Job Rotation in the Vectric Software

Overview

This video demonstrates three ways to rotate a landscape-oriented Vectric design to match a portrait-oriented piece of material. The methods range from a manual job setup change to using Sheets and a fast rotary job trick, with emphasis on updating toolpaths afterwards.

Steps

Method 1: Manual Swap

1. Open Job Setup.
2. Swap the Width and Height dimensions to match your material.
3. Select all vectors and rotate them 90 degrees.
4. Center the design in the portrait workspace.
5. Recalculate all toolpaths.

Method 2: Use Sheets (Vectric v11+)

1. Leave the original landscape design on Sheet 1.
2. Create a new sheet (Sheet 2).
3. Set Sheet 2 dimensions to the portrait material size.
4. Copy all vectors from Sheet 1 to Sheet 2.
5. Rotate the copied vectors 90 degrees.
6. Generate new toolpaths for Sheet 2.

Method 3: Rotary Job Shortcut

1. Open Job Setup.
2. Change the job type to Rotary temporarily.
3. Switch the wrapping axis, for example from Y to X.
4. Make sure Flip Design is checked.
5. Switch the job type back to Single Sided.
6. Notice the entire workspace and design are now rotated.
7. Recalculate existing toolpaths.

Key Points / Warnings

• Always recalculate or regenerate toolpaths after rotating the job; otherwise the machine will use stale toolpaths.
• Method 2 is best when you need both orientations preserved in one project file.
• The rotary trick is the fastest method, but be careful to temporarily select rotary and then switch back to single sided.
• The Flip Design checkbox is essential for the rotary shortcut to work correctly.
• Use Method 1 for quick, one-off jobs with minimal setup.