Mesh- filling for screenprinting templates

Good Morning,
I’d like to fill areas with smallest possible dots to create PVC-templates for screenprinting. Therefore i have to cut-out a mesh. The beam dimension is 0,08 mm. It would be fine enough if i could create that mesh with 0,2 mm dot and distance between dots 0,2 mm.
But how is it possible to create such a fillng?
Thanks in advance.

It may be a solution. Draw lines with the desired distance and use perforation mode.
However, I myself have not tested such small distances.

Never ever put PVC materials in a laser. One of the worst things you can do. If you meant to do that, I don’t know what you exactly want to do :slight_smile:

PVC is widely considered as not safe for laser processing as burning it produces hydrochloric acid. Proceed at your own risk.

That said, what you are describing sounds like a halftone-like dithering pattern. You may be able to get a mesh using images and one of the mathematically simpler dithering methods such as “ordered”, “halftone”, or “newsprint”. It’s been many decades since I worked with screen stencils, so I’m not sure how you would have to handle solid colors. You may have to play with image settings to get desired results in the darkest values.

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