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| - | ====== TextMilling Quick start ====== | ||
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| - | This is an example to illustrate how to use TextMilling. | ||
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| - | ===== Your first engraving ===== | ||
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| - | This is what TextMilling looks like when you start the program. In this example we are going to create an engraving of the text "Kalle Petterson" | ||
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| - | * Press the **Add new horizontal text** button | ||
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| - | * Begin by typing **KALLE** in the text field. | ||
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| - | * Click on the font field and choose the font that you wish to use. The font field shows the fonts currently installed in your computer. | ||
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| - | * Press **Next >** | ||
| - | * Enter any size of the text as you desire or just continue. | ||
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| - | * Press **Finish** | ||
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| - | * Use the mouse to move your text and/or drag it to the desired size. | ||
| - | * Press the **Add a new text on arc** button | ||
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| - | * Enter **PETTERSON** in the text field and adjust the font as before. | ||
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| - | * Press **Next >** and adjust the parameters if desired. | ||
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| - | * Press **Finish** | ||
| - | * Move the arc:ed Pettersson text to a desired position. | ||
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| - | * Mark the center point of the arc and the starting position of the text. | ||
| - | * Move the mouse clockwise to mark the end position and the text height. You can now adjust the size and position of your texts by clicking on them and dragging the mouse. | ||
| - | * In the parameter window to the right you can see the parameters of the texts. Click on " | ||
| - | * You can type in different values that affect your text. Experiment with the mill diameter. | ||
| - | * By pressing " | ||
| - | * When you are satisfied with your engraving you can use these buttons to create NC-code, RIT-files or BEA-files (used by CamModul). | ||
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| - | These are just a few of the functions of TextMilling. Experiment with different fonts, rotations, mirroring and parameters. | ||
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| - | Good Luck! | ||
wiki/en/textmilling/quickstart.txt · Last modified: 2018/02/07 19:24 (external edit)
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