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===Checking cutting boundaries===
===Checking cutting boundaries===
To make sure that your design will be cut within the boundary of your material you can have the
To make sure that your design will be cut within the boundary of your material you can have the cutter mark out the bounding box with the red-dot pointer. '''Note that you must upload your design to the cutter before doing this'''.
To make sure that your design will be cut within the boundary of your material you can have the cutter mark out the bounding box with the red-dot pointer. Note that you must upload your design to the cutter before doing this.
* Click the 'Run box' button in the laser cutter application
* Click the 'Run box' button in the laser cutter application