected; non-closed graphics composed of lines, you need to click on the lines to be selected, you can adjust the selection tolerance to select the range.
Box Selection: Click the left mouse button, drag in the canvas, the objects covered by the selection range can be selected together.
Shift+Point Selection: After selecting an object, you can increase the selected object by Shift key.
Functional Description: Click the “Drag” button, the mouse cursor changes to hand, you can use the left mouse button to grab and drag the view. Support middle mouse button and space+left mouse button.
Functional Description:
Click the “Shape” menu in the “Rectangle” mouse cursor changed to a cross, you can draw a rectangle in the workspace, press Shift + mouse drag can draw a square, press Ctrl + mouse drag can draw a rectangle from the center, press Ctrl + Shift + mouse drag can draw a square from the center, rectangle can be set for the four corners of different rounded values. Shift+mouse drag to draw a square from the center, rectangle can be set for the four corners of the different rounded values.
Functional Description: Click “Circle” in the “Shape” menu to draw an ellipse in the workspace, press Shift+Mouse to drag to draw a circle, press Ctrl+Mouse to drag to draw a circle from the center, press Ctrl+Shift+Mouse to drag to draw a circle from the center. Press Ctrl+Shift+mouse to draw a circle, and press Ctrl+Shift+mouse to draw a square circle from the center.
Functional Description:
Click “Polygon” in the “Shape” menu to draw polygons in the workspace according to the set number of sides, press Shift+mouse to drag to draw orthomorphic polygons, press Ctrl+mouse to drag to draw polygons from the center, and press Ctrl+Shift+mouse to drag to draw orthomorphic polygons from the center. Shift+mouse drag to draw polygons from the center, and Ctrl+mouse drag to draw orthomorphic polygons from the center.
Functional Description:
There are some SVG shapes preset inside the software, such as “Heart, Cloud, Lightning...”. The SVGs can be imported into the canvas by clicking on the corresponding shape in the Shape menu.
Functional Description: Click the “Text” button to create text in the workspace.
In the Text Settings window, you can
Functional Description: By clicking “Vector”, you can draw lines in the workspace, and by clicking to draw a straight line between two points, you can draw a closed graphic. The drawing process is to press the Shift key to draw a straight line at a fixed angle (45°, 90°), and click the right mouse button to disconnect and end the drawing. Drawing a straight line between two line segments allows you to make a line connection.
Functional Description:
Falcon Design Space has some SVGs pre-built inside, click on the corresponding shape and it will be imported into the canvas.
Functional Description:
Show file path popup, import format support: SVG, DXF, PNG, JPG, BMP, JPEG.
Functional Description:
Each column represents the meaning as follows:
Note: 1. Image can not be added to the vector layer, vector objects can not be added to the image layer; 2. Image layer can not be created manually, after importing the image, the image layer will be added automatically; 3. Select the image layer, at this time, drawing shapes, will automatically create a vector layer, select the vector layer, import the image to automatically create an image layer.
The image is shared with the pass count, speed, and power of the engraving layer it is on, and the overscan and fill intervals for the image are set separately in the image editing window.
Below the layer list, you can see the settings of the currently selected layer, where you can set the speed, power, pass count, overscan, and kerf offset. The parameters that can be set are slightly different for different engraving modes.
Mode | Line engraving | Fill engraving | Line cutting | Image engraving |
settings item | Speed | Speed | Speed | Speed |
Times | Times | Times | Times | |
Power | Power | Power | Power | |
Overcut | Overscan | Overcut | Overscan | |
Cut offset | Interval | Cut offset | Interval |
Overcut: When cutting a closed shape, continuing to cut beyond the end of this offset on the last pass.
Cut offset: the amount of offset that is compensated for when cutting closed shapes based on the thickness of the laser.
Overscan: When enabled, an additional movement is added at the beginning and end of each line to avoid burns when engraving filled edges.
Interval: The distance between each line when performing fill engraving. Below is a preview of the 0.5 and 1mm fill intervals.
The list of carving layer operations, as shown in the following figure:
Functional Description:
Current Position
Functional Description: When you click the Start button, the engraving job is performed from the current location of the laser head.
Use the Job Origin control to tell Falcon Design Space how to position the engraving job relative to the laser position.
Absolute coords
Functional Description: The grid of pages seen in the Workbench window represents the work area of your machine. Anything placed in this area will be cut at the appropriate location on the machine. A reset is automatically performed before absolute coordinates are printed to prevent print failure if the current coordinate information is incorrect;
Functional Description:Automatic planning of machining paths from design drawings;
Functional Description: Near then far, faster speed, suitable for single engraving or cutting;
Functional Description: A more stable processing method, suitable for the scenario of engraving and then cutting;
Functional Description: Printing from top to bottom in accordance with the display order of the engraving layer list, which can be adjusted by adjusting the layer order.
Functional Description:
1. Install the swivel kit.
2. Align the rotation target under the laser.
3. Enable the Enable Rotation button in Advanced Settings.
4. Enter the diameter or circumference of the target to be rotated.
5. Typically works in Current Position mode.
This is useful for arranging irregular shapes where a simple boxed outline would not be appropriate. For example, thin diagonal shapes or triangles.
If my current file is this four hexagons, the green rectangles around them will follow the path of the rectangular frame:
Functional Description:
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Functional Description:
1. Find the dot cardboard that came with the device, place it in the camera view as prompted, and then click the “Get Image” button to calibrate the camera. If the dot cardboard is missing, you can also download the dot card by clicking the “Dot Pattern” button and print it. Click the “Dot Pattern” button to download the dot card, print it and calibrate the camera;
2. Place the cardboard according to the position shown in the picture, and then get the images;
3. After the nine images are acquired, click “Next” to print the marking points;
Functional Description:
1. Place a board of not less than 200*200mm in the center of the engraving machine.
2. Click on the “Rectangle” button to move the border test.
3. Click the “Start” button to start carving operations.
4. After the job is completed, click the “Get Image” button to get an image.
5. According to the mark on the image, double-click the mouse to obtain the coordinates of the four center points in turn.
6. Click the “Finish” button.
Zooming the image by mouse wheel is supported. If the clicked position is wrong, you can cancel the previous information by the “Reset” button at the bottom and get it again.