In Aliencell Space, you can precisely control which parts of your design are sent to the laser machine for processing. If you have auxiliary lines, draft shapes, or simply want to process a complex design in separate stages, you do not need to delete these objects.
Aliencell Space provides flexible ways to skip processing: Hide (making them invisible on the canvas) and Disable Processing / Do Not Execute (remaining visible on the canvas, but ignored during laser processing).
Objects that are hidden or disabled will be ignored during both the Framing and Processing stages.
¶ 1. Managing via Color Tags (Recommended)
If you organize your design using color layers (e.g., Purple for engraving, Red for cutting), managing them via "Color Tags" is the most efficient method. Aliencell Space offers two ways to do this:
¶ Method A: Disable or Enable Processing
- Locate the Color tags bar at the bottom-left of the interface.
- Click the
icon on the right to open the detailed color tag list.
- Here, for any color tag, you have two options:
- ① Disable Processing (Do Not Execute): Click the
icon. The objects under this tag will remain visible on the canvas, but will not be processed. At the same time, the color tag's HEX code will display a strikethrough (e.g., #E8D000).
- ① Disable Processing (Do Not Execute): Click the
- ② Hide: Click the
icon. The objects under this tag will be hidden from the canvas and will not be processed.
¶ Method B: Batch Hiding via Color Block Selection
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Click the color block corresponding to the layer you wish to skip processing.
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Navigate to the Object list on the left panel. Right-click the highlighted selection and choose Hide (or directly click the eye icon).
¶ 2. Manually Selecting and Hiding Specific Objects
If the shapes you need to skip do not share the same color or parameters, you can manually select and hide them.
- Select the object(s) on the canvas. You can do this in several ways:
- Click to select a single object.
- Hold the
Shiftkey and click continuously to multi-select specific objects. - Click and drag your mouse to create a bounding box, selecting a group of objects at once.
- Right-click the highlighted object(s) and select Hide.
¶ 3. Batch Hiding by Parameter Set
If you want to skip a group of objects that share the exact same processing parameters (e.g., you want to run the engraving pass first and temporarily skip the cutting pass):
- Locate the Parameter set panel in the top-left corner.
- Click on the specific parameter group you wish to skip (e.g.,
Cut 40W 10mm/s). Aliencell Space will automatically select all objects using these parameters on the canvas. - In the Object list, right-click the highlighted selection and choose Hide (or click the eye icon).
¶ Tips
- Restore Visibility: If you need to re-process these objects, locate them in the Object list (the eye icon will have a slash through it at this time), and click the icon again to make them visible.
- Restore Processing: If you need to process these objects later, simply click the icon or the closed eye icon again in the Object list or Color tags panel to re-enable them.
- Framing: Hidden objects will not trigger the framing boundary, ensuring the laser head only previews the actual valid area to be processed