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1. Pm PET G2100 G3171681deg J ox 3 cea With this option TextG1 text from Type3 CAA can be set as G1 Checking the option and setting the limit angle will create curves which will deform slighly in order to have G1 behaviors set on the points when angle are less than 1 for instance COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 4 1 1 3 gj TYUPE3 caa SOFTWARE SOUT OR Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 In this sample we can see the result Higher angle will be kept so there is no modification applied Text with G1 option a TextGl 1deg B All points on which following angles are less than 1 are changed into G1 pe Camechon s bandan L Prayetten 140 Co in Cut hull apom ase mi pal 05 Y S3 I 0 0543 ES Lennectan Minimen Gap Mamu Gap r d ny aj inf rev ation Checretizetion Anm run Whoo Darat un GUA rama GJIN Glades 63 1 M 091 deg a c Jar Note The default angle is 1 Do not set a big value as the curve will be deformed further and may not represent the expected result All applications which need G1 aspect could be used on Edge filet draft angle chamfer etc COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 42 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 uh B Full Tree visualization It is possible to access parameters of the text from the tree of CATIA V5 You can have 2 ki
2. Distance between 2 lines Result with 0 75 Default value 1 5 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Ga 2 7 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 E aim 7 The multi line feature runs for the 3 kind of text references e Text on curve The support will be offset according to the distance between lines It is like using the Catia s function parallel curve and create a text on each curve Tet e E Wetyetem hence xU Bu Ba H ST E us uW s gap Y A If ees ejaj weld mj x s HL fa KM wen Qa ingah test Mim Ime COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 8 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Text on arc ad THPE3 C33 SOFTWARE SOLUTION The arc will be offset according to the distance between lines It is like using the Catia s function parallel curve and create a text on each new arc ti P ame ut MU d ee PIN ma gt mam Ne 3 8 d m A m 3 x Text on the box In case of text on the box the base line will be offset according to the distance between lines It is like using the Catia s function parallel curve and create a text on each new line COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED re vue mases Para v aset s exe Br Em de E Al i ge A MA djaj wue m Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 b Th
3. Here are below the different effects you may obtain COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 5 7 3 D TUPes caa FIRMWARE SOUT OR Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 AY Applies the auto kerning By default it is the most readable AN Suppresses the auto kerning and keeps the left and right spaces of the character HE Applies the auto kerning and suppresses the left and right spaces of the character D Suppresses the auto kerning and the left and right spaces of the character SHA Each character and its spaces fit a box which has the dimension of the M this character is the reference This function aligns vertically the characters in comparison to those of the second line S Input text This is one of the very important features of the text mode The abilities to write multi lines froma single reference a point a curve Click in the text input field and Press Enter to add a new line gt 2 additional parameters come on screen to control distances between words lines Value are in percentage gt The Input text becomes bigger e dw ms E Input text Multi line Possible Now HJE a Distance between words Only one value per text The additional space between word will not change distance between characters COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 6 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 up 1 default value 3 b
4. TTF and OpenType OTF ALL fonts you have running on your PC can be used Of course in the event you would not have the fonts needed you will have to install those fonts on your PC Refer to Windows s help to install a new font VNF fonts The installation comes by default with VNF single line fonts Please refer to Annex filar font to have detail of font They are free of use GVT fonts GVT fonts comes with 2 pack MEA Middle East Asia and WESTERN pack According to the license user can write with those font Please contact your reseller to have more information Please refer to Annex filar font to have detail of font Note VNF and GVT fonts cannot be use external to Type3 s product E Selectinga font Click on the drop down menu and select the desired font by scrolling down as needed If you know already the font name you can quickly access to it by typing the first letter of its name For instance t will display the first font starting by t In this sample it would be Tahoma Swiss 721 Light Cond fw Sylfaen E Symbol Symbol Monospacec Symbol Proportional F Aligning text You can justify the text differently by clicking on one of these icons gt Align the text left gt Center the text gt Align the text right gt Justify Align the text to block fills in the whole available space The text will be aligned accordingly to the support line edge COPYRIGHT 20
5. 2014 All rights reserved Release Version 5 50 Build A Build Day 15028 Build Date 2015 01 28 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 build 7601 64 bit Types for CATIA FLEAnet Publisher Licensing License type Server DTO2 SUPPORTO1 6 1 License expired 31 jul 2015 CATIA R V5 Release B24 C Dassault Systemes All rights reserved service Pack 4 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 63 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Gu Annex filar font 1 VNF font Here is the list of VN font They are free of use But they cannot be use external to Type3 s product 57 9 ED Type3ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon Ariel G1 Type3ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon MECA MEDIUM 1 Type3ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon Tim e G1 TypesToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon Changes 1L Type3ToCetlo CAA VS Besed Addon Curtz IL Type3ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon DIN Filaire 1L Type3ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon Future 1L Type3ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon Gines IL Type3ToCalia CAA V5 Based Addon Helvetica 1L Fana TE ata CAL LE Tasas don Soript 1L Type3 ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon Serif 1L Tvpe3ToCatia CAA V5 Based Addon Sya COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 64 1 3 Ch THPE3 CA3 SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 2 GVT font Like some VNF fonts GVT fonts are single line font Single line fonts are commonly use
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7. Joel ABCDEFGH 12345618 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 68 73 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ABCDE abcde 12345 Am lie COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 69 73 TUPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Customizing Type3 under CATIA This section describes how to customize the Type3 CAA toolbar It also gives some advice about the display settings 1 How to display the Type3 toolbar in additional workbenches By default Type3 s toolbar displays in the Part Design however it may become interesting having Type3 s features in the Generative Shape Design for instance This procedure will have to be carried out in each workbench where the Type3 toolbar will be needed e Goto Tools gt Customize the Customize dialog box opens e Click onthe Toolbars tab e Click the New button the new toolbar dialog box is displayed In Work Object Parameterization Analysis Parents Children Show Historical Graph HE cra E Mask E Catalog Browser Delete Useless Elements External View slits ES Thin Parts Attribute ENOVTA VE VPM Anstvs kata Lc Apply Material Comnpesartts d habilage Visualization Filters Composants nyus d un conteur Options Puse this page to add oF delete a tociber to the current workbench The Commands page alces ragi drop to add remeve comma
8. the settings and modifications can be applied properly font choice height width user MUST select the characters FIRST then change the parameters If none of the characters are selected then there is no change that will apply on the text If modifications are needed to be applied on 1 or more characters at a time this can only be made possible by highlighting only the character s on which the modification will need to be applied Segoe UI Gras all Segoe UI Gras Haliqu Segoe Ul Italique Segoe UI Light jsegoe UI Semibold Segoe UI Semilight Segoe UI Symbol Shonar Bangla Text Shonar Bangla Bold Font famil Font type Showcard Gothic u rn Fonts v Verdana 4 ss vag ET SimHei Ailismm GA Ee Alodg H Simplified Arabic Simplified Arabic Bol Simplified Arabic Fixe A fodeg H oss Malo a SimSun SimSun ExtB Snap ITC ab i AB Ag ab AB AB Jo E AV Stencil Swiss 721 Bold BT Swiss 721 Bold Italic I 325 a alos L8 Swiss 721 Bold Outlir Swiss 721 BT Swiss 721 Italic BT Input text M8 Swiss 721 Light Cond Swiss 721 Light Cond Sylfaen E Symbol 4 Lil t COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 1 11 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 up aa gium Font family Font type TrueType Fonts Tahoma D Choosing the text font There are 3 main families of fonts that Tyoe3 CAA can manage Windows fonts TrueType
9. 15 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 1 9 1 3 Sd TUmPes caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 A 10mm G Heightof character To modify the character height 1 Select first the text by highlighting it in the text field Input text 2 Enter its height in millimeters within the corresponding field 3 Click on Preview to see the result in CATIA s environment or OK to validate the change Example on the first letter of the word Rapido The R has been highlighted Rapido Then the height of the R letter is changed for 20 mm The height of the other letters is kept at 10 mm A E Width of character a To modify character width 1 Select the text by highlighting it in the text field Input text 2 Enter a width in percent ratio in the corresponding field l 10096 0 12 10 3 Click on the Preview button to display the result or OK to validate it Example on the first letter of the word Rapido Rapido Widening of R by 200 Ratio 2 4 ode E H Italic To modify character s slant 1 Select the text by highlighting it in the text field Input text 2 Enter the slanting value in degrees or in the chosen unit within the corresponding field 3 Click then on Preview to see the result or OK to validate it Example COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Rapido Rapido G om THYres3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUT
10. IA V5 s MACRO Type3 CAA allows Users managing texts via the Macro interface of CATIA V5 You can record edit modify a macro with the feature text ES CA Users Etienne AppData Local Temptest catvba used MS VBA In the current editor for instance Microsoft Visual Basic we can find all parameters of the text within the macro you can modify the macro according to your applications This approach gives a real opportunity to Users targeting an automation process Macros Editor D DEMO CATIA WEBINA File Edit View Help Deja Sh e textWarpFactory DistBaseLine 0 000000 textWarpFactory FontClass 1 textWarpFactory FontName Batang textWarpFactory FontName Arial textWarpFactory TextHeight 0 000600 textWarpFactory TextWidth 1 000000 textWarpFactory ItalicStyle 0 000000 textWarpFactory Inclination 0 000000 textWarpFactory Spacing 0 000000 textWarpFactory Underline 0 000000 textWarpFactory ExponentType 3 textWarpFactory Modifier 1 textWarpFactory LineSpaceType 2 textWarpFactory KernType 1 textWarpFactory CircleRadius 2 200000 textWarpFactory StartAngle 1 570796 0 52359877559829887307710723054658 1 1 textWarpFactory ConvergenceType 1 textWarpFactory BoxAnchorPointPosition 5 textWarpFactory BoxIncAngle 0 000000 textWarpFactory FontStyle 74 textWarpFactory Color 0 textWarpFactory SlideCaliper False mi Line 1 Column 1 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRA
11. IGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 3 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 b To position the text 1 Selectthetext to be repositioned fromthe Input Text field 2 Click AB or AB if needed you can move away the text from the base line by entering a value in the nearby field This value corresponds to a percentage of the character height Note the percent symbol is not displayed 3 Click on Preview to seethe result or OK to validate it Examples Above Below Above and 5096 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 4 1 3 cad TSPes caa Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 SOFTWARE SOLUTION R Auto kerning AV The kerning i e distance between two characters of one word depends on e Theleft and right spaces of the character These fixed values are defined during the creation of each character e An extra distance that can be positive or negative defined for each combination of two characters Each font encloses a standard auto kerning table which can be modified by clicking the Kerning tool AY This tool is made of five options that allows modifying the kerning created by the author of the font to meet your needs To modify the default kerning 1 Select the text to be adjusted from the Input Text field 2 Click the kerning tool AY as many times as needed to select the proper spacing type 3 Confirm by pressing the Enter key
12. ION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 15 15 I Previewing amp inserting Special characters The Character list feature allows previewing the font s character before validating their choice or searching easily for a symbol or a special character that the keys on the keyboard cannot bring directly Cc ie NP n h O HE KON O Jex jes je n c OO E Qm jx LA U 3 A med mi ZA ev e To preview fonts 1 Click the List of characters ixi tool so its dialog box opens 2 Browse the library of character using the bottom slider To insert a character 1 Select a character or a symbol in the list 2 Validate your choice by clicking on Insert or double click Close then the dialog box 3 The chosen character or symbol is inserted at the chosen place within the Input text field COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 0 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 uM i aa J Rotation Torotate text 1 Selectthe text or characters that you want to rotate from the Input text field 2 Clickthe Rotation 4 tool and enter the degree of rotation The axis of rotation is on the middle of each bounding box Positive value is CW negative value is CCW rotation 3 Click on Preview to see the result or OK to validate it Bg By default the angle of rotation equals zero since the
13. Nava oo Petonmance vip Layer Fite Thickness ile Qedumon culling C Occlusion culling enabled 30 Accuracy E e Inthetree select Display and then open the Performance tab e Inthe3D Accuracy section set the Proportional option to 0 01 and the curves accuracy to 1 e Inthe2D Accuracy section set the Proportional option to 0 01 e Click OK to validate and exit You get a better display of your curves entities in 2D and 3D Your working environment is now fully customized and you can still change it at any time within CATIA settings COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 1 21 1 3 p TYPE3 Ca3 SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 3 How to Better Visualize Axis Systems All mapping features use axis reference systems sometimes it could be interesting to see bigger axis system to help for their selection Go to Tools gt Options the Options dialog box opens e Inthe tree select Part Infrastructure and then open the Display tab In the Axis system display size in mm increases the value until the size of the axis system is big enough Gener Displery Part Document Display lo Specification Tres a Extermal References 4 Bedim under operations 4 Expand iketch baved feature node at creation 7 Only the current opersted sold O Only current body CI Geometry located stier the current festure TI Pamete of festures and contrats
14. Set colors button If the picture has more colors they will be displayed within the palette C To set the Parameters of color reduction Click the Parameters button The Color reduction parameters dialog box displays Color reduction para Options Sensibility Sensibility for contour erasing Sensibility for merging areas m Pre treatments ET a Suppression of antialiasing Mi Suppression of noise Cancel T we TYPez3 cas Setthe following parameters Y Sensibility When you move the slider to the right the nearby pockets of color are merged together so you obtain less color v Sensibility for Contour erasing This corresponds to the precision of the contour Tick the Contour erasing box You can then move the slider to modify the Sensibility for contour erasing By moving the slider to the right you will get fewer contours v Sensitivity for merging areas When you move the slider to the right the colors that are similar are merged even if they are not next to the other so you get less color but the main contours are actually kept Y Suppression of antialiasing Activate this function to keep the Sharpness of the angle of the contours Y Suppression of noise Activate this option to suppress the small noise pixels that appear sometime on an image This option is very useful to avoid future corrections on the final curves lf needed you can get back t
15. TIA V5 Please refer to CATIA V5 s manual to add toolbars into other workbenches COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 4 1 3 TAPE It aa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Plug in Description Below is the Type3 CAA add on to CATIAV5 overview description Please refer to each section of document to have the full description of the function Type3 s toolbar by default in Part Design workbench Licensing management Gateway to Type3 s standalone Retrieve contour from See the section Using the product See the section picture See the section license Gateway toolbar Vectorization Wrap curves on surfaces Information about version See the section Wrapping license etc See the toolbar section About information Create modify text See the section Text mode COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 5 1 3 x TYPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Using The Type3 License Below is the procedure to install a network license This type of license allows a given number of workstations to use the same license at the same time When a workstation does not need the license any more it releases and makes it available to another workstation and so on When you launch Type3 CAA if the icons of the Type3 toolbar are all grayed out it means local User did not take any license yet In that case you cannot use any fe
16. TYPE3 CAA Software solution db TYPES caa FIRMWARE SOUT OR Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Table of Contents SS Co o A i 3 Manta Descrip isc Tm 3 Manual OD SCH CS ee na ee a ane don 3 NO I mo 4 Plug in Description Using The Type3 License NEN 6 Gateway toolbar Copy Paste 7 Pise MA mec ita ada 9 Text mode HR 15 MES CU OMG P o Na AN 50 Basic Map DING AAA o eE E O Cylindrical Mapping y e PA e EA 59 Conical Mapping 61 About Information 9 E 62 me TA TO ben ae eE o a BE baan aa a aaa aa a aaa 64 Customizing Type3 under CATIA una anaan ana sea e ses ene e see teste sene rose se reres e nese eee neser enet e sere res esse res nese ne ese nenet 70 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 aa Preface This manual has been created to assist with the features usage of Type3 CAA Artistic Logo Text amp Mappings add on to CATIA V5 This manual is not all inclusive Rather it focuses on recurring tasks that are requested by the user to be achieved in order to obtain the desired results within Type3 s Catia environment Manual Description The purpose of this manual is to allow a CATIA V5 user with basic skills
17. VOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 49 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 uer Projections Type3 CAA comes with projection algorithms Parallel according to Z direction gt Local elements being projected locally one by one a Parallel projection e The parallel projection will project any curve selection texts logos curves etc on surfaces Surfaces can be one patched or a more complex one The direction of projection is following the Z direction So the Z of the reference axis system for curves and for surfaces must be defined properly both normal to curves and surfaces First you will need four elements to generate a parallel projection The curve s to project The reference axis system of the curve s The surface s The reference axis system of the surface s gt Theaxis system of the surface has to be normal to the surface the Z axis Should be normal to the surface otherwise the projection will not work properly or as intended gt Thesurface MUST have little variation if not the result of parallel projection could be deformed too much Mapping would be recommended gt Curves and surfaces could be in different position no need to be close to each other or inthe same plane You can try the function with the file Parallel_Projection CATPart under R24 located to Master Catia Type V5 50 Build A 64bit RXX BXX sources Documentation M anual For instance You should obtain th
18. ace Accumacy Surtece mus system Surlace Face 1 CO 50 Uv BOW LI Swap UV C Reverse U Reverse Y COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 5 1 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 J TJPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Surface axis system Surface ISO U V 8 ISO V U si Swap UV 3 Reverse U Reverse V gt TYPe3 caa E Cancel Preview Curves Surface Accuracy Surface axis system Surface ISO U V 150 V U VE RS IG MAAIE DIDI m CI Swap UV LEA jl cj pr i Reverse U Reverse V e TJPe3 caa E Cancel Preview G COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 58 73 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ub Cylindrical Mapping 9 The cylindrical mapping will be used specifically when surfaces are morphologically closed to a cylinder This method gives a good result for glass mold applications It will map all curves selected texts logos curves etc on surfaces Surfaces could be made of one patch or of a more complex one You can try the function with the file Cylindrical mapping Catpart under R24 located to Master Catia Type V5 50 Build A 64bit RXX BXX sources Documentation M anual First make sure you have already created e The reference axis system of the curve s e Two points that define the cylinder revolution axis it can be also vertices of a line e Onereference point located on the su
19. actual pixels of the original image less smooth Note the better the quality of the original picture is the better the vectorization results will be N WARNING Be careful with this setting the demanded precision has a direct influence on the number of points generated The points can be overabundant and then slow down the display on screen then on the manipulations and overall on the calculations COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G l 0 1 3 cod TJPe3 caa ARE SCT CO Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 2 Noise filtering Varies This parameter determines if the algorithm will follow only the main position of pixels or will follow all changing direction 3 Smoothing Varies from 1 This parameter determines the choice of vectorization both using a conversion in splines or in segments and favoring the former more than the latter or vice versa 1 all in splines 1 all in segments At O all the angles under 90 become sharp 4 Centerline Using the Centerline feature will build a stroke line computed from the varying thicknesses of the line present within the picture Example Bitmap Contours Stroke line 5 Fast Checking this box will speed up vectorization process 6 Maximumthinning This is the maximum value allowed for thinning contours while using the vectorization as Centerline mode The calculation is made from the pixels and hence
20. alization we TyPe3 caa i 9 ok 3 Cancel _ Preview Reference position at Bottom Left Inc Angle 25 and O Arc Box Box us Inc Pel 25deg E Ten S O TextG1 0deg E LI Full Tree Visualization TYPe3 cas 9 ok 3 Cancel Preview Reference position at Centre Inc Angle 0 and lO Curve Arc Box Box ues Inc Angle Odeg E C TextG1 odeg E Full Tree Visualization e TyPes caa COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 3 9 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 b ai APPLICATION Front panels where texts may be defined in reference to a position of the middle point of a button for instance COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 40 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 k a a d OTHERS PARAMETERS A TextG1 By default when using text in CATIA V5 with Type3 CAA curves are not built as G1 This is normal aspect because Windows font editor do not have tools to create geometries with G1 s behavior Tyoe3 CAA uses the geometry of the Windows font inside the CATIA V5 s environment Example of result with a standard text Many points are not tangent even curves are displayed as smooth The Connect Checker feature shows all the varying angles Es el E res Quick se ran 9 apum Bape a jg omms T mp 2 ree
21. ang 1 VN TIRES E 2 Gy TRES COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4 1 1 3 TAPE It aa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 In the tree of CATIA V5 a feature Text is created To change any attributes of the text just double click on it and Users goes into the edition mode Or if Users want to change only one parameter then it can just select directly the parameter within the tree to be changed For instance to edit and modify the Height Text Full Tree Visualization false EX Geometrical Set 1 Text string Text on curvesecuned line f Text tex ct 2 Base Curve Inversion false ia Base Surface Inversion false Alignment Mode Left Justification true Position on Baseline Above the baseline Text Word Spacing 1 Text Line spacing 0 75 Base Curve Text Left shift Omm Base Curve Text Right Shift Omm Text Gl false BE Geometrical Set Tet 3 Height P R E Text G1 Max Angle Odeq Ro Bee Font Family True type font Font Type Arial Unicode MS Height Lamm Width 1 Text Italic Odeq Rotation Odeq Extra Space 0 35 Text Underline Position O uperscript subscript None spm Case None Position Ratio 0 Kerning KERM STD COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 48 1 3 bh TXIPes caa SOFTWARE SOUUTIDH Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 f USING TEXT IN CAT
22. aseline Text Word Spacing 21 T Text Line Spacing 0 75 si Base Curve Text Left Shift mm Base Curve Text Right Shift mm Text Gi fals5e Text G1 Max Angle 2 deg Bj Font Family True type font j Font Type Arial Unicode M5 Height 25mm e wwidth 1 Text Itali E Ode Q Rotation Odeg Extra Space 0 35 Text Underline Position 0 uperscript Subscript 2 Mane Case None ST Position Ratio 0 SAG kerning KERM STD gum ght EDITI COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 44 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 we ISS Here is listed all parameters appearing in the tree Full Tree Visualization Mode of visualization in the tree True Full False Partial Text String The input text Base Curve Inversion The starting point is reverse Then the text will be mirrored in horizontal and vertical True There is an inversion False There is no inversion Base Plane Inversion The normal of the surface is reversed Then the text will be mirrored in horizontal True The normal is reversed False The normal is not reversed Alignment Mode Left Middle Right Justification True The text is applied according to the support distance False The text keeps the Alignment Mode Position On Baseline Above the baseline the text is above the Baseline Below the baseline the text is below the Baseline Text w
23. ature of the add on Once you click on the Get Release License icon A it asks to the server a license If one license is available it will be directly assigned to the local workstation requesting it If there is no more license available users will receive a warning message Stating all the available licenses are in use When the license is granted the icons of the Type3 toolbar become active Depending on your options as shown below Once you have finished working with Type3 CAA click again on the Get Release License icon to release the local workstation license the icons of the toolbar comes back gray and other Users can use the license released COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 6 1 3 TAPE It aa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Gateway toolbar Copy Paste 24 This section explains how to copy paste objects between CATIA V5 and Types Of course Users MUST have on the same PC at least 2 products Type3 CAA and TypeEdit LaserType 3Design or Gravostyle A Copy ndi Click the Copy icon The Copy to Type3 dialog box comes up Selected entities 1 Select the entity ies to be copied in Type3 It can either be e Curves e Surfaces Click OK Switch to a Type3 product paste selected entities by pressing Ctrl V or by using the Paste icon The entities are copied exactly at the same place absolute origin wise Dimensions are al
24. characters are positioned flat on the base line los H K Extraspacing To modify text spacing 1 Select the text or characters to be spaced from the Input text field 2 Entera value in the Space field 20 Note the percent symbol is not displayed this is a ratio 3 Click on Preview to see the result or OK to validate it Example Rapido Rapido IN The default spacing is 0 0 It means there is no extra distance If you modify the value positive or negative it will become the new default parameter of the next text COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 1 1 3 TAPE It aa SOFTWARE SOUT DA Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ap B L Underlining tet To underline a text 1 Select the characters to be underlined from the Input text field 2 When the value is different to zero then an underline will be created The line appears according to the value positive or negative proportional to the height of the underlined characters Note the percent symbol is not displayed 3 Click on Preview to see the result or OK to validate it M Writing from right o left To write from right to left 1 Click the icon first A 2 Typethen yourtext in the Input text field Intended to users of Arabic Windows the four types of characters single at the beginning at the middle or the end of the word can be handled with TrueType Unicode fonts Here is th
25. ct sketch intersection etc The text will follow the position and shape of the base curve Select a plane and a curve Write a text Type3 CAA V5 Based i Curve inversion Without Curve inversion gt With Curve inversion the direction of the curve is reverse and the result as well COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 4 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Kp li Leftandright margings gt Left align and Left Margin 10 mm or Right Margin 10 mm Input text 12245 Plane Base plane Xy plene Bese Curve Curve 3 Arc J Hos Curve Dare Curve Sketch B Left Marge 10mm E Right Marge 0mm 2 gt Center align Left Margin 10 mm and right Margin O mm text is shifted on the right by a value of 10 mm gt Center align Left Margin Z0 mm and right Margin 10 mm text is shifted on the left by 10 mm COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 5 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 i T9PRes cas SOFTWARE SOLUTION gt Right align and Left Margin 0 mm and Right Margin 0 mm gt Right align and Left Margin 210 mm or Right Margin 10 mm B Support an Arc The text will follow the arc Select a plane and a point which defines the center of the ARC Then enter the Radius and the start Angle The center point can be an existing point a vertex or it can also be created froma right click in
26. curve COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 5 2 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 ee 7L Curves Surfaces Accuracy Curve axis system axis System A Curves to project Text 1 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Curves Surfaces Accuracy Sphere 1 Parallel X G 53 73 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 b ai Basic Mapping The basic mapping is a new strategy to map curves on surface It works with ONE surface and will follow U and V direction of the surface This method gives a good result for glass mold applications It will map all curves selected texts logos curves etc on surface You can try the function with the file Basic mapping Catpart under R24 located to Master Catia Type V5 50 Build A 64bit RXX BXX sources Documentation M anual First make sure you have already created e hecurve s to map e hereference axis system of the curve s e hesurface e hereference axis system of the surface Curves axis system Surface axis system on surface COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 5 4 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 a a al The basic mapping dialog box displays Select items according to the wizard Click the basic mapping icon A curve axis system text B surface axis system surface the surface MUST be only one patch Accuracy Curve ax
27. d in Following profile machining strategies Engraving process is thus Simplified and faster GVT font comes with 2 packs which can be activated jointly or separately MEA Middle East Asia and WESTERN GVT fonts can be supplied as an option extra costs and activated on the license Please contact your reseller for more information You will find below the details on the 2 packs Note they cannot be use external to Type3 CAA product A PACK1 MEA Pack UP ANGSANA 1L 1950 le c 123 y WON ARABIC 1L ABCDE ARIAL UNI 1L International font for multi language engraving COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 65 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 aS par RA a AS ae A ra o ARIAL UNI S 1L A AN ni jae qm y T OS TA o Sh oe TI MATE RSR LI T S pu A or IO Y A Ate TUE Nee AHU TUIIL TUF Tit tdi illiid ut ON VINU ADS my I rav RI o be M S wees e X pen D EC os ar MASS A le o n E AAF dx o e ef st erm nt me US eel neue Pm amp U 52 037172 ex SE ABI AEZ eir 123456 UTITUITIIR 12345 TTIW COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 66 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ELALI TA Nm eS Cl E Bl A M 01018 B PACK2 Western Pack COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 1 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ABCDEFG abcdefg 1234567
28. depends on the image resolution of the width of the original tracing of the drawing thickness of the raster lines This parameter should be approximately equal to half of the number of pixels related to the widest trace of the original drawing to be vectorized middle vectorization of a thickness COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 1 1 1 3 TUPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 7 Spot filtering Filters spots which are not vectorized When objects in the picture are less than the value in the inputs box then the vectorization will not be applied on them This option is useful when the drawing has many spots within the picture photocopies fax It limits the number of contours created during the vectorization process by ignoring the elements considered as not being part of the drawing 8 On black The vectorization is made on the black part of the picture only 9 Default values Button allowing resetting the Default values Click the OK button to validate the parameters they will be kept as the new default until the Default values are reset b Vectorize Click next on the Vectorize S The Color reduction dialog box comes up COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 1 2 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 eee er From the Gravotech logo 3 colors will be detected 1 green 1 grey and 1 white Select the
29. e Vectorization features of Type3 CAA Vectorizing the Gravotech BMP file O GRavoTecAH Click the Vectorization icon In the Vectorization window displayed click the Open a Bitmap tool Browse the installation to find the Gravotech PNG located within the Samples directory of the Documentation folder of Type3 CAA C TY3TOCATIA VVIN641B 241 Documentation Manual Samples The Vectorization feature will open the following picture formats Winton E E MJ AAN J PEG TIFF GIF O The Vectorization Window of Type3 CAA GRAVOTECCH COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 uc Once the picture has loaded within the Vectorization window then the vectorization parameters can be adjusted For this click on the Parameters icon P a Vectorization Parameters The following window displays Allowance 1 5 ral p Pa Noise filtering 1 WAN j m Smoothing Curve Angle 0 co D LI Centerline O Fast Spot filtering 5 mm Maximum thinning 5 mm gt G On black Default values OK Cancel TYPe3 Cas E The following parameters can be changed l Allowance 7 to3 Varies This parameter determines how faithful the resulting vectors will beto the original image Higher values lead to smoother vectors while lower values make the vectors to fit more accurately to the
30. e following result Pay attention particularlyto the orientation of the axis systems They must be normal to the curve and to the surface COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 5 OI 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 io TSPE3 Caa The wizard will assist Users step by step by requesting each field to be set Ka pl Pan 2 mr dranei Pret Curves Surfaces Accuracy Curve axis system Axis System 3 bore Pied Parallel No selection The curves are then perfectly projected on the surface COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 5 1 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ul ai Using CATIA V5 s 3D features such as the Split Thick surface or Pa allows creating 3D objects The local projection will be more often used when gt Thesurface contains intense variations such as a sphere First you will need five elements to generate a local projection The curve s to project Thereference axis system of the curve s Thesurface s The reference axis system of the surface s And a guide on the surface line intersection You can try the function with the file Local Projection Sphere CATPart located to Master Catia Type V5 50 Build A 64bit RXX BXX sources Documentation M anual Example with a local projection on a sphere The guide in that specific case is the result of an intersection between the sphere and the extrusion of a
31. e text RIGHT written from right to left as an example Input text RIGHT N Supersc ab t To write superscript text 1 Select the character s to write as an exponent from the Input Text field 2 Click then on a 3 Click on Preview to seetheresultor OK to validate it By default the distance between the superscript text or character and the base line equals 50 of its height The size of the superscript character is reduced to 50 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 2 2 1 3 TUPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Example Rapido O Subscript db To write subscript text 1 Select the character s to write as an index from the Input Text field 2 Click the subscript tool db 3 Click on Preview to seethe result or OK to validate it By default the distance between the subscript text or character and the base line equals 50 of its height The size of the subscript character is reduced to 50 Example Rapido P Changingthe case of the text AB Ax ab To change text case upper lower case and small caps 1 Select the text to modify from the Input Text field 2 Click one of the case changing tools AB AB AB ab 3 Clickthen on Preview to seethe result or OK to validate it Examples Q Positioningthe text in relation to a base line Ap jan The text may be positioned either above or below the base line COPYR
32. e text multi lines can be used with multi support This approach is very interesting when user need to write text on different position and using different support Example one different support lines Text Font famil Font BE fiom AT odes E jes Et Ha E a aja wab A er eps EM o Nos SS NS Multi SUPPORT NY Possible Now Base plane Base Curve Plane Plane inversion O Inversion Y Curve O Arc O Box Curve Base Curve 3 Element s Left Marge Omm Right Marge Umm H O Tet6t odes E D Full Tree Visualization e TYPez caa DOF AMIE SOLUTIEN D ok P Cancel RO EX The first line of text will be applied to the first selection of the support COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 3 0 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 up Example two Application in Audio front panel Write the 4 texts MIC IN FRONT OUT REAR OUT CEN BASS The interface will be like this on this sample e ltexton CURVE and a reference plane e 4reference points e 4 inputs text Base Curve 4 Elementis Left Marge 0mm Right Marge Omm E O TextG1 90deg E C Full Tree Visualization Qc COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 3 1 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 e SS Result in CATIA V5 This approach is very interesting when user need to
33. green and gray colors and then click OK to validate the vectorization lf the white color was selected in this example file the vectorization would be carried out on the frame of the bitmap as well The following curves are then obtained outlining the contours of the logo By default the result of a vectorization is generated under the XY plane Users can then manage the results as desired pad scale change plane etc This step will automatically detect the colors contained within the picture Nevertheless you still can modify the automatic settings of the color reduction Color fusion and Set colors which is the number of colors present in the picture At any time you can get back to the previous settings just by clicking the Reset button A Merging colors Each color which has been detected by the vectorization module is represented by a square in the left part of the dialog box palette 1 Click the colors on left one by one or directly the color on the picture to merge them 2 Click the Color fusion button The resulting number of colors U COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 1 3 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 2 TSPe3 Caa automatically appears vvithin the field located at the right side of the named Set colors button B Toset colors You can choosethe number of colors to be used forthe vectorization process Enter a number and click
34. is system Axis System Curves to project Surface ISO U V ISO V U i Swap UV C Reverse U Bi Reverse V Curves Surface Accuracy Surface axis system Axis System 2 Surface Face 1 O ISO U V ISO V U E Swap UV C Reverse U Bi Reverse V COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 5 5 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 NR gt Result You have different parameters in the second tab O ISO U N 8 ISO V U A Swap UV Reverse U e ISOU V the mapping will be done according to U direction first then V e ISOV U the mapping will be done according to V direction first then U e Swap UV U becomes V and vice versa For instance the UV of the surface will be like this H gt SwapU V gt A e Reverse U the direction U will be reversed a ReverseU gt t COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 5 6 1 3 D T SHPE3 Caa SOFTWARE SOUUTICH Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 e Reverse V the direction V will be reversed gt Reverse V gt Those parameters allow user to set the right position of mapping U must be in horizontal and Vin vertical as standard reference system in the user s view position For instance for different position needed Curves Surface Accuracy Surface asis syslen Surface Facel 3 150 uN wv 150 vu 4 St UV C Reverse U z Reverse Y wv TwOdc CaA 8 A Won _ Preview Curves Surf
35. is system origin of the curve s From there Users can drive the position on the surface very easily This reference point can be one of the 2 points for nominal radius You can try the function with the file Conical Mapping CATPart located to Master Catia Type V5 50 Build A 64bit RXX BXX sources Documentation M anual COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 1 1 3 J TJPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Click the Cylindrical mapping icon The Conical mapping dialog box displays Curves Surfaces Accuracy Accuracy Reference axis system First point of the cone axis Curves to map Second point of the cone axis R2 Reference point of the first radius Reference point of the second radius R2 0 Reference point for the mapping Surfaces e TYPe3 caa B Cancel Preview gt About Information gl The ABOUT icon gives important information e The release version number e The date and day of the version running e The OS of the PC e Thelicensing management type FlexNet or Hasp COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 2 7 3 TYPE3 C33 SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 e Type of license Nodelock Stand alone or Server Floating e Expiration date of the license e The version of CATIA V5 any service pack installed Types R to CATIA 2014 P C Gravotech
36. nds Standards 8 Publication COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 7 OI 1 3 TUPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 New Toolbar Type3 Workbenches a Reference Elements Extended Reference Elements Compact FreeStyle Analysis Electrical Harness Installat Dynamic Sectioning Electrical Part Design Insert Digitized Shape Editor Product Knowledge Template T Composites Grid Design Reconcile Core amp Cavity Design Types A Healing Assistant 4 La 9 ox Cancel In the Workbenches section select Part Design and then in the Toolbars section select Type3 The Type3 toolbar is displayed now in the GSD Click OK to confirm the addition 2 How to better visualize your creations As the add on manipulates curves of CATIA V5 Users can change parameters to see curves in 2D and 3D as they want e Goto Tools gt Options the Options dialog box opens Tools Window Help e Formula Utility Show Hide In Work Object Parameterization Analysis Parents Children Show Historical Graph Delete Useless Elements External View ES Thin Parts Attribute Customize Visualization Filters COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 7 1 1 3 p TYPE3 Ca3 SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Tree Appearance Tree Maripulation
37. nds of displays within the tree Full Tree Visualization or Partial visualization e The Full tree visualization allows users manipulating parameters for each individual character There is a first group of parameters which are common to all the texts Then parameters which are associated to each individual character Base Curve Inversion false l Base Surface Inversion false fennon parameter oi I Alignment Mode Left as E Justification true Position on Baseline Above the baseline i Text Word Spacing 1 Ej Text Line Spacing 0 75 J Base Curve Text Left Shift 0mm Base Curve Text Right Shift mm E Test GJ false 1 Text G1 Max an gl e Ode q zi Font Family True type font zi Font Type Arial Unicode M5 height 25mn Parameters belonging to each character n Width 1 J Text Italic 0deg ME Rotation Odeg Extra Space 0 35 E Text Underline Position 0 BAT perscript Subscript 2 Mane Case None Asco BED SU T kerning KERN STD COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 4 3 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 pic A e Partial tree visualization Only varying parameters are displayed in the tree separately ext 1 B Full Tree visualization false El Text String Text Base Curve Inversion false Base Surface Inversion false J Alignment Mode z Left justification true Position an Baseline 2 amp bove the b
38. o the original setting by clicking on the Default values button COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 1 4 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 lb aim 7 Text mode With Type3 CAA add on there are 3 ways to create texts 1 Text from a CURVE The text will be defined according to the curve evolution Curve can be a line an edge of a surface lines from a sketch intersection extraction etc the curve must be on a plane If not the curve will be projected to the reference plane of the text 2 Text in ARC The text will be define following an arc center radius and start angle 3 Text from a POINT A point will be the reference position of a text according to 9 possible positions Here is some screenshot showing the 3 possibilities COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G l 5 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 D gt Click on the icon Text tool to start the Text Mode Ted Font fami Font type Hmm ei Hn Ee fodeg ES 4i odeg E V oss Hafo E al abla AB As ab mfp AN LU alos ej 96 0 Input text Arc Radius 10mm EX Arc start Angle Odeg E OK a Cancel Y Preview The next section will explain each parameters of the text mode one by one COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G l 6 1 3 TAPE It aa SDFTAARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 AN WARNING So
39. ord Spacing Define the distance of space character between word using a ratio for the percentage Text Line Spacing Define the distance between lines in ratio percentage Base Curve text Left Shift Additional distance from the left of the text Base Curve text Right Shift Additional distance from the right of the text Set in mm True Text will be converted to G1 according to Max angle False Text will not change Text G1 Max Angle Defines the Angle max in which the algorithm will not modify the following angle Font Family True Type Font all kinds of TTF or OTF for Windows Mision Numeric Font all VNF fonts which are most of the time Single line font without thickness stroke lines fonts Font Type The name of the font Arial Times VN glass etc Height The height of the text in mm Width The Width of the text in ratio percentage Text Italic Defines the angle of the Italic it should be 90 lt value lt 90 G H Rotation Defines the angle of rotation of the text in degrees COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 45 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 up air Tu Extra Space Defines more additional space between characters in percent Text Underline Position Defines the position of the underline in percent Superscript Subscript Defines the position of the text Exponent Indice None Case Defines the case of the text None Uppe
40. place same text s attribute in different position and different text No need to create many text feature b PARAMETERS OF PLANE By default the texts are made of 2D curves and associated to a planar plane of Catia A Base planes The plane can be gt Standard plane Parta xy plane vr plane z plane gt Anyplane created within CATIA V5 E Miras TJ Ride dra shtimin ware o ms i e SES a E rtd Pj K si Ri ai V VEPereric er 4 4 Parallel through point Offset Angle Normal to plane Through three points Reverse Di Through two lines Repeat Through point and line TJ Through planar curve DE Normal to curve Tangent to surface Equation Mean through points gt Planar face on solid surface COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 3 2 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 a S Reference system B Planeinversion This option is important when the text is not written in the right reading position Text is then created according to the normal of the chosen plane and modify by inversion gt Without Plane Inversion gt With Plane Inversion COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 3 3 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 aaa C PARAMETERS OF BASE CURVE Type3 CAA allows 3 kind of base support A Support a Curve The curves could be edge extra
41. r Small Lower Position Ratio According to the Position On Baseline it is possible to move the text up and down Kerning KERN STD KERN FIX KERN NONE KERN STD NTP KERN FIX NTP which represent thedifferent options of kerning COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 46 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ESS e USING PARAMETERS WITHIN THE TREE First of all ALL attributes you define are PARAMETRIC in term of the definition of CATIA V5 It means you can use as well any parameter of the text in a formula design table etc Geometrical Set1 Text1 Height 25mm p Edit formula Add tolerance Change step Previous values Measure Between Measure Item Add Multiple Values Add Range Edit Comment Lock Jnderline Position 0 script Subscript None None bn Ratio 0 ig KERN_STD Geometrical Set 1 Radial Steel Height Geometrical Set 1 Length 4 Length ction Members of Parameters Members of All PartBody Material Part Measures Renamed parameters Geometrical Set 1 Plane 1 Offset E Axis Systems SE String Geometrical Set 1 VPlane I VActivity Circle Constructors Length Geometrical Set 1 Sketch 1 Activity Design Table Boolean Geometrical Set 1 Sketch 1 AbsoluteAxis Direction Constructors CstAttr Mode Geometrical Set 1 Sketch 1 Coincidence Law Real Geometrical EET x 4 n t Line Geometncal Set T Name Text Str
42. rface defining the nominal cylinder radius e Onereference point for the mapping it will set the axis system origin of the curve s From this way Users can set the position on the surface very easily This reference point can be the same as the nominal cylinder radius Click the Cylindrical mapping icon The Cylindrical mapping dialog box displays COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 5 9 7 3 p TYPe3 caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Curves Surfaces Accuracy Reference axis system First point of the cylinder axis Curves to map Type3 Second point of the cylinder axis Reference point of the cylinder radius Reference point for the mapping Surfaces Face 16 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED i 60 7 3 b THPes caa SOFTWARE SOUUTIDH Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Conical Mapping Y The conical mapping will be used most of the time when surfaces are similar to a cone Shape It will map all curves selected texts logos curves etc on surfaces with a slope Surfaces can be made of one patch or of more complex shape First make sure you have already created e The reference axis system of the curve s e Two points that define the axis of revolution of the cone it could be vertices of line too e Two points defining the 2 radii of the cone e Onereference point for the mapping it will correspond to the ax
43. so kept Note since you may have worked in another plane than the XY plane the default plane of Type3 you may need to either change the view to better visualize the copied entities or modified the plane orientation in CATIA V5 prior to copy paste the elements B Paste 5 In Type3 products select the entity ies to be pasted in CATIA V5 It can either be e Curves e Surfaces e Markers COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G TI 7 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1_01 gp Res cas e Texts rulers dials or dimension lines Click then the Copy icon or press Ctrl C Note e Bitmaps cannot be copied e Texts rulers dials dimension lines are converted into curves and thus are not re editable e Combined objects are converted into single curves e In Type3 software the VNX option must be validated in the F10 options Go back to CATIA V5 paste the selected entities by clickingthePaste icon The entities are copied exactly at the same place according to the reference used in Type3 products Since in Type3 product the main plane is XY you may need to change reference plane prior pasting in CATIA VE COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 8 7 3 b THIPes caa SOFTWARE SOLUTION Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 Vectorization This first feature explained below will show how vectorizing a raster picture You will be able then to handle th
44. the field Center On surface Z os Circle Sphere Ellipse cepa gno on curve Point Axis System Default Default Absolute Robot TEE 2 Cancel Preview Here is the result below with 0 centered and a radius of 20 mm COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 3 6 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 7 tial COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED G 3 1 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 ul aii With 90 C Support a Point The text will be created according to the position of a point Select the plane and a point which will become the reference of the text Then define the reference position using the Base Point and the Inclination Angle The point can be an existing point a vertex or can also be one created from a right click on the Point field box X Y 0 On plane On surface B Z 10 Circle Sphere Ellipse cel _ Tamgenton curve Reference Between Point Default ngin j Axis System Default Absolute Robot Location iT E 9 Cancel Preview Wwe E COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 io TyPes caa Here is below the result with Reference position at Bottom Left Inc Angle 0 and O Arc Box oo nan Point Base Point GO Inc Angie Odeg E O TextG1 Jodeg E Full Tree Visu
45. to perform basic graphic design operations on complex parts Manual Objectives Upon completing this manual the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives Setting up the Type3 CAA environment and tools Vectorize a picture in CATIA V5 Build texts from scratch Project and Map logos texts on Surfaces Copy Paste back amp forth from CATIA V5 to Type3 Software platform Gateway e Customize Type3 s computation results within CATIA V5 COPYRIGHT 2015 TYPE3 GRAVOTECH GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 3 1 3 Instructional Manual CTM2015103EUS1 01 SOFTWARE SOLUTION Getting Started Y DY a pI y3CatiaB24 After completing the full installation of Type3 add on to CATIA V5 from the Ty3CatiaBXX icon on the desktop run the Type3 Catia s environment Go to Start Mechanical Design Part Design Workbench This is the default workbench for Type3 CAA tools d i Part Design led a REA If the event Type3 s toolbar is not shown at the opening of the PART right click on the right frame of CATIA V5 and tick Type3 to display the toolbar v Sketch Based Features Sketch Based Features Compact Y Sketcher v Surface Based Features Surface Based Features Extended Y Tools Y Transformation Features lypes User Selection Filter Customize Message Log You can also display Type3 toolbar in other workbenches for example the Generative Shape Design to ease the usage of the tools within CA

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