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1. Fig 23 Example of Joining Nodes with a Straight Line Join With Curve The two selected nodes are joined with a curve Any nodes situated between the selected nodes will be deleted yer 7 Fig 24 Example of Joining Nodes with a Curve Align Object Horizontally Vertically The object in which the nodes are selected is aligned either horizontally or vertically 22 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR A Fig 25 Align Object Horizontally A RR Fig 26 Align Object Vertically Reduce Nodes When you activate this command the Reduce Nodes dialog box appears where you can make the following settings Parameters for node reduction Fig 27 Dialog Box for Setting the Accuracy of the Node Reduction 23 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Accuracy This value affects the conversion of lines to Bezier curves The greater the deviation is the smaller the number of curve commands that will be needed to recreate the original arc of the curve Create Curves With Angle Larger Than X Degrees If the angle of the lines at one of the nodes is smaller than this value the arc of the curve will be interrupted at this node Create Straight Line With Deviation Smaller Than X Degrees If a curve is created with an arc lying within the tolerance value it will be converted to a straight line Node Selection TAB Select next node TAB SHIFT Select next node additionall
2. wih FE wan f kal begin 220 mn f T Priniss i uma Perra El Prin hoh Rei Otec 105 sa coma TUL a Dipi FF center B mar i Ti Fi D Prinia Fie ciibes Eim eee Fig 49 The EuroVECTOR Print Dialog Box In the lower right part of the dialog box you will find the Tiling option and the Adapt button 44 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR The appearance of the Print dialog box changes depending on which button you have activated When the Print dialog box is called up the Adapt button is automatically activated because objects or graphics cannot be printed in formats exceeding the maximum output size of the printer being used The Adapt Command The Adapt command lets you specify the printable area The values for the printable area are shown in the Printing Area box located in the upper right part of the Print dialog box The Preview Window in the Adapt Mode This window allows you to recheck your job before it is printed The edges of the window are magnetic that means that when an object nears the edge of the page it sticks to the edge of the window The Snap to Edge command allows you to position your objects quickly in the corners or at the edges of pages Tip If you want to turn off the Snap to Edge command hold down the SHIFT key while positioning your objects The coordinates appearing below the preview window show the position of the upper left corner
3. If you use an image several times it will be physically created only once which means a saving of storage space Note f you select certain objects only they will be exported otherwise all 2 4 Loading Jobs To open files select Open in the File menu The following dialog box appears an foo cen mom fe SC T oot Fig 85 The Open Job Dialog Box 80 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Under Search In you can specify the path to be searched The first time you open this dialog box the button is not active It does not becomes active until the path to be searched is changed You can go to the next higher path by clicking this button By clicking the E button you can go the next lower path If you click on the EF button a new directory will be created in the currently active one By clicking on the EE button you can specify with what information and how files are to be displayed The file job you are working on is displayed in the File Name box The list above shows all files in the EuroVECTOR job format which are stored in the selected directory The information entered in the Job Info about jobs is displayed in the lower part of the dialog box The amount of this information depends on the information entered in the Job Info The job can be displayed in the Wireframe or Full Surface modes If the job contains images JPG PCX the preview can of course not be switched to the W
4. Pv SHIFT V P SHIFT C 104 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Select one of them If you wish to add one or several objects to this group select them in your working area then click on the Add icon Repeat this procedure until you have filled the category with all the desired symbols Note If you click on a piece of clipart with the right mouse button a dialog box will be opened in which you can enter clipart signatures The maximum text length is 20 characters There are two possibilities for importing clipart into your working area 1 Position your cursor on the piece of clipart you wish to import A black frame is drawn around a piece of clipart which has been selected If you double click with the left mouse button the piece of clipart art will be imported to EuroVECTOR and positioned so that the lower left corner of the job is located on the point of origin 0 0 in your working area 2 Drag amp drop Position your cursor on the piece of clipart you wish to import A black frame is drawn around a piece of clipart which has been selected Press the left mouse button and keep it held down so that you can drag the selected piece of clipart directly to EuroVECTOR You can delete clipart which you no longer require from the clipart manager by clicking the De ete button If you want to create a new clipart group enter the group name in the New Name box The Create Group button creates a group of this name EuroVECT
5. The node attribute smooth is automatically saved when the current and following node form a curve Note The magnifying glass function can also be used in the node editing mode Align Corners This command joins two nodes with two smooth lines Any nodes situated between the two selected nodes will be deleted 20 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR P CTRL S Fig 21 Example of Aligning Corners This command joins two nodes with two smooth curves Any nodes situated between the two selected nodes will be deleted If one of the selected nodes is situated at a corner the original angle will be retained Round Corners J BS Fig 22 Example of Rounding Corners It can be seen in the figure above that the left outside edge of the G needs modifying To do this select the nodes above and below the fault If you activate the Round Corners command the nodes situated between the selected nodes will be deleted and the two points joined with a curve 21 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR You can see in the figure below that the selected points are situated on parallel lines If this is the case the selected nodes will be joined with a semi circle The nodes situated between the selected nodes are deleted Join With Straight Line This command joins the two nodes selected with a straight line Any nodes situated between the selected nodes are deleted
6. Import New Bitmap Fill To select a new bitmap as fill click on mport Bitmap Fill A File Selection dialog box will appear which allows you to look for and select the desired bitmap The selected bitmap will then be displayed in the preview window and also appears in the bar with the available bitmaps in the lower left of the dialog 3 Add Used Bitmap Fill If you wish to make use of a bitmap fill which has already been used select the desired bitmap from the list of available bitmaps by simply clicking on it with the mouse To make bitmaps not displayed appear you can use the scroll bar in the lower right part of the screen Choose the type of bitmap fill you want in the Fill Mode box The possibilities are Tiling Seamless Tiling Adapt and Object Size Tiling The Tiling command fills the object with tiles drawn next to each other horizontally and vertically from the selected bitmap fill The width and height of a single tile can be specified in the appropriate boxes in the measurements group Tick the Proportional box to ensure that when either the height or width is modified the other value is also adjusted proportionally to avoid the bitmap being distorted If you activate Scale with Object the dimensions of the tiles will be automatically adjusted in the case of a distortion Tiling normally starts in the upper left corner of the object With the aid of the X Position and Y Position boxes you have the possibility of
7. Important Customer Information about EuroVECTOR Copyright Hardware and Software Requirements User Manual Format Visual Aid Chart Introduction 2 How to Work with EuroVECTOR V 2 2 1 Your Desktop with the EuroVECTOR Working Area 2 1 1 The EuroVECTOR Program Line 2 1 2 The EuroVECTOR Standard Toolbar 2 1 3 The EuroVECTOR Setup Toolbar 2 1 4 The EuroVECTOR Toolbox 2 1 5 The EuroVECTOR Object Attributes Toolbar 2 1 6 The EuroVECTOR Color Layerbox 2 1 7 The EuroVECTOR Clipart Toolbar 2 1 8 Explanation of Cursor Shapes in the Working Area 2 2 The EuroVECTOR Tools 2 2 1 The Arrow Tool Select Resize 2 2 2 The Node Editing Tool Round Nodes inside outside Round outside corners Round inside corners Reduce Nodes Symmetric Cusp Smooth Vi Vi Vil oOo nN NN DDD a wo PO ae cm Ce me Ce Vee Co CS Crs Ce O nonoono aaa a a O O O O TABLE OF CONTENTS Origin 16 Break 17 Join 17 Delete 17 Add 18 Curve 18 Line 18 Align Corners 19 Direct Input of Coordinates for Node Positions 19 Absolute Values 19 Relative Values with SHIFT key 19 Horizontal Vertical Restraint in Moving Lines Curves 20 Align Corners 20 Round Corners 21 Join With Straight Line 22 Join With Curve 22 Align Object Horizontally Vertically 22 Reduce Nodes 23 Accuracy 24 Create Curves With Angle Larger Than X Degrees 24 Create Straight Line With Deviation Smaller Than X Degrees 24 Node Selection 24 Interactive Rounding or Aligning of Corners 24 2 2 3
8. Similar to a book this software can be moved from one location or computer to another as long as there is no possibility of it being used at two locations or by more than one person simultaneously Limitation of Liability Utmost care has been taken in the compilation of this manual and the text and illustrations therein however no guarantees can be made as to the completeness or perfect accuracy of the manual or the program itself In no event shall EJROSYSTEMS its dealers or distributors be liable for lost profit data or information of any kind or for any special collateral incidental consequential indirect punitive or any other type of damages in connection with or arising out of purchase or use of EuroVECTOR or its documentation The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor COPYRIGHT Trademarks Adobe Type Manager AMD Intel CorelDRAW Postscript Microsoft Windows and other brand or product names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders manufacturers December 2003 ABOUT THIS MANUAL About This Manual You have acquired EuroVECTOR together with this manual This version includes a large number of new functions which allow you to design and create top class artwork more easily The first chapter How to Install EuroVECTOR explains how you install EuroVECTOR on you
9. pixel graphics must first be converted to vector graphics for output to a cutter The Revectorizing Option This option considerably speeds up the vectorizing process It is very useful for determining the best parameters for vectorizing When repeating the vectorization an internally created bitmap is used rather than the original bitmap in your working area Note If you have saved any changes to the original bitmap in your working area you will have to use the Vectorizing rather than the Revectorizing command The With Color Assignment Command This menu item can be turned on and off at will As a default it is turned off The Contour Line Tool This command provides a number of selected objects with an outline Unlike the Outline command this tool can also be used to provide bitmaps with outlines Instead of individual objects being outlined if possible an outline is created to encompass all the selected objects Therefore the function is particularly useful for creating cutting lines for stickers The objects for the sticker can be put together as you wish The outline is then created at whatever distance you wish from the objects It can later be used for cutting out the printed sticker The Clipart Manager Command This command launches the clipart manager Use your left mouse button to click on the Group field or on the button at the end of the text field to activate the list of all available categories Chapter 3
10. quickly to the running direction of the vinyl without performing the Rotate command Note The A key also performs this operation The Horizontal X Mirror Command This command mirrors a selected object on an imaginary Px horizontal axis through its center point If you select several objects they will be mirrored around an imaginary horizontal axis located in the middle of the selection box indicated by the eight black squares If you have not selected any objects your entire design all objects will be mirrored horizontally The Vertical Y Mirror Command This command mirrors a selected object on an imaginary Py horizontal axis through its center point If you select several objects they will be mirrored around an imaginary horizontal axis located in the middle of the selection box indicated by the eight black squares If you have not selected any objects your entire design all objects will be mirrored horizontally The De ete Command DEL On your keyboard you will find a key labeled DEL or delete The DELETE key is used to permanently remove selected objects from your design The objects that you want to remove have to be selected first The Duplicate Command Click with your left mouse button on the Duplicate command or execute it via the CTRL D shortcut The previously selected P CTRL D object or objects will now be duplicated The duplicated objects are positioned according to the values entered in the Set
11. 36 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Fig 44 The Pencil Attributes Dialog Box If you select Mo Wireframe the contour of your object will not be emphasized If you choose the Full Surface or Preview mode closed curves will be shown as surfaces without contour lines Open curves will be shown as contours in the appropriate layer color as in the Wireframe mode If you select Hairline a thin line of uniform thickness will be drawn around your object You can specify the color of the hairline in the Color box The color may be different from the layer color It is thus possible to make a contrast between your objects and their fillings in the full surface mode as well Select Line Thickness in order to define the thickness of the hairline 37 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Here there are further settings available Scale With Objectwill adjust the line thickness proportionally when your object is scaled or distorted If you do not select this option the thickness of the hairline remains unchanged You can select the Wireframe Behind Fill option to prevent the outline running into the fill The contour will then be drawn prior to the fill so that only the part of the contour outside the fill is visible Furthermore you have the possibility of defining the shape of the corners You can choose between cut off rounded and sharp corners Icons show the shapes of the various corners which are also disp
12. EUROVECTOR This option allows you to change the starting point of a selected contour which is of particular importance for routing and engraving applications For this type of cutting it is important to be able to control the point at which the bit first plunges into the material To change the starting point of a contour double click on the new starting point you have selected Choose Origin in the node editing panel and the selected point is turned into the new starting point As such it is displayed as a double square Break This command is used to break up or dissolve a single point into two separate points Each of the new points will receive one of the tangents of the original point When applied to a closed contour this function will create two new points that become the starting points for two open contours Select the point you wish to break Double click on it to activate the node editing panel Click on Break Join This function which joins two points is used primarily to close open contours The points to be joined must be located at the end of a segment or contour With the node editing tool select the first point Then hold down the SHIFT key and select the second point i e the point you wish to join with the first Selected nodes are displayed with a black fill and the status bar shows you how many objects have been selected Finally click on the Join button Note There is another option available for closing
13. Te r Radue 1000 ma Oui Menrow Chyscts diane C Dona peered Adee curva crea Ses Al Conners fe n selected rocks Fig 17 Rounding Nodes The following settings are available to you in the Round dialog Round outside corners When this button is activated the selected nodes corners or the whole object will be rounded outside by the radius indicated depending on which option is chosen Round inside corners When this button is activated the selected nodes corners or the whole object will be rounded inside by the radius indicated depending on which option is chosen The radius for rounding the nodes can be specified in the box on the right next to the button mentioned above The option For Narrow Objects is located below the Round button Two options are available to you If you select Use Small Radius EuroVECTOR calculates the appropriate radius for rounding the nodes on this narrow object If you select Do not round the nodes on narrow objects are not rounded 15 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Reduce Nodes When this command is activated any redundant nodes will be removed i e the nodes which do not affect the shape of the curve are removed Note The Reduce function always affects the whole object Symmetric This command is used to make the tangents of any point perfectly symmetric i e the two tangents of any curve point will form a straight line and be of equal length
14. The Zoom Tool 24 2 2 4 The Drawing Tools 26 2 2 5 The Measure Tool 26 2 2 6 The Fill Tool 27 Delete Fills or Bitmap Fills 28 Creating Fountain Fills 29 TABLE OF CONTENTS Customizing Fountain Fills Setting the Beginning Color Creating Bitmap Fills Selecting a Bitmap Fill Tiling Seamless Tiling Adapt Object Size 2 2 7 The Pencil Attributes Tool Deleting Pencil Attributes Creating Hairlines The Pencil Attributes Dialog Box 2 2 8 The EuroVECTOR Color Layerbox New Load Save Save As Default Palette History The Layer Settings Dialog Box Layer Attributes Layer Designationg Shortcuts in Layer Editing 2 2 9 The Print Command The Adapt Command The Preview Window in the Adapt Mode Mouse Functions in the Preview Window Adapt Mode Printing Area and Object Printer 29 30 32 33 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 41 42 42 42 44 45 45 45 46 46 TABLE OF CONTENTS What is to be printed Objects Objects with Worksheet Job Info All Objects Selected Objects Printing Color Separations Print Single Colors Layers Proportion Center Tiling Number of Copies 1 1 Adjust Print Colored Worksheet Print Guidelines Always Print Black Register Crop Marks Buttons in the Print Dialog Box The OK Button The Cancel Button The Tiling Mode Mouse Commands in the Preview Window Tiling Mode Example of Printing in the Tiling Mode Vertical and Horizontal Overlap Activated an
15. Vertical Y Mirror Command The Delete Command The Duplicate Command The Clone Command The Group Command The Ungroup Command The Combine Command The Break Apart Command The Fill Tool The Without Command The Fountain Fill Command The Bitmap Command The Layer Color Command 88 88 88 89 89 89 89 89 89 90 90 90 90 91 91 91 91 91 91 92 92 92 92 93 93 93 93 93 93 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS The Edit Wireframe Command The Without Command The Hairline Command The Pencil Attributes Tool The Mask Bitmap Command The Perspective Command New Perspective Lock Perspective Cancel Perspective The Envelope Command New Envelope Lock Envelope Cancel Envelope The Drawing Tools The Line Mode The Arc Mode The Rectangle Mode The Circle Mode The Digitizing Mode The Freehand Drawing Mode Geometric Shapes The Align Command Clockwise Rotation of Objects Counterclockwise Rotation of Objects The Close Contour Command The Open Contour Command The Round Corners Command The Delete Redundant Nodes Command The Add to Clipart Group Command 93 94 94 94 94 94 94 95 95 95 96 96 96 96 96 97 97 98 98 99 99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS The Object Attributes Command 101 3 4 The View Menu 102 The Zoom In Command 102 The Zoom Out Command 102 The Full Page Command 102 The Show All Command 102 The Show Selected Objects Command 102 The To Fro
16. above a certain size is too long as a copy of the original has to be made for every undo or redo step The value entered in this field should be between 5 and 10 of the RAM capacity The advantage of this function is that you save time Delete Undos Before Printing This command deletes all undos made to date Export via Clipboard When exporting via the clipboard you can automatically specify if objects exceeding 600 600mm about 24 x 24 ins are to be scaled Job Info In addition to the fields available in Job Info this dialog box allows you to generate other user defined fields which will be displayed in the loading and deleting dialog boxes when they contain information If you click the Automatic Job Info Enquiry button you will be automatically asked if you wish to enter job information when saving a new job Mouse This is where you can assign a specific command to your right mouse button which will then be activated with a single click Display the list of available functions by clicking on the arrow next to the list box Double click on the command you wish to assign Node Selection Delay With entries for X and Y you can specify the number of increments an object will move when you drag it with your mouse 113 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The default value is 100 and the given unit of measurement is one thousandth The higher the amount is the longer it takes for the object to follow the mouse c
17. and Y coordinates of the reference point of an object 70 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Reference Point When the object is selected the reference points are represented as black squares These squares correspond to the circles in the Object Attributes toolbar Note The center of the selected object is not marked as a point of reference Fieferanee Point be C Object Canter Fig 73 Object Center and Reference Point Fig 74 Example of Relative Coordinates If the Relative Position option is chosen the circles are shown which means that they are no longer active You should set the required point of reference for repositioning the circles before activating them 60 YED 110 110 Cotedinales rebate hee comdinales abso amp Coondinates tabeni x S0 y 50 E Relerecce6 pain ie Fig 75 Example of Absolute Coordinates 71 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR In the example X and Y values of 50mm 1 96 ins were entered for the absolute coordinates An offset of 60mm 2 36 ins was chosen for X and Y as relative coordinates to this point i e the point of reference was moved by 60mm 2 36 ins horizontally and vertically This gives a new absolute value of 110mm 4 33 ins for the X and Y coordinates In the Object Height and Object Width boxes you can enter the height and width of one or all selected objects as figures or percentages If you perform the A Ob
18. buttons permit you to switch to and fro between these two modes 1 1 When this button is activated all objects in your working area will be displayed in their original size Adjust When this button is activated the objects in the working area are reduced so that they can be shown in their entirety in the preview window 48 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Print Colored Worksheet If you choose this option your worksheet will be printed with the specified background color Print Guidelines If the job contains guidelines these will also be printed Always Print Black This option will automatically be activated when AM Objects is selected in the first box and Print Color Separations in layer sequence or Print Single Colors single layers is selected in the second box If you want to print the objects in the working area in color the command must be deactivated Register Crop Marks This option will automatically be activated when A l Objects is selected in the first box and Print Color Separations in layer sequence or Print Single Colors single layers is selected in the second box If you do not want the register crop marks to be printed the Register Crop Marks button must be deactivated beforehand The following table shows all possible combinations for comboboxes 1 and 2 and the possible choice of settings in the Adapt mode Pombe combsgtio fer Ccoemboboors and Pee the acho Meck Fig 52 Poss
19. can also be imported from CorelDRAW 6 7 8 9 10 amp 11 to EuroVECTOR via the clipboard You can select single objects from CorelDRAW and import them to EuroVECTOR using drag amp drop Note If you wish to import objects containing text strings make sure that you convert the text strings to curves before importing them The objects will not be imported if you fail to do this 77 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 3 Exporting This command allows you to use jobs created in EuroVECTOR in other programs In order to do this you must first save them in a format other the EuroVECTOR job format The jobs will be exported with the highest quality and the lowest compression possible avea Save in Brees o E Extended tsiis Forrest cand fe Seiectad HPGL Expert Fig 83 The EuroVECTOR Export Dialog Box Under Save you can specify the path to be searched In the Search Inbox you can enter the path to be searched The first time the dialog box opens the button is not active It does not become active until the path to be searched is changed When you click of this button the program goes to the next higher path Clicking the amp button allows you to go to the next lower path If you click on the EF button a new directory is created in the currently active one 78 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR By clicking on the EZF button you can specify with what information and how files are to be di
20. changing the starting point Enter a negative value between 0 and 100 to move the tile to the left or right If you enter a positive value between 0 and 100 the center of the first tile will be moved either to the right or downwards If you select Move you can move the tiles within the rows To X or To Yallows you to specify if you wish to move the tiles in a horizontal or vertical direction 34 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR You can enter the size of the move in the box on the right as a percentage of either the tile width or height Seamless Tiling Seamless Tiling is basically the same as Tiling The only difference is the way the tiles are represented With seamless tiling the squares are all drawn with exactly the same dimensions This produces a more even picture especially with patterns The drawback of this method is that the position of the tiles can vary when the view is magnified Adapt If you use the Adapt command the bitmap is only drawn once in the object The preview window displays the exacts proportions of the bitmap and the object In the Width and Height boxes you can specify how large the bitmap fill is to be The bitmap position within the objects can be modified in two ways 1 Inthe X Centerand Y Center boxes you can determine how far the center of the bitmap is from the center of the object as a percentage 2 You can also specify this position using the preview window Click on
21. click on this icon the Fountain Fill dialog box opens where the you can specify the appearance of the fountain fills of closed curves text strings or combinations Color Graduation Fig 36 The Fountain Fill Dialog Box Customizing Fountain Fills In the Type box you can select the type of fountain fill You have a choice of Linear Radial Conical and Rectangular The appearance of each type is shown in the preview in the top right of the dialog box In the Steps Screen box you can specify the number of fountain fill stripes to be displayed on the screen With Steps Printout you can specify the appropriate number of steps for printing out 29 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR The Horizontal Center and Vertical Center allow you to fix the center point of the fountain fill Note These boxes are not active for the Linear type of fill If you enter 0 the center of the fill exactly coincides with that of the filled object The center can be moved to the right or left by 100 of the object width or upwards or downwards by 100 of the object height The origin can also be set with the mouse To do this move the mouse cursor to the preview window and click with the left mouse button on the point you wish to set as origin The Angle box describes the position of the fountain fill stripes with inear conical and square fills When Linear is selected you can also fix the angle of the fountain fill with the help of th
22. four color palettes without having to go indirectly through the list of directories The names of the color palettes most recently worked with appear at the end of the list in the Color Palette menu To open the palette click with the mouse on the name of the desired palette The Control Panel Command This command activates the Control Panel option box of your main Windows group located in the Windows program manager You need this command to modify the system parameters of Windows which is usually necessary for configuring the serial interface when installing a printer or plotter 117 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Working Area This is where you can redefine the size of your working area Besides various standard settings you can specify up to 10 user defined sizes This is a useful function for users of routing and engraving machines as they no longer need to redefine the working area each time The color of the working area can be defined by the user thus guaranteeing better layout control on the screen Note Double clicking on the shading of the working area to the right or along the bottom also activates this dialog box The Object Attributes Toolbar This item opens a dialog box in which you can add optional buttos to the Object Attributes toolbar This toolbar is empty the first time you start EuroVECTOR The Rulers Tool In this dialog box you can define the location of the rulers If you P SHIFTH f
23. is used to display all objects on your working area EuroVECTOR will enlarge or reduce the objects to make just enough room for everything to fit on your screen The last icon depicting a magnifying glass is used to display all selected objects in the maximum possible size Note If you hold down the SHIFT key while executing this command only the selected objects will be enlarged to their optimal size 25 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 2 4 The Drawing Tools 1 Rectangle 2 Ellipse 3 Line Curve 4 Digitze mode 5 Freehand drawing 6 Symmetrical object Fig 30 The Drawing Tools Note You will find a detailed of the drawing tools in the Reference Section 2 2 5 The Measure Tool Fig 31 The Measure Tool The measuring tool is used to perform measurements between any two points in your design As soon as you click on the Measure icon in your tool box the cursor changes into a bull s eye Move the center of the bull s eye to the first point i e the point from which you intend to measure While holding down the left mouse button drag the bull s eye to the second point i e the end point of the distance you are measuring A guideline provides a visual connection between the two points Note If you hold down the SHIFT key during this procedure the measuring can be limited in a horizontal or vertical direction This makes it easier to measure straight lines accurately
24. must ungroup the objects The grouped objects are shown with a dotted blue line to distinguish them from the ungrouped objects The Ungroup Command This command is used to reverse the Group command i e it P CTRL B separates objects that were previously grouped The objects can now be selected and manipulated as individual objects The Combine Command P SHIFT K Similar to the Group command the Combine command also converts several individual objects into one single object The main difference is that with the Combine command EuroVECTOR ceases to regard these objects as a group of individual objects with their own set of attributes such as color layers etc 92 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Consider the following example You have created two squares with different color layers one somewhat smaller than the other Now you place the smaller square in the center of the larger one Select both objects and execute the Combine command The two squares are combined into a single object with only one color layer the one assigned to the larger square The larger square is recognized as the outer contour while the smaller square inside forms the inner contour of the new object The space between the two contours is filled with the color selected from the layer box A hole the size of the smaller square remains in the center The Break Apart Command A SHIFT L With this command you undo the Combine command described above i e the
25. objects that were previously combined can once again be selected and manipulated as individual objects The Fili Tool This command assigns fills to vector objects and text strings The Without Command This commands deletes all fills or fill bitmaps from the selected object Only the wireframes of the objects remains in the previously assigned layer color The Fountain Fill Command This command opens a dialog box where you can specify the appearance of fountain fills closed curves text strings or combinations The Bitmap Command If you click this button a dialog box opens for filling objects with bitmaps A large number of commands are available for editing bitmap fills The Layer Color Command This command deletes all fills of the selected object and shows it in the layer color in which it was created The Edit Wireframe Command This command allows to give objects pencil attributes create hairlines and delete pencil attributes 93 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Without Command This command deletes all pencil attributes of the selected object and shows it in the layer color in which it was created The Hairline Command This command assigns the selected a hairline in the currently active layer color The Pencil Attributes Tool The Pencil Attributes dialog box allows you to design the outlining pencil for curves combinations or text strings Outlining pencils are used to draw the object outline i
26. the ways described above If you wish to delete one color gradation in the fill click on the triangle representing it Then press the DEL key The triangle will disappear from the bar and the color is no longer included in the fill Note It is not possible to delete the starting and target colors in a fill Creating Bitmap Fills 2 Fig 38 The Bitmap Fill icon This command is used to open the Bitmap Fill dialog box which allows you to fill your objects with bitmaps 32 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR LT tx Fires ite Pere n F th i re Hagh iE n E Prapartional T True eth oberi C Fig 39 The Bitmap Fill Dialog Box Selecting a Bitmap Fill First you must determine the bitmap to be used to fill the selected object Three possibilities are available to you 1 Scan in a New Bitmap Fill Scan in the image to be used as a bitmap fill using the EuroVECTOR Twain interface Tools menu Scan Open the Bitmap Fill dialog box The selected bitmap will be displayed in the preview window and also appears in the box headed Available Bitmaps Make your settings and click on OA to confirm If the result is not to your satisfaction you have the possibility to detach the bitmap and restore the scanned in image to its original state To restore the original image choose the menu item Detach Bitmap in the Edit menu 33 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2
27. tip of the right angle at the exact location where you would like to insert the object and press the left mouse button to execute the Paste command Note Only bitmaps with a color depth of max 8 bits per pixel can be read back via the Windows clipboard The Paste Contents Command This command lets you import images to EuroVECTOR via the clipboard Note This menu item is not active when objects are copied in EuroVECTOR The Select All Command With this command you can simultaneously select all objects in P CTRL A your current job i e all objects nside as well as outside your working area The selected objects can then be grouped combined or moved The Job Info Command The Job Info command allows you to record additional information relating to each job The information can be printed out and used for invoicing etc Besides information such as Order No and Company Address the Job Info gives details of the material used You M CTRL 2 can use the Memo field to record other information in note form The Color Layer Box Command This command opens the Layer Settings dialog box which allows you to color objects specify vinyl colors select objects of the same vinyl color make layers invisible lock layers etc 90 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3 3 The Design Menu The Rotate Axis Command Pa This command is used to rotate objects by 90 You need this option regularly if you want to adjust your objects
28. you installed EuroVECTOR once more You personal codenummer you will find in your manual your invoice or your delivery note After you enter your personal code number EuroVECTOR will be started Close all application and restart your computer By double clicking the EuroVECTOR Icon in the EUROSYSTEMS Group you will start EurroVECTOR EuroVECTOR works Construction of label 1 Company Name 2 eMail Adress 2 Serial Number Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 How to Work with EuroVECTOR V 2 In this chapter you will learn the basics of working with EuroVECTOR You will be introduced to such items as the desktop the tools the text editor data import and export loading and saving jobs and also cutting 2 1 Your Desktop with the EuroVECTOR Working Area After EuroVECTOR has been started the following window appears ee M i Dee Oe the en diae F Cm ajme e pew a A i Fee aj aen ihes we Pero ejaan a a fy oe eT n F P wr j ril r 1 i isa ee ee L LE cama n Bape rom is ie i E a f 1 B Eea Cheha Fees Ba Deman oe ee Fig 2 The EuroVECTOR Desktop and Working Area The Rulers can be positioned freely as you wish or completely turned off The Color Layerbox can be positioned wherever you like on the working area The default position is at the left edge of the working area The Units of Measurement cm mm inch can be changed by simply clicking a
29. 26 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Measure 2 xi Length 430 18 mm Angle 343 13 100 9 Width 411 66 mm Height 124 86 mm Measure Lines Ok Cancel Fig 32 The Measure Dialog Box The Length box indicates the result of your measurement To change this value click on the text box and enter the new length You can also make changes to the Percentage box below The dialog box provides additional information such as the Angle of the line you measured the Width of the object you measured and the Difference in Height between the first beginning and second end point 2 2 6 The Fi Tool This tool can be used to fill objects with fountains fills or bitmaps Four icons are available here axe 4 Fig 33 The Fil icons F creates fountain fills ae adds bitmap fills x deletes all fills 27 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR assigns layer color as fill when the object has a fountain or bitmap fill Delete Fills or Bitmap Fills x Fig 34 The Delete Icon If you click on this icon fills and bitmap fills will be deleted from all selected objects Only the wireframes of the objects remain in the previously assigned color Example Original black layer Lettering with Fountain Fill Lettering after clicking on the De ete button 28 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Creating Fountain Fills i Fig 35 The Fountain Fill con If you
30. 9 is almost white You can choose between three options in the Accuracy box Low accuracy works the most quickly If you are not satisfied with the result with the low setting choose the middle or high setting In the latter cases it will take longer to calculate the contour line Note If you only select one bitmap the Accuracy box cannot be activated 62 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR If you check the Retain Inner Parts box any inner parts which may be created will not be deleted This gives you the possibility to cut out parts of the graph by covering it with light colored plasters This is illustrated below Fig 68 Retain Inner Parts On the left you can see the two objects in their original state A small white circle is superimposed on the black circle On the right the circle is displayed with the outline which has been created As the Retain Interior Parts field was activated the inner circle was also retained when the outline was created If this field had not been activated only the exterior outline would have been created Note The default is that the Retain Inner Parts command is not active The lower part of the Contour Line dialog box Offset and Line Drawing allows you to determine the appearance of the contour lines With Offset you can specify the distance of the contour line from the image If you enter the value 0 a contour line will be created directly adjoini
31. 9 The Window Menu The New Window Command This command opens a new EuroVECTOR window The Horizontal Tiling Command If you perform this command all the windows are displayed as follows The Overlapping Command If you perform this command all the windows are displayed as follows The Close Command This command closes the currently active window after asking if you really wish to do this 121 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Close Ali Command This command closes all open windows after asking if you really wish to do this The Default Command This command activates the EuroVECTOR default toolbar P CTRL 1 Color Layerbox Command This command activates or disables the EuroVECTOR Color P CTRL 2 Layerbox The Setup Command P CTRL 3 This command turns the Setup toolbar on your desktop on and off The 7oo s Command This command furns the EuroVECTOR toolbar on and off P CTRL 4 The Node Editing Command P CTRL 6 This command turns the Node Editing toolbar on your desktop on and off The Object Attributes Command This command turns the EuroVECTOR Object Attributes toolbar on and off P CTRL 7 The Object Info Status Bar Command P CTRL 8 This command turns the EuroVECTOR Object Info status bar on and off The E ement Info Status Bar Command P CTRL 9 This command turns the EuroVECTOR Element Info status bar on and off The Clipart Command Mc This command turns the Clipart toolbar
32. CTOR Clipart Toolbar 2 1 8 Explanation of Cursor Shapes in the Working Area Cursor shape Interpretation rk No object selected Note Select objects by positioning the mouse cursor on the object and pressing the left mouse button Cursor shape Interpretation gt Move objects Note This type of cursor is only active when the cursor is located in the interior of the object or in the area between the 8 black squares on the wireframe The object must be selected Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR l Enlarge object vertically Enlarge object horizontally N i 7 Enlarge object diagonally Note The cursors for moditying the size of objects are only active when the cursor is located in the area between the 8 black squares on the wireframe of the object You can switch to the Skew Rotate mode by clicking once on the left mouse button with the cross cursor activated Cursor shape Interpretation h a J Object in Skew Rotate mode sa Rotation of objects f Skewing of objects Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 2 The EuroVECTOR Tools The first time you start EuroVECTOR you will find the toolbox in the upper left corner of your screen It contains 7 icons oA at Oy 2 Jo el fa ol fl F S El g x gt afl X w e Z a a E Fig 10 The Too box and its Fly Out Menus a Fly out menu for the Drawing Tools b Fly out menu for the Zoom Tools c Fly out menu for the Fill T
33. Euro VECTOR EuroVECTOR V 2 UL Y TeLEies EUROSYSTEMS SOFT UND HARDWARE ENTWICKLUNG S A R L EUROCUT PROFESSIONAL Important Customer Information about EuroVECTOR Please check the contents of your software package as soon as possible upon receiving it Should any items be missing immediately contact the dealer from whom you have purchased the software A complete package of EuroVECTOR should contain the following items e 1 program CD e User manual e Registration card You will find your personal code e g 1A1A AAAA 2222 3333 B2B2 CDEF This code number must be entered upon successful installation and initial startup of the software Make sure you enter the number correctly or you will not be able to start the program EUROCUT PROFESSIONAL Dear Customer In an effort to help you solve any problems and answer your questions as quickly and efficiently as possible we provide our Technical Support Line This is a toll free number you can call if you have any technical questions about our products This service is available to you free of charge Mon Fri from 9 00 am to 12 00 am Horst Kramer Tel 49 6502 9288 11 You can find further useful information including tips and tricks on our web site http www eurosystems lu under the rubric Support FAQ Our support staff have been instructed only to provide assistance to registered users When calling faxing or e mailing please provide the following i
34. Node Editing dialog box The node editing dialog box can be pinned firmly on the EuroVECTOR working area using the a Pin icon When the Pin icon is activated the pin turns into the symbol and the OK button becomes an Assign button Note When you have pinned the Node Editing and Object Attributes boxes firmly to the working area you can switch back and forth between the boxes by hitting the SPACE BAR 12 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Nodes x Round Reduce Smooth Origin Fig 14 Node Editing Dialog Box Note To edit the nodes in a text string you first have to transform the nodes to an image using the Text to Curves command otherwise the text string will be displayed with dotted blue lines You can recall the most frequently required node editing commands via the right mouse button The right mouse button commands change depending on whether one or more nodes are selected If two nodes are selected the right mouse menu appears as follows 13 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Fig 15 The Right Mouse Menu With Two Nodes Selected If only one node is selected the following menu items are available Fig 16 The Right Mouse Menu With One Node Selected Note You can select several nodes by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking on the nodes you wish to select one after another 14 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Round Nodes inside outside Corner Options
35. OR jobs can be saved as symbol files under the group name thus defined The group can be filled with the Add button in the Clipart Manager The Import Group button allows you to import groups of clipart The file ending is cla Groups can be deleted or renamed using the other two buttons The Back button closes the Clipart Manager 105 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Add Program Command With this command you can insert a different program unrelated to EuroVECTOR into the EuroVECTOR menu structure This keeps the user from having to exit EuroVECTOR to launch other programs and also from going through the Windows program manager to do so The Edit Program List Command With this command you can edit insertions you have made in the EuroVECTOR menu structure Note This command only applies to menu items related to other programs added in by the user See Insert Program command above The Measuring Tool PM The measuring tool is used to perform measurements between any two points in your design As soon as you click on the Measure icon in your tool box the cursor changes into a bull s eye Move the center of the bull s eye to the first point i e the point from which you intend to measure While holding down the left mouse button drag the bull s eye to the second point i e the end point of the distance you are measuring A guideline provides a visual connection between the two points If you hold do
36. T ia r Fi an 1 Paii j w 1 ae T oe i U ae l a k I ny A oe 1 A fp CirlaFiadius 1 100 mm a K gt i a S i ye aN k i F A i a ana ee S T f B _ sl J nnar CecleRadivs 2 50 rmm s r 7 a F r ae i a F ee o F ns a a pr All four radiuses are used for ellipses as the ellipse is not a regular circle The four radiuses are shown as circles in the example above The Color Palette Command This command allows you to create load or save new color palettes 116 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 New This command deletes all color layers with a layer number higher than 6 You should use this command when you want to create a new color palette You can select the layer color by simply clicking on the desired color with the left mouse button and then clicking the OA button Load This command is used to load previously created palettes Save Use this command to save a newly created or modified default palette on your hard disk If the new or modified palette is saved as the default palette it will be used whenever EuroVECTOR is restarted Save as Use this command to enter the name of a new palette Default This command loads the color palette which comes with EuroVECTOR as the default palette It is made up of Mactac vinyl colors which have been specified as the default palette with the aid of the color fan Palette History This function facilitates the loading of the last
37. VECTOR If you execute the Relative Angle command the relative angle will be shown when the object is rotated or skewed The Multi Copy Tool in the Object Attributes Toolbar Fig 80 The Multi Copy icon A click with the left mouse button on the Multi Copy icon opens the following dialog box Fig 81 The Duplicate Dialog Box Number X You can enter the number of duplicates in a horizontal direction in this box The arrows to the right of the box indicate the direction right left in which the objects are to duplicated Number Y You can enter the number of duplicates in a vertical direction in this box The arrows to the right of the box indicate the direction upward downward in which the objects are to be duplicated X Offset You can enter the distance you wish to have between the duplicates in a horizontal direction in this box 74 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Y Offset You can enter the distance you wish to have between the duplicates in a vertical direction in this box If you execute the Select Objects command all your objects will be automatically selected after they have been duplicated If you execute the Fill Worksheet command the specified working area will be automatically filled with the previously selected objects The Create Clone tool can be used to save storage space i e when an object is cloned only the data of the original is saved but not the data of the clone If the original o
38. When moving such a node the symmetry will not be affected in any way Cusp MS The Cusp command cancels the symmetry of the tangents thus allowing you to change them individually The shape of the curve is not directly affected by the initial selection of this option Smooth BR This option is used to smooth points in a curve or wherever a straight line turns into a curve The tangents of these points are adjusted so that they form a straight line thus creating a perfectly smooth curve or curve straight line transition for best possible output quality The adjustment of the tangents is always kept to a minimum PT This feature is especially useful after moving a point on a curve FY Because any move causes the tangents to lose their orientation to one another the Smooth function must be used to readjust the tangents to form a straight line Again this is a very important editing feature in that it will determine the quality of your output when you send it to your plotter cutter Fp Note The Smooth option is not available when there are straight lines on both sides of the selected points When two Pj tangential points of a curve are moved they are no longer symmetrically aligned in relation to each other The Smooth command transforms them into a straight line again BA Origin For routing applications it is important to be able to control the point at which the bit first plunges into the material 16 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH
39. ada Cege Wol atribuis k i Ao Be 7 Hode Magiting Fil editing glass ati biss Fig 6 The EuroVECTOR Toolbox 2 1 5 The EuroVECTOR Object Attributes Toolbar You can turn the Objects Attributes toolbar on and off via the Window menu or the shortcut CTRL 7 impia OD ee ORL Ce rae mi sory un ral ar il j h with amp phi poig Li ir b Fe araala tet lem ow noe E ree eg Li PP aisia Buptra jukawe ACE fsmu wm fan eo Aer eS ceed ee appl vertina Bye OSH id sl iho m piain hai phe height t Cir angie EET at ey Fig 7 The EuroVECTOR Objects Attributes toolbar 2 1 6 The EuroVECTOR Color Layerbox The color layerbox can be used to color objects define different vinyl colors select objects of specific colors and block certain color lavers or make them invisible You can turn the color layerbox on and off via the Window menu or the shortcut CTRL 2 WE Obiad in Lapari olor SE er urvisible GRE Layerlocked Lavor arivo and not oe cup lied Object in Leper and rept aire Fig 8 The EuroVECTOR Color Layerbox Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 1 7 The EuroVECTOR Clipart Toolbar The Clipart toolbar can be used to manage your clipart In this way you can quickly and easily import clipart from any group of images to your EuroVECTOR working area and edit it You can turn the Clipart toolbar on and off via the Window menu or the shortcut C htg coe 10 Sige Fig 9 The EuroVE
40. all the printers installed on your system Select the printer you wish to use To make further settings for the printout click on the Setup button The dialog box which appears is the same as the menu item Properties in the Printer File menu 46 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Note The Print dialog box opened by clicking the Setup button depends on the printer driver loaded and for this reason is not explained in greater detail here You can specify the Page Format upright oblong in the field to the right of the Setup button What is to be printed In the field headed Print Mode there are two comboboxes which you can use to determine what is to be printed In the first box you can choose between Objects and Objects with Worksheet Objects All objects in the working area will be printed Objects with Worksheet All objects and also the worksheet black frame will be printed The company name the dimensions of the working area and the proportional size of the printout will also be printed automatically below the black frame Job Info If you perform this command the information entered in the Job Info will be printed and also a reduced version of all objects in the lower right part of the sheet The following settings are available in the second box AH Objects Selected Objects Print Color Separations print in layer sequence Print Single Layers colors All Objects All objects in the working area wil
41. bject is modified i e provided with pencil attributes such as fountain fills the changes will automatically apply to all clones of the original object Note Artwork files cannot be cloned Example A customer has given you an order to produce 100 of the same sticker with 5 stickers twice the size of the other 90 You load the vector template for the job to select the template and click on the Ehl Multi Copy button Execute the Create Clone command In the Duplicate dialog box and enter the desired number of clones and the horizontal and vertical offsets The clones will be created when you click on the OA button Clones are represented with dotted blue lines in EuroVECTOR Now select the five clones which are to be cut twice the size and drag them to the desired size Once you have modified the clones the objects will appear in their original color again Note If you modify the size of a clone it will become an original again If you execute the Group Result command the objects filling the worksheet or the clones created will be grouped according to the sequence in which they were created 75 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 2 Importing With this command you can load graphics which are in a format other than the EuroVECTOR job format to your working area T ree af poan 0 Of Pacts 10 erect fico _4 Fig 82 The mport Dialog Box with Preview Window In the Search Inbox you can enter the pa
42. ble 42 Job Info 85 92 Job History 90 Join 17 Last Version 87 Layerbox 7 39 Line 99 Line Thickness 37 Lineale 123 Magnifying glass 131 INDEX Mask Bitmap 96 Measure 26 110 Mouse 118 Online Service 88 Open 87 Palette History 123 Paletten Historie 40 Paste Contents 92 Pencil Attributes 36 Perspective 96 Posterize 112 Print 89 Print Help Lines 49 Redo 91 Reduce Colors 111 Reduce Tangential Points 65 Reference Job 84 Refresh Screen Relief 113 Revectorizing 108 Rotate Axis 60 93 Round Corners 21 103 Saturation 113 Save Jobs 83 Scale with Object 34 Scan 89 Seamless Tile 35 Sharpen Corners 19 Sharpness 113 Smooth Curves 66 Starting Point 12 Tangential Points 12 132 INDEX The Zoom Tool 24 Tile 50 TWAIN interface 64 Undo 91 Ungroup 94 Vectorize 65 Vectorizing Working with Color Bitmaps 67 133 IMPRINT Imprint Production information This manual was produced with Word 2000 on a Pentium 700 Fonts used AcciusT German version Georg Wagner Peter Bettendorf RCS Systemsteuerungen GmbH English translation Hilary Teske English version Georg Wagner Peter Bettendorf RCS Systemsteuerungen GmbH December 2003 134
43. button The button is located in the lower right corner where the horizontal and vertical scroll bars meet In the Status Barthere is extensive information about the objects to be found in your working area such as wireframe fill dimensions number combination or grouping Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 1 1 The EuroVECTOR Program Line The various elements of the EuroVECTOR program line are described in the figure below Sarde ied Jah Freres vim F SS a alt firecw tie Fig Bie Fig 3 The EuroVECTOR Program Line Underneath the program line is the menu line whose various menu items are described in detail in Chapter 3 Reference Section 2 1 2 The EuroVECTOR Standard Toolbar You can turn the Standard toolbar on and off via the Window menu or the shortcut CTRL 1 Here Gave Work cn Pritt Export windiw Job Jobinio Copy objects fiss Undo Hap JOeEO SUBS Gas on m T Open give Gii inger kabei Ben Fedo Jab a fle piire Fig 4 The EuroVECTOR Standard Toolbar 2 1 3 The EuroVECTOR Setup Toolbar You can turn the Setup toolbar on and off via the Window menu or the shortcut CTRL 3 Hairemaa Ling mode an tof conf aiT Eea FAWR in J P Be ey working area Rulers Grid ontot onfot Fig 5 The EuroVECTOR Setup Toolbar Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 1 4 The EuroVECTOR Toolbox You can turn the Toolbox on and off via the Window menu or the shortcut CTRL 4 Normal M stre Pancil m
44. by simple clicking on the appropriate field To modify a color double click on the field in question Then the Color Selection dialog box described above appears so that you can perform the change You can select a new color from the color palette on the right of the Color Selection dialog box If the color you want is not visible use the scroll bar to make it appear You can specify the color as starting color by simply clicking on the field in question If you double click on the desired color box this will reopen the Color Selection dialog box so that you can choose the color The selected color is displayed in the Co or box next to the palette Selecting the Target Color and Further Color Gradations To specify the target or final color in the fill first click on the triangle on the right side of the color gradation bar Now you can select a new color in the manner described above 31 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Further color gradations can be added by double clicking on the bar above the gradation bar A small triangle showing the position of the color in the fill is displayed at the selected position The exact position is entered as a percentage in the Position box The position can be modified by moving the triangle or entering the desired percentage in the Position box To position the color as you wish first select the triangle which points to the position in question Then you can specify a new color in
45. ced in a line of text regardless of point size with the exception of descenders Mathematically possible number of colors for a given number of bits e g 1 bit color depth 2 2 possible colors black white 8 bit color depth 2 256 possible colors graytones 24 bit color depth 2 16 8 m possible colors Smallest addressable unit in the computer memory consisting of 8 bits Adjustment of printer screen or adjustment to desired values An area in your computer s memory used for temporary storage of data that was cut or 125 GLOSSARY CMYC CMYC Color Area Color Depth Contrast Descender Desktop Digitize Download EPS EPSF copied This data can be pasted from the clipboard into any file This feature thus provides an easy way to transfer data from one program to another Cyan magenta yellow contrast black Standard colors for four color printing Total amount of all colors represented by the CMYC colors used for printing The number of possible color tones that can be recognized by a scanner or reproduced on a color monitor Difference between light and dark parts of an image The part of a lower case letter e g g that extends below the main body of the letter Space surrounding the working area on the computer screen containing a variety of tools To put an original image into digital form either by entering points or lines through a digitizing table or b
46. contours the Frame function With the left mouse button held down draw a line linking the selected points It is only possible to join two selected points when they are both at the ends of an open contour Delete To remove or delete nodes from your contour you have the following options Select the point you wish to delete Double click on it and choose the Delete command in the node editing panel Or more efficiently 17 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Select the point you wish to delete Press the DELETE button on your keyboard When deleting an end point of an open contour the adjoining nodes will be connected with a curve provided there was at least one curve on either side of the deleted point However if there were no curves on either side of the deleted point in other words if you deleted a node on a straight line the adjoining points will be connected with a straight line Add This function is used to add additional points to a contour line Use the node editing tool to double click at the exact location on the line or curve where you wish to insert a point Click on Addin the Node Editing panel that appears on the screen A new point has now been added to your contour Curve This command is used to convert straight lines into tangential curves Use the node editing tool to select the line you wish to convert and double click on it Choose the Curve command in the node editing panel and the stra
47. ction option allows you to eliminate automatically any intersections which may appear within the vectorized objects The Text strings option makes it possible to achieve better vectorizing results Working with Color Bitmaps The functions described above apply to the vectorization of both black and white and color bitmaps 66 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR When scanning bitmaps with a color depth of 24 bits approximately 16 million colors you must reduce the number of colors to 16 prior to vectorization Since each color will have to be assigned a layer and corresponding vinyl color only relatively limited color bitmaps can be processed effectively It is only possible to convert bitmap colors to vinyl colors when the number of colors is reduced The following Color Assignment dialog box is used to convert bitmap colors to vinyl colors It is not active the first time you start EuroVECTOR If you wish it to be opened before the Vectorize dialog box you must check the With Color Assignment command in the Tools menu Colt Astepii ile xj manai raducedia 1 core ea alae pen ae Fig 71 Color Assign Bitmap Colors to Vinyl Colors 67 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR In the preview window titled Original the scanned 24 bit color bitmap is displayed In the preview window titled 76 colors you can see the limited color bitmap Being able to compare both images will help you deci
48. d P CTRL P With this command you send the job you are working on to the default printer in any size you require tiling module The Scan Command Ps This is the command you use to activate your scanner via the TWAIN Interface program Provided your scanner comes equipped with this type of interface you can address your scanner and control the scanning functions directly through this command Please check with the scanner manufacturer to find out whether such an interface is available for your particular model If it is not available you can insert a command for your particular scanner software in the menu structure via the Tools menu Insert Program The Select Scanner Command This command allows you to select your scanner The Exit Command McTRL 0 With this command you close EuroVECTOR and return to the Windows environment If you have not yet saved the EuroVECTOR job you were working on you will be prompted to do so now The Job History This option makes it easier for you to load the last four jobs without having to use the directory structure The four jobs last worked on appear at the end of the list in the File menu Click with the mouse cursor on the name of the desired job The selected file will then be loaded to your working area 88 REFERENCE SECTION 3 2 The Editing Menu The Undo Command This command makes it possible for you to undo or reverse the last few editing procedures you have compl
49. d Deactivated Tiles 2 2 10 The Align Tool 2 2 11 The Rotate Axis Command 2 2 12 The Contour Line Tool 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 49 49 49 49 50 50 50 50 51 51 55 56 59 60 61 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 2 13 Scanning and Vectorizing Working with Color Bitmaps Important Information on Scanning 2 1 14 The EuroVECTOR Objects Attributes Toolbar The Skew Rotate Tool in the Object Attributes Toolbar The Multi Copy Tool in the Object Attributes Toolbar 2 2 Importing CMX Import 2 3 Exporting EPS Export with OPI Links 2 4 Loading Jobs 2 5 Save Jobs 2 6 The Job Info 2 7 RCS ONLINE Access to RCS ONLINE Via Internet 3 Reference Section 3 1 The File Menu The New Command The Last Version Command The Open Command The Save Command The Save As Command The Save All Command The Online Service Command The Import Command The Export Command The Print Command The Scan Command 64 66 69 70 72 74 76 77 78 80 80 82 84 85 85 85 86 86 86 86 86 86 87 87 87 88 88 88 88 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Select Scanner Command The Exit Command The Job History 3 2 The Editing Menu The Undo Command The Redo Command The Cutting Command The Copy Command The Paste Command The Paste Contents Command The Select All Command The Job Info Command The Color Layer Box Command 3 3 The Design Menu The Rotate Axis Command The Horizontal X Mirror Command The
50. d P CTRL F7 When you have activated this option the cursor becomes a cross hair an intersecting vertical and horizontal line that covers your entire working area As soon as you go beyond the working area e g to select a tool the cursor reverts back to the arrow shape PH The Snap to Guideline Command This option is designed to help you precisely position objects on any guidelines you may have placed in your design In this mode objects will gravitate towards the nearest guideline The Guidelines Setup Command ne This command is used to place dotted blue guidelines anywhere in your design to facilitate the design positioning and alignment of objects These lines are design aids only and will not show up anywhere in your output Note Activating the Snap To Guideline command see above will cause the guidelines to attract objects placed near them which makes it even easier to precisely position objects in your design 4 P CTRL H The Lock Guidelines Command With this command you can lock your guidelines so that they can no longer be selected moved or deleted To unlock them you must first click on this command again P SHIFT H The Show Guidelines Command With this command you can make the guidelines invisible To make them visible click on this command again The Select Language Command If you activate this command a dialog box for selecting the language opens 120 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3
51. de bitmaps with outlines Instead of individual objects being outlined if possible an outline is created to encompass all the selected objects Therefore the function is particularly useful for creating cutting lines for stickers The objects for the sticker can be put together as you wish The outline is then created at whatever distance you wish from the objects It can later be used for cutting out the printed sticker First select the objects you wish to frame Then click on Contour Line in the Tools menu The following dialog box appears where you can make the settings 61 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Extended Settings xj Fiba Contos 1 18 Feduca Tangential 5 fa st ae adjust Caves Orm Simeath Duras 5 r I jncdude mal Objects E Ao Dherap teu Fig 67 Extended Settings The fields in the Create Contour part of the dialog box allow you to influence the calculation of the contour line In principle any objects which are not white are included in the contour calculation Therefore the background of the artwork to be outlined should ideally be white Bitmaps in particular often contain light gray patches which may arise during scanning With the aid of the field Maximal Gray Value you can determine that gray patches above the specified intensity should not be framed You can enter values between 50 and 99 or set them with the filter 50 represents a relatively dark gray and 9
52. de which one to use for vectorizing Note Clicking on Cancel selects the original rather than the reduced bitmap for vectorizing The larger window titled Manually Reduced to displays the image in equivalent vinyl colors This gives you a chance to preview the vectorized image the way it will look once it is cut out of vinyl The column of colors under the heading Co oris used to combine similar colors or hues Select a color by clicking on it once holding down the SHIFT key will allow you to select additional colors Deactivate colors by simply clicking on them once again The Assignment column shows the vinyl colors representing combined original colors and hues What is color assignment The figure below shows a bitmap with 16 colors vinyl colors But in practice nobody will want to mount 16 vinyl colors Therefore similar colors are combined thus reducing the number of colors vinyl colors Example Cuir asmin bo Fo E dark bue lightblue In the figure above the shades of blue are to be combined To do this select the dark blue and light blue boxes in the column entitled Co or by clicking with the left mouse button 68 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Note You can select further colors with the left mouse button You can unselect the selected colors with the right mouse button Selected area are shown with a black frame Now select the shade of blue for your vinyl in the column entitled Assi
53. duction Number of jobs cut or printed and the Price In the Memo section you can record any other useful comments Using the Settings menu Job Info you can enlarge the Job Info by adding any number of boxes Note Information regarding Materials used will only be recorded automatically if during the design process you were using color layers palettes that had been defined in the Layer Setup dialog box You can find further information about this in the section Layer Setup Dialog Box page 82 ff Tip The TAB key ts the quickest way to switch between the various boxes 2 7 RCS ONLINE Access to RCS ONLINE Via Internet For this you need acess to the internet e g via T Online or an internet provider Advantages of access via the internet You only have to pay the charges to your internet provider usually local charges If you already have access to the internet no configuration is necessary to connect to us Open your www browser and type our address http www eurosystems lu http www cocut com 85 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3 Reference Section Menu items in chronological order 3 1 The Fife Menu The New Command CTRL N This command opens a new job file The Last Version Command When a job is loaded a backup copy named AUTOSAVE BAK will be created in the EuroVECTOR directory This command allows you to retrieve the version of the job that existed before loading The Open Co
54. e click A further double click will reactivate it You can see from Fig 58 that tile number 2 is marked with an X This tile has been deactivated and will not be printed In the Tiling mode you have a further possibility besides activating or deactivating single tiles If you hold down the CTRL key while double clicking on the desired tile with the left mouse button all tiles except the one On which the mouse cursor is positioned will be deactivated Fig 59 and Fig 60 illustrate this Fig 59 Six Tiles Active Mouse Cursor is on Tile 4 57 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Fig 60 Tiles 1 2 3 5 amp 6 Deactivated Tile 4 Activated Advantage of deactivating tiles When your objects are arranged tiles without objects empty tiles may be created which would result in a blank page being printed Other Important Functions Important commands which need to be accessed quickly can be added as icons in the area near the Object Attributes toolbar XS 3 5 x Window Help 00 0000 l8 moe F LFA 0 i S le D asais Dupiisaia i Argon an i Fig 61 Area for Adding Important Function Icons If you position the mouse cursor in this area and click once with the right mouse button the following dialog box opens 58 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 Horizondsd rere Vertes marc T Greup 4 Ungroup Dj Corti Wy Loca ooriinaban fm bink sain S akon obb bo
55. e preview window To do this click on any point in the window Keep the mouse button held down and move the mouse A line with its starting point anchored down appears and follows the movements of the mouse After you release the mouse button the angles set by the line will be saved Note The size of the margin can only be changed with linear and square fills The entered value between 0 and 45 specifies the position of the first and last colors in relation to the center of the fill Setting the Beginning Color The Fountain box allows you to determine the initial and final colors and also the positions and colors of any intermediate steps The bar between the two triangles the fountain fill bar displays the fountain fill To determine the initial color click on the left hand triangle To change the color there are two possibilities available If you double click on the Co orbox on the left of the color palette the Co or Selection dialog box appears 30 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Fig 37 The Color Selection Dialog Box The starting color can be modified using this window In the color palette on the left side of the window there are 256 predefined colors available to you You can select a color by simply clicking on the desired color with the left mouse button Further colors can be made visible by using the scroll bar to the right of the color palette You can select one of the colors for the fill
56. e is saved as the default palette this palette will be used ever time you start EuroVECTOR Save As This command permits you to give the palette a name Default This command loads the palette supplied as the default for EuroVECTOR It is a Mactac table of vinyl colors which is defined as the default palette with the help of the range of colors Palette History This tool makes it possible to load the last 4 color palettes without having to use the directory structure The names of the last 4 color palettes worked with appear at the end of the color palette menu list You can open the desired palette by clicking on it with the mouse cursor By clicking on the Se icon you can simultaneously select all objects that were created in the selected color layer By clicking on the Mewicon and making appropriate selections in the Layer Setup dialog box you can define new color layers Double clicking on one of the layers colors will assign the color to all previously selected objects 40 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR A single click with the right mouse button on one of the color layers will open the Layer Setup dialog box You can also open this dialog box by using the shortcut L Double clicking with the left mouse button with the CTRL key held down provides the selected object with a wireframe in the color currently activated When the Layer Setup dialog box is open you can use the PAGE UP button to choose and install t
57. e small corrections in the rotation angle with the rotation feature in EuroVECTOR The smallest possible unit for rotation is 0 1mm 0039 in Another option is to use the measuring tool Measure the rotation angle and change its value to 0 zero in order to reposition the image horizontally To cut bitmaps out of vinyl it is not necessary for you to have color scanning capabilities Black and white scans produce equally good results and are much easier to work with because they contain far fewer data 2 1 14 The EuroVECTOR Objects Attributes Toolbar The Objects Attributes toolbar can be turned on and off via the Menu window Object Attributes or simply pressing G on the keyboard Hermia Diii Chet Coenin ALEID H Fanie prater r wiif Ergi waini minister ee cam vain ke a E r g l e p ae ee cto ae r a veren Dia aoc Frisen Ad trues begi Feige obpachi Fig 72 EuroVECTOR Objects Attributes Toolbar In this dialog box you can change the parameters for the size or position and the skew or rotation of objects It also allows you to enter the number of copies for duplicating objects in x y direction and the x y offsets Thus the Object Attributes toolbar combines some of the most frequently used functions in one window which considerably facilitates editing In the X and Y boxes you can enter relative and absolute X and Y coordinates Absolute and Relative Position The absolute position means the actual position of the X
58. ed to adjust the contrast in the scanned image The contrast between the lighter darker or intermediate areas can be made more pronounced or softened The Brightness Command This command governs the brightness of the entire scanned image Brightness consists of the intensity of light which is reflected or absorbed by the image The Saturation Command With this command you can adjust the intensity of your colors or hues 108 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Sharpness Command This function enhances the sharpness of pixels in bitmaps by first localizing the edges of pixels and then setting the degree of tolerance for the background pixels via the filters values between 100 and 100 are possible Result The contrast of the edges adjacent pixels is enhanced The Gamma Correction Command Gamma correction is a method of adjusting color gradation taking account of how the eye perceives a color when the adjoining area is of a different color Gamma correction primarily affects color hues in the center of the spectrum Gamma values between 0 01 and 4 99 can be set using a filter Result By adjusting the gamma value you can achieve a greater contrast between details in drawings The Re ief Command With this filter you can create a relief or three dimensional effect in your image This means that certain areas will appear raised while others are lowered This effect can be altered by selecting differ
59. ent origins The Convert to Bitmap Command With this command you can convert all selected objects to a bitmap with user definable resolution and color depth The Cut Section Command This command is very useful for vectorizing single sections of your graphics You are working on a bitmap and only want to use the lettering for further editing Place an object e g a circle or a rectangle any shape is possible over the part of the bitmap which you need Select both objects perform the Cut Section command and drag the object you need to the desired position in your working area The object is now available for you to continue working on it 109 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Properties Command This command lets you increase the number of pixels in an image Increasing the number of pixels results in the image increasing in size accordingly The resolution is indicated in DPI dots per inch This menu item also provides additional information about the bitmap The Storage Space required by the bitmap in the working storage and the Color Depth used are shown Transparent Display of Images in Wireframe Mode In the Wireframe Mode you have two options for displaying your images transparent or full surface Select Properties in the mage menu The following dialog box is opened Bitmap Settings E xj r Resolution Horizontal 28 DPI 306 Pixel Vertical 28 DPI 304 Pixel Memory 90 KB Color Resolut
60. ers can be created and stored for each type of vinyl or other material Shortcuts in Layer Editing The following shortcuts are available for layer editing L opens the Layer Setup dialog box Speed when scrolling in the color layer box La LY suet 10 times a CTRL 100 times La EY suit CTRL 1000 times 42 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Skipping in the Layerbox POS1 Skip to the first layer ENDE Skip to the last layer PAGE up down Skip over 1 10 of the number of layers Cursor up down Skip to next layer Advantage of the Page up down keys While the new layer is being chosen the Layer Settings dialog box remains open and the appropriate numbers can be entered directly CTRL Double click Assigns a selected object an outline in the currently active color Move Single Color Layers 1 Position mouse cursor on desired layer 2 Press left mouse button and keep itheld down 3 Move the layer to the desired position 4 Press right mouse button once 5 The color layer is in the new position 43 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 2 9 The Print Command Fig 48 The Print icon The various functions of the EuroVECTOR Print dialog box are explained in detail in the following section Open the EuroVECTOR Print dialog box by selecting Print in the File menu using the shortcut CTRL P on the keyboard or clicking on the icon in the toolbox The following window opens ya Po oes Diea
61. eted The standard or default setting allows for the last five steps to be reversed You can increase this number in the Setup menu under Settings Diverse Number of Reversible Steps The default value is designed for a computer with 8 megabytes of RAM Only if your computer is equipped with more RAM do we advise an increase in the number or reversible steps The maximum permitted is 100 Note This setting can only be changed for a new file File menu New The Redo Command This command is the opposite of Undo It restores the editing functions you have previously chosen to undo The Cutting Command With this command you can remove objects from your working area and temporarily store them on your computer s clipboard This is a very convenient way to insert an object in a different position in a different file or even in a different program Note The clipboard has only a limited capacity If there is not enough storage space for the artwork or objects use the Export command to move your data The Copy Command With this command you can store items on the clipboard without having them removed from your working area The Paste Command With this command you retrieve items from the clipboard and insert them into your job When you activate this command the cursor turns into a right angle containing the word nsert Chapter 3 PFs P Fe CTRL X P CTRL C P CTRL V 89 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Point the
62. f it does the object with the open contour will actually be counted as two Activate the Close Contour command to close the object and make it one The Open Contour Command This command is used to open a closed contour of a selected object The Round Corners Command With this command you can round off corners both inside and outside either for the selected nodes or entire selected objects It is particularly useful for rounding lettering The Delete Redundant Nodes Command This commands eliminates nodes which are lying directly on top of one another on an object Nodes located between the ends of straight lines will be automatically deleted The Add to Clipart Group Command This command adds a selected object to the clipart group which is currently active The background appears in gray if no object is selected 100 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Object Attributes Command This command opens a dialog box displaying the attributes of one selected object If more than one object is selected the coordinates of the bounding box of these objects and its center are shown The number of objects is shown as the title of the dialog box 101 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3 4 The View Menu The Zoom In Command 4 2 This command used to magnify all or parts of your design can also be activated by clicking on the Zoom icon in the tool box and then selecting the icon with the magnifying glass and the plus sign in the fl
63. fine different vinyl colors select objects of specific colors and lock certain color lavers or make them invisible Object in Layercalar Laver unvsibie Laver locked Laver aclis and nol oceupied Cbjeclin Layer and nol active Fig 46 The EuroVECTOR Color Layerbox Layers 1 through 6 are predefined and cannot be changed To make the color layerbox reappear either press CTRL 2 or select Show Layerbox in the Settings menu The layerbox can be moved at any time by clicking with the left mouse button on the gray bar above Pal gt or on the small gray area underneath the last layer The gray frame around the color layerbox becomes black and you can move the color layerbox to any position you wish on the EuroVECTOR desktop with the left mouse button held down If you click on the PAL button a popup menu with the following items opens Layer Numbers If you execute this command all the layer numbers will be made invisible 39 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR New All color layers with a layer number higher than 6 will be deleted You can use this command when you want to specify a new color palette individually You can choose layer colors by clicking once with the mouse cursor on the desired color and then on the OA button Load This command loads previously defined palettes Save This command permits you to save a newly defined or modified default palette on your hard disk If this new or modified palett
64. g on the EZ button you can specify with what information and how files are to be displayed The name of the job is indicated under File Name All the files in the EuroVECTOR job format that are stored in the selected directory appear in the list above The File Type is preset to EuroVECTOR job in this dialog box Jobs can be saved in EuroVECTOR 4 5 or 6 format Jobs can be saved as copy masters with the file format Template ending with JTP The file format Reference Job ending with JRF saves the job file with the driver used to cut it A selected file can be deleted directly with the DEL key after you have been asked if you really wish to do this 83 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 6 The Job Info You can open the Job Info in three different ways 1 Viathe Editing menu Job Info 2 Automatically when you save a new job 1 Via Job Info in the right mouse button menu WIE mia mahir Fig 87 The Job Info Dialog Box The Job Info dialog box gives you the possibility of entering relevant information on each file You can print out this information and use it for invoicing or as a note accompanying the job When the job info is printed the complete path in which it is filed will be printed as well 84 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR In addition to customer related information such as Order No Company Address etc you can also enter data regarding the type of Material used Duration of pro
65. ght mouse key in the Line mode and selecting the Arc command When drawing an arc after you have fixed the second point of the curve the curve will be drawn through the first second and current cursor points A click on the left mouse button creates the arc When the mouse cursor is located above the end of an arc this point is emphasized and the mouse cursor changes shape The point is initialized if you click once on it with the left mouse button You can continue drawing in one of the following four modes Draw Arc Digi Freehand The Rectangle Mode This command is used to activate the rectangle drawing mode You may also select this mode by clicking on the Pencil icon in your tool box and choosing the Rectangle icon in the flyout box Once you have selected it move your cursor which has taken on the shape of a cross hair with a small rectangle beside it to any of the corners of the rectangle you intend to draw Press your left mouse button and continue to hold it down Draw a rectangle by moving the cursor to the diagonally opposed corner Once you release the mouse button the rectangle is drawn for you 97 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Note EuroVECTOR provides the following design aids for drawing rectangles By pressing the SHIFT key while drawing the rectangle the selected point of origin of your rectangle will actually be its center point f you press the CTRL key while drawing the rectangle EuroVECTOR will dra
66. gn To by clicking on the left mouse button You will see that the light blue bar in the colum entitled Viny has changed to dark blue Color assign io 4 dark blue _ _ darkblue You proceed in exactly the same way with the other shades of color which you would like to merge The dialog box for making the vectorizing settings now opens Confirm the settings made by clicking on OK Note When the With Color Assignment command is turned off the colors can be reduced later via the color layer box Ist der Mentipunkt Mit Farbzuordnung Important Information on Scanning 1 Optimal scanning results are achieved by using the highest possible optical resolution on your scanner Most flat bed scanners offer a resolution of 300 to 600 dpi Please consult your scanner manual for exact specifications 2 Use the highest quality original possible if necessary make a reduced smaller photocopy to give you better edge quality and ultimately better vectorization 3 The determining factor in the time required for vectorization is the amount of data which is proportional to the size of the bitmap Therefore a small original will work much better 69 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 4 Please make sure you place the original in your scanner at a right angle Even small deviations can distort the image and reduce the quality of the scan thus increasing the amount of clean up or editing work Note You can mak
67. he next color upwards and the PAGE DOWN button for the next color downwards When the last color layer in the layerbox is active a new layer can be added The Layer Settings Dialog Box Fig 47 The Layer Settings Dialog Box In the Layer Settings dialog box there is a choice of 3 color models 1 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 2 Red Green Blue 3 Color Saturation Brightness 41 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Layer Attributes Locked means that a particular color layer is no longer available for selection A lock iS in front of the layer color symbolizes this status Invisible makes selected objects disappear from the desktop A crossed out eye SEPM in front of the color layer that has been defined as invisible symbolizes this status Note All attributes can be reversed at any time simply by using the right mouse button to click on the appropriate color layer which activates the Layer Setup box in which you can make all necessary changes Layer Designationg In the Material field you can for instance assign a specific type or manufacturer of vinyl to the color layer Under Color Number you may also enter the corresponding product number Note The advantage of using these fields is that you can assign a color layer to all the materials you carry in stock The selections made during the design process will then be evident when the Job goes to production Palettes i e specific sets of color lay
68. his option may be selected The color display will then consist of 76 process colors Redrawing graphics in your working area i e Refresh Screen takes up the least amount of time in this mode The Edit Wireframe Mode P F9 In this mode only the contours or outlines of the objects in your design are displayed Note If the layer color is white the outlines are displayed as dotted gray lines The nterrupt Display Command 2 F7 This option which is particularly helpful when you are working with complex designs allows you to interrupt the redrawing of the screen at any point in order to select another menu item or tool It is not necessary to wait until the screen has been redesigned It is important to note that text strings may appear in simplified form as crossed rectangles This operation is extremely rapid Otherwise the blocks behave in the same way as text strings The Undo Redo Command P SHIFT F7 This command activates and deactivates the Undo Redo command One advantage of deactivating this command is that node editing is faster in the case of large or numerous objects When there are several editing steps the trial phase original state editing temporary final state can be reversed as follows 119 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 1 Deactivate Undo Redo 2 Edit objects 3 Activate Undo Redo You can restore the state prior to step 1 by clicking the Undo command in the Ea t menu The Cross Hair Comman
69. ible Settings in the Adapt Mode 49 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Buttons in the Print Dialog Box The OK Button If you click on this button the settings made will be transmitted to the printer The Cancel Button You can use this button to exit the Print dialog box The Tiling Mode If you switch from the Adjust mode to the Tiling mode the following preview window appears lt lt E Seren Obes Fathi Em Hem ow hegna a we on a er 110 S eee fou me arcane i Curat B na Pje Sa S Sar ares Bei a l miie Tania jari r aa BEA E ea Fig 53 The Preview Window in the 7i ing Mode In the Tiling mode all tiles are displayed A tile is the part of an object which can be printed or cut on the plotter being addressed 50 Chapter 2 How To Work WITH EUROVECTOR Break After indicates after which tile enter the number of the tile the plot should be stopped You can enter the desired horizontal vertical intersection of the objects to be printed in the boxes under Overlap If you print using Roll complete stretches can be printed without any spaces between the single tiles You can only stop the printing of a complete stretch and not of the individual tiles Entering an intersection in the printing direction does not have any effect on this operation as can also be seen from the display of the tile size Note After tiling the dialog box will no
70. ight line will be converted into a curve Line This command is used to convert curves into straight lines Use the node editing tool to select the curve you wish to convert and double click on it Choose the Line command in the node editing panel and the curve will be converted into a straight line Note that all curve attributes will disappear when a curve is converted to a straight line This function is used to vertically or horizontally align nodes or points You must select at least two points to perform this task With the node editing tool select the first point Then hold down the SHIFT key and select the second point i e the point you wish to align with the first one Double click on the reference point i e the point with which you want the other selected point s to be aligned Now select either the horizontal or vertical A ign icon in the node editing panel DEL P I INS PK 18 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Align Corners Aligning corners is a further possibility of aligning nodes or points This function aligns nodes which are positioned almost vertically or horizontally in relation to the preceding and following nodes Aligning corners is a combination of horizontal and vertical alignment Right angles can be created very quickly using this method PE Fig 18 Aligning Corners Fig 18 shows how Align Corners is performed The original state of the rectangle can be seen in the illustrati
71. ind you are running out of space in your working area you may choose not to have the rulers displayed at all With a metric ruler every fourth increment is shown as a longer line and with a ruler in inches every second and fourth increment The Unit of Measurement Command This command is used to change the unit of measurement mm cm or inch This can also be done by clicking the button located at the point where the horizontal and vertical scroll bars meet The Grid Tool P CTRLIR In the Grid Settings dialog box you can choose between guidelines or grid points This function can be very useful for positioning objects in the working area Both the grid spacing and the offset in X Y direction can be defined by the user The default reference point is 0 0 in the lower left corner of the working area For additional help when positioning objects select the Snap to Grid function Screen Colors This menu item refers to the display of colors on your monitor which depends on the graphics card in your computer and the resolution selected in the monitor driver 118 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Note These selections in no way affect output quality Spot Colors If your hardware has this capability 256 spot colors rather than process colors are used for the screen colors 256 Color Dithering With this type of display 256 process colors are used Windows Dithering If you do not have a VGA monitor with 256 color display only t
72. ing with several color layers you can use this and the following commands to change their sequence With the 7o Front command the selected object color layer is moved to the very front or top The 7o Back Command P CTRL O With this command the selected object color layer is moved to the very back or bottom The Forward One Command P Pg up With this command the selected object color layer is moved to the next higher color layer The Back One Command P Pg Dn With this command the selected object color layer is moved to the next lower color layer The Reverse Order Command Mu With this command the sequence of objects color layers is reversed Whatever was on top is moved to the bottom and vice versa All objects or color layers in between are reversed as well The A ways in Front Command P CTRL Y With this command the EuroVECTOR window remains permanently in the front The Refresh Screen Command This command tells EuroVECTOR to redraw all objects currently displayed in your working area This will eliminate any debris McTRHW such as excess points or lines left over from previous editing procedures 103 REFERENCE SECTION 3 5 The Jools Menu The Vectorizing Function This command give you access to EuroVECTOR s integrated vectorizing software which converts scanned bitmaps into Bezier curves Note Bitmaps cannot be cut with a plotter since these images merely consist of dot patterns recognized by the scanner Such
73. ion 8 Bit per Pixel IV transparent display in wireframe mode OPI Link with file Restrictions Dont print Dont export Locked Cancel 110 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Fig 89 Dialog Box for Setting Bitmap Properties You will see the option Transparent Display in Wireframe Mode in the lower part of the dialog box This is the default option which is normally turned on Advantage Bitmaps can be positioned exactly in the wireframe mode see example below Wireframe mode Wireframe mode transparent display transparent display not active active Fig 90 Example of Transparent Display You can see on the left side of the example in the above illustration that the images lying beneath the bitmap cannot be seen or can only partly be seen On the other hand all the objects on the left side can be seen and can therefore be positioned well REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3 8 The Settings Menu The Settings menu is used to select basic setups for default values for working with EuroVECTOR There is a dialog box available to the user for each basic setting e g Diverse Job Info The Basic Settings Option Diverse You have a choice of the following default settings P STRG J Duplicated Values X Offset You can enter the distance you wish to have between the horizontal duplicates in this box Y Offset You can enter the distance you wish to have between the vertical d
74. ireframe mode The job size format and date of the last change are shown to the right of the preview window A selected file can be deleted directly with the DEL key after you have been asked if you really wish to do this 81 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 5 Save Jobs This command is used to save the job you have been working on If you have previously saved the job the file name and directory under which it was saved will be maintained The previous version is overwritten and will no longer be available If you have created a new job that has not yet been saved the Job Info dialog box will automatically open and then the Save Job As dialog box Note You should also select the Save As command when you want to save the current job in your network You should enter the appropriate network drive under drives The Save Job command opens the following dialog box CT re Saree CG dob oe Ee Fig 86 The Save Job Dialog Box Under Save you can select the directory where the job is to be saved The first time this dialog box opens the button is not yet active It only becomes active when the path to be searched is changed You can go to the next higher path by clicking this button By clicking E button you can go the next lower path When you click on the amp button a new directory will be created in the one currently active 82 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR By clickin
75. jects command the values entered affect all objects The two boxes are linked together i e if the width is modified the height will also be modified by the value entered If the length width link is deactivated the Height and Width boxes can be modified independently of each other 100 00 100 00 p pm Fig 76 Length Width Link Deactivated The Skew Rotate Tool in the Object Attributes Toolbar a Fig 77 The Skew Rotate Tool A click with the left mouse button on the Skew button opens the following dialog box 72 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR a x oeme ange so or ae mae Lo _ cmos _ Fig 78 The Skew Dialog Box SKEW ROTATE Fig 79 Objects in the Skew Rotate Mode You can rotate your object by moving your mouse cursor to the round arrows at the corners of the object and keeping it held down When the object has been rotated its position will be shown by a dotted blue line You can see the exact amount of the rotation in the status bar on the bottom left of the screen near the mouse coordinates A positive value rotates objects clockwise a negative value counterclockwise If you click on one the straight double arrows while holding down the left mouse button your object is skewed to the left and right and upwards and downwards The sides you click on will be moved whereas the ones opposite remain the same 73 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EURO
76. joining pixels of different colors are colored slightly differently to simulate a third color With dithering a color monitor can produce the effect of more than 256 colors Note f you intend to vectorize the image later on do not select the dithering option since this will negatively affect the quality of vectorization 107 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Posterize Command With this command you can reduce the number of colors per color layer The number of permissible colors per layer is 2 to 64 The Grayscale Command Select this command to convert a color image to grayscale with a maximum of 256 levels The nvert Command With this command you can convert a positive scanned image to a negative and vice versa The color value for each pixel is replaced by its opposite value in a color scale e g 0 becomes 255 50 becomes 205 The Contrast Command This command is used to adjust the contrast in the scanned image The contrast between the lighter darker or intermediate areas can be made more pronounced or softened The Blend Command Nice effects can be obtained with this command You cannot perform this command unless two images are selected in your working area The two images are merged The best effects are obtained when for example a fountain fill running from light to dark in a matching color is integrated into a company logo in a contrasting color The Contrast Command This command is us
77. l be printed Selected Objects Only selected objects on the working area will be printed Printing Color Separations All objects of one color will be printed in the sequence shown The color bar layer order in the second box contains all the colors layers which have been used in the working area The colors will later be printed in this sequence The darkest color is always printed first 47 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Print Single Colors Layers The colors listed in the second box are those which have been used for the objects in the working area If for example there is only a black and a red object in the working area there will be a choice of only two color bars layers available Proportion You can enter the proportion in which the printout should be made in one of two boxes either as a figure or a percentage The boxes are linked i e if you enter a figure the equivalent percentage will automatically appear in the box and vice versa Examples of proportional entries in figures with the corresponding percentages Proportion 1 1 100 00 Proportion 1 2 50 00 Proportion 1 3 33 33 Proportion 1 4 25 00 Center If this option is activated all objects on the working area will be centered Tiling If this option is selected the Print dialog box appears in the Tiling mode Number of Copies In this box you can specify the number max 9999 of copies to be printed The Adjust and Tiling
78. lable calendared and cast Cast vinyl is not stretched during the production process and is therefore less prone to shrinkage Cast vinyl is generally more costly than calendared vinyl which tends to have less durability and a greater tendency to shrink Vinyl materials used for cutting generally consist of three layers 1 Liner the bottom layer 2 Adhesive layer in between the liner and the vinyl 3 Vinyl material The act of removing excess vinyl around cut graphics The height measured from the baseline of a lower case x i e any lower case letter without ascender in a particular font 129 INDEX Index Adapt 45 Add Used Bitmap Fill 34 Adjust Curves 66 Align 102 Autosave Intervall 117 Bitmap Export Filter 80 Bitmap Fill 32 BMP Outline 66 Brightness 113 Circle 101 Clipart 109 Clockwise Rotation of Objects 103 Close Contour 103 CMX Import 78 Color Layer Box 92 Color Palette 122 Contour Line 61 108 Contrast 112 Convert to Bitmap 113 Copy 91 Corner Points 12 Counter Clockwise Rotation of Objects 103 Cursorform 8 Cusp 16 Deavtivate Tile 57 Delete 93 Draw 99 Duplicate 93 Edit Program List 110 130 INDEX Ellipse 101 Envelope 97 Export 79 89 Fill Tool 95 Filltool 27 Filter Contours 65 Forward One Fountain Fill 95 Full Page Gamma correction 113 Gradient 30 Group 94 Hairline 37 96 Import 77 89 Insert 92 Insert Program 110 Invert 112 Invisi
79. layed in the preview window Besides this you can also determine the shape of the ends of open contours They can be cut off rounded or extended For this please see the appropriate displays The current pencil color is shown in the color box left of the palette and also in the preview window There are two ways of changing the pencil color 1 To determine a new color for the pencil double click on the color box left of the palette The following Color Selection dialog box will appear with the current of the pencil color settings Chesa Caler Fig 45 The Co or Selection Dialog Box Once you have specified the pencil color it will appear in the Pencil Attributes dialog box in the color field next to the color palette The pencil color will also be shown in the preview window 38 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 The palette offers you a choice of 256 predefined colors You can select one of them by simple clicking with the mouse on the appropriate color box You can use the scroll bar to the right of the color palette to make other colors visible You can define a particular color as the pencil color by simply clicking on it with the mouse If you wish to modify the color double click on the appropriate color field The Color Selection dialog box described above will appear so that you can make the modifications you desire 2 2 8 The EuroVECTOR Color Layerbox The color layerbox can be used to color objects de
80. lign nodes or points Fig 12 The Node Editing Button Click on the node editing button the cursor changes its shape and subsequently on a point of the object or text string The text or object is now displayed as follows Fig 13 An Object in the Node Editing Mode Tip By hitting the SPACE BAR on your keyboard you can easily switch back and forth between the arrow tool and the node editing tool 11 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR All corner points are displayed as squares while all points on a curve are displayed as circles The latter are in fact called tangential points The starting point of the object is displayed as a double square a smaller square inside a larger one To select individual nodes or tangential points simply click on them with the node editing tool To indicate selection the points are bolded filled in It is thus easier to recognize selected nodes or tangents which considerably facilitates node editing You can click on the different points and move them by pressing down the left mouse button Moving a tangential point will reshape the corresponding curve Note To select multiple points click on the first point then hold down the SHIFT key while continuing to click on the other points The same can be achieved by clicking a short distance away from the first point and dragging a frame around it and all other points you wish to select Double clicking on a node activates the
81. mage data transfer between different programs It is usually supplied along with your scanner If you do not have access to TWAIN the only other way to import the scanned data is through standard EuroVECTOR import procedures e g using BMP PCX or TIF files When there is a bitmap in the EuroVECTOR working area and it is selected the Vectorize command is activated and the following dialog box appears 64 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Veckorizing Filer Conings 1 18 FRediace lengeniial 5 Ca 4 Ar Aun curve nmmn Smooth curves ee I Bre Gutine 7 Contour lt 5 pee I Background M Mo overlap I Tet objects ms Fig 70 The Vectorize Dialog Box To optimize the vectorizing process four different types of filters are available Filter 1 Filter Contours reduces major noise garbage by ignoring contours consisting of less than five pixels Filter 2 Reduce Tangential Points reduces the number of points or nodes on a curve The higher the degree of reduction i e the fewer the nodes that are retained the further the scanned curves will deviate from the original On the other hand fewer nodes means less clean up Therefore a moderate amount of reduction generally constitutes a workable compromise 65 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Filter 3 Adjust Curves considers the overall direction of straight lines and curves and eliminates stray horizontal and vertical lines
82. mand This command saves all jobs open in EuroVECTOR If there is a newly created job among them you can save it under a file name of your choice in a selected directory The Online Service Command This command connects you directly to the support page of EUROSYSTEMS S r l and the General Distributor RCS Systemsteuerungen GmbH Note f you have not installed a browser a text file will be displayed informing you what to do so that you can make use of the advantages of the online service After registering with EUROSYSTEMS ONLINE you have these additional facilities e You can make use of our file service e If you are registered you have the possibility of importing the latest service releases or demo versions of our software products free of charge e Itis not necessary to state your address every time you order from our online shop e Specialist traders and distributors have access to the Business Center When you would like to download data subject to a charge you must have a credit on your account with RCS ONLINE You can find further detailed information about RCS ONLINE under www eurosystems lu 87 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The mport Command P CTRL With this command you can import artwork which is not saved in the EuroVECTOR JOB format The Export Command P CTRL E If you want to use a job in another graphics programm you must convert it to a different format for export The Print Comman
83. mmand This command loads files stored on your hard disk or a diskette in the EuroVECTOR job format to your current screen desktop You can now edit these files as you wish You can also delete jobs after you have been asked if you really wish to do this I CTRL L The Save Command This command saves your current job If you have already saved this job the given file name and directory will be maintained The old version of the job will be overwritten If you have created a new job that hasn t been saved the program roms automatically goes to Save As when you click on Save in the File Menu First the Job Info dialog box opens where you can enter further information about the job After that the actual dialog box for saving the job will open and you will be required to specify the file name and directory 86 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The Save As Command eT P SHIFT With this command you can save a new file under the name you CTRL S select in the target directory you desire You can also use this command to change the file name and or the directory of already existing files For example you may want to save a job composed of parts of an already existing job without losing the old version Then choose the Save As command and you can save the new file under a different name in a new directory You can also use the Save As command when you want to save the current file on a diskette or CD The Save A Com
84. mple you enter an amount of 2MB in the Bitmaps Larger Than box the preview for bitmaps larger than 2MB will be automatically turned off If you want to have the imported file displayed you have to activate the Preview box below the preview window The default value for this option is 1MB Values for the EPS file preview in the Import dialog box can be entered in the EPS Files Larger Than box 0 1 MB is the default amount here Geometric Shapes Goiirtiric Db peoks Fig 91 Settings for Geometric Shapes With this command you can activate the mode for drawing polygons and other geometric shapes such as stars and ellipses Example 1 Create Star From Circle Gute Crele Radius 1 7 A on i m Tr ft oh a ia i iy ra i os H wt M a r Me Ar i h a _ i a P j t i a 1 Thi a imer Gieda 17 Pa a Radive i B i Ta a i k a j 115 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 In the example above you can see the star that has been created on the left The radius of the outer and inner circle can be seen on the right A radius of 1 of 100 for the outer circle and 1 of 50 for the inner circle were entered in the dialog box The radius is half the diameter of a circle Example Radius Diameter Objekt Diameter Object Radius Example 2 Create Star From Ellipse dater Circle Radios 1 200 mm _ 1 i a es _ elute Circle Radus 2 150 mm fi a os PN i ee mh ih i ni AS
85. n the Full Surface or Preview modes Note The pencil attributes do not affect the representation of the object in the wireframe mode F9 Here the contours of the objects are drawn with simple outlines in the layer color The Mask Bitmap Command This command fills an object or a combination with an underlying bitmap First move the object to the required location above the bitmap Then select the bitmap and the object to be filled and click Mask Bitmap The Perspective Command This command is used to create special visual effects Different perspectives can be created based on one or two points With single point perspectives a three dimensional effect is created by shortening the object This makes the shorter side appear to be in the background By shortening two sides the objects can be further distorted New Perspective Once you have activated the Perspective command the selected object is given a frame with handles for you to manipulate Select any one of these handles this will make the marker appear black to indicate selection and drag it to the desired location to change the perspective As long as the Perspective option is active the objects selected for this editing function will appear with a dotted blue outline Other functions such as Envelope cannot be activated as long as your objects are in the Perspective mode 94 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 To see whether the new perspective you have created is
86. nd 119 The Undo Redo Command 119 The Cross Hair Command 120 The Snap to Guideline Command 120 The Guidelines Setup Command 120 The Lock Guidelines Command 120 The Show Guidelines Command 120 The Select Language Command 120 3 9 The Window Menu 121 The New Window Command 121 The Horizontal Tiling Command 121 The Overlapping Command 121 The Close Command 121 The Close All Command 122 The Default Command 122 Color Layerbox Command 122 The Setup Command 122 The Tools Command 122 The Node Editing Command 122 The Object Attributes Command 122 The Object Info Status Bar Command 122 The Element Info Status Bar Command 122 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Clipart Command The Job History Command 3 10 The Help Menu About Help Info Online Support 3 11 The Right Mouse Button Commands Glossary Index Imprint 122 122 123 123 123 123 123 124 125 130 134 xi INTRODUCTION Introduction Along with this manual you have received the latest version of EuroVECTOR This Software gives you the capability to easily and accurately reproduce logos symbols and similar graphics Depending on your application you may choose to digitize or to vectorize the original graphic To edit or manipulate the resulting file a variety of tools are at your disposal Whether you are new to sign making or consider yourself an expert EuroVECTOR gives you all the tools you need for professional results You will soon realize just how powerful Eu
87. nd tricks about EUROSYSTEMS products and also questions frequently asked about software and various cutting plotters To enable us to eliminate problems as rapidly and efficiently as possible we would ask you to immediately fill out the fields in the form under Software Registration if you are not registered with us 123 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3 11 The Right Mouse Button Commands The functions of the right mouse button make working with EuroVECTOR much easier and faster The following basic menu items are available to you Fig 92 The Object Sensitive Menu no object in working area When there are several objects in the EurovVECTOR working area the menu appears as follows Fig 93 The Object Sensitive Menu at least one object in working area 124 GLOSSARY Glossary Terms printed in talics refer to additional glossary entries Additive Color System Application Tape Ascender Baseline Bit Depth Byte Calibration Clipboard System based on mixing the additive colors of the luminous spectral colors red green and blue RGB e g in color TVs or color monitors Tape used to transfer cut and weeded vinyl graphics to a substrate The tape s adhesion must be sufficient to hold even the tiniest letters while releasing them easily upon application The part of a lower case letter e g b that extends above the main body of the letter Imaginary line on which all characters are pla
88. nformation Serial number of your EUROSYSTEMS product Version number i e EurovVECTOR Printout of your product s data Help About Please understand that we can only answer enquiries addressed to this telephone number Other telephone numbers are reserved for marketing purchasing and sales In order to obtain the best possible technical support we urge you to register your software Immediately upon receipt of your registration card by fax or online you will be entered in our Customer Support database RCS Systemsteuerungen GmbH General Distributor for EUROSYSTEMS products P S For written enquiries or quick registration by fax or online please use the following number or address EUROCUT PROFESSIONAL Fax 49 6502 9288 15 Web site http www eurosystems lu COPYRIGHT Copyright Copyright 2004 by EUROSYSTEMS S r l Luxembourg All rights reserved The EuroVECTOR software for Windows and this publication are licensed property of EUROSYSTEMS S a r l Luxembourg 7 rue de Tanneurs L 6790 Grevenmacher Any reproduction or transmission in any form by any method or for any purpose of the software or of this manual in whole or in part is strictly prohibited User manual text typesetting layout Georg Wagner Peter Bettendorf EUROSYSTEMS English translation Hilary Teske This software is licensed for the exclusive use of the original purchaser and is to be used on one computer system only
89. ng the edge of the selected objects If you enter a value smaller than O the contour line intrudes on the objects to be outlined In the Corner Shape field you can determine the appearance of the corners of the contour line If you choose the Normal option the mathematically exact point will be calculated on the contour This means that the contour line can be considerably lengthened at pointed corners which often leads to unsightly results 63 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR In such cases you can achieve more satisfactory results by choosing the Cut Offand Round options The Cut Off option shortens the contour by the specified amount and cuts off the corner with a straight line The Round option changes the corner into a rounded curve If you activate the Enhanced button an additional dialog will appear in which you can make the exact settings for the design of the corner Note The default settings in the Enhanced Settings dialog box should only be altered in exceptional cases 2 2 13 Scanning and Vectorizing oO Fig 69 The Vectorizing Button With these two powerful EuroVECTOR functions you can convert scanned images bitmaps into vectorized contours that can be cut by your plotter The optics of the scanner register individual points or pixels in the image There are two ways of transferring this data to EuroVECTOR The simplest way is through the TWAIN interface TWAIN is a software product used for i
90. nt Command 103 The To Back Command 103 The Forward One Command 103 The Back One Command 103 The Reverse Order Command 103 The Always in Front Command 103 The Refresh Screen Command 103 3 5 The Tools Menu 104 The Vectorizing Function 104 The Revectorizing Option 104 The With Color Assignment Command 104 The Contour Line Tool 104 The Clipart Manager Command 104 The Add Program Command 106 The Edit Program List Command 106 The Measuring Tool 106 3 6 The Image Menu 107 The Reduce Colors Command 107 The Posterize Command 108 The Grayscale Command 108 The Invert Command 108 The Contrast Command 108 viii TABLE OF CONTENTS The Blend Command The Contrast Command The Brightness Command The Saturation Command The Sharpness Command The Gamma Correction Command The Relief Command The Convert to Bitmap Command The Cut Section Command The Properties Command Transparent Display of Images in Wireframe Mode 3 8 The Settings Menu The Basic Settings Option Diverse Job Info Mouse Fill Lines Geometric Shapes The Color Palette Command New Load Save Save as Default Palette History The Control Panel Command Working Area The Object Attributes Toolbar The Rulers Tool TABLE OF CONTENTS The Unit of Measurement Command 118 The Grid Tool 118 Screen Colors 118 Spot Colors 119 256 Color Dithering 119 Windows Dithering 119 The Edit Wireframe Mode 119 The Interrupt Display Comma
91. o any shape imaginable Note By pressing the SHIFT key you can select several handles and them move them simultaneously The same can be achieved with the Framing function i e by pulling a frame around the handles you wish to select Selected handles or markers turn black to distinguish them from non selected handles 95 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 New Envelope With this option you can assign selected objects an additional envelope which offers even greater creative possibilities Lock Envelope Select this option when you are satisfied with the shape of the envelope and would like to continue editing the objects it contains Cancel Envelope This command restores the objects to their original state i e prior to your adding and distorting an envelope or to the most recently locked envelope You may also use Undoto reverse the Envelope command The Drawing Tools When you select this function a flyout menu appears which combines all basic EuroVECTOR tools for designing graphics All the tools can be activated via the toolbox or in the Design menu Drawing Tools The Line Mode The Line command activates the mode for drawing straight lines The cursor takes on the shape of a cross hair with a vector beside it There are two possibilities for drawing lines 1 Closed lines You can create c osed lines by holding down the left mouse button while drawing You end the line by releasing the left mouse bu
92. of the first object in the working area Mouse Functions in the Preview Window Adapt Mode Clicking once with the right mouse button enlarges the preview window to its maximal size The size of the display depends on the selected screen resolution 800 600 1024 768 If you click again with the right mouse button the original state is restored If you hold down the eft mouse button a dotted black frame appears around the objects to be printed This frame always encompasses all objects located on the working area and corresponds to the printing area 45 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Printing Area and Object The items Printing Area and Object are located in the upper right area of the Print dialog box Print area Object Width mm 198 198 71 100 00 Height mm 285 90 32 100 00 Fig 50 Printing Area and Object Printing Area This box shows the height and width of the specified printing area Object This box displays the object s to be printed with its their heights and widths Note The boxes for the percentual enlargement of objects are not active in the Adapt mode Beneath the Object field on the right side of the Print dialog box you will see the Printer field Printer Printer He LaserJet 1100 MS Settings Portrait Ad Fig 51 Choice of Printerl If you open the combobox in the upper part of the dialog box you will obtain a list of
93. on on the left Select the lower left corner and open the Mode menu by double clicking on the corner The corner point will be aligned horizontally and vertically with its adjacent points This creates a right angle as illustrated in the diagram on the right Direct Input of Coordinates for Node Positions In the Position mm combobox you can position nodes by entering their X Y coordinates A distinction is made here between absolute and relative values Absolute Values When absolute values are entered the value is assigned to the selected node Relative Values with SHIFT key When relative values are entered the selected node is moved in a horizontal or vertical direction by the amount specified in relation to the selected node i e the coordinates entered are added to the original coordinates Procedure First enter the desired coordinates and then hold down the SHIFT key while you click the Move button 19 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Horizontal Vertical Restraint in Moving Lines Curves Lines can be restrained vertically or horizontally by holding down the SHIFT key i e it is only possible to move the line in one direction original moved Fig 19 Moving Lines When lines are moved the shape of the curve changes The change in shape depends on the point chosen to carry out the action as can be seen in Fig 20 Fig 20 Moving Curves Keys for node editing are also available on the keyboard
94. on your desktop on and off The Job History Command All the active jobs are listed in this part of the window If more than 9 jobs are open they are shown under the menu item Further Windows 122 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3 10 The Help Menu About Clicking on About will activate an information panel containing pertinent information on EuroVECTOR such as the serial number version number free disk space the processor and coprocessor In the lower right part of the dialog box there is a scroll window listing all program files in the version you are using You can print this list by pressing the Print button Note It will help our support staff to rapidly eliminate any problems you may encounter with your EuroVECTOR version if you give them this list Help F1 This command launches the EuroVECTOR online help Info P F10 This window contains information on the objects in your working area such as total number of objects number of objects selected text strings data blocks and bitmaps Online Support In RCS ONLINE you will find useful tips and tricks about EURO SYSTEMS products and also questions frequently asked about software and various cutting plotters To enable us to eliminate problems as rapidly and efficiently as possible we would ask you to immediately fill out the fields in the form under Software Registration if you are not registered with us In RCS ONLINE you will find useful tips a
95. ools d Fly out menu for the Pencil Tools Note The tools can be turned on and off via the Window menu Tools 2 2 1 The Arrow Tool be Fig 11 The Arrow Tool The arrow tool also known as the general work tool is used to select move temporarily group using the Frame box and resize text or objects Select Click on any point of the object and it is automatically selected i e a frame defined by eight small squares appears around it When working in the Edit Wireframe F9 mode you must click on the outline of the object to select it 10 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Note To select individual letters in a text string the text must first be converted to a bitmap by using the Text to Curves command in the Edit menu The selected letter s can then be detached from the string by pressing SHIFT L Resize You can proportionally resize objects by grabbing one of the 4 handles or corner squares of the frame around the object Double clicking on one of these corner squares opens the Object Attributes dialog box in which you may enter specific values under Size To resize an object non proportionally double click on the squares located between the corner markers To resize by eye proportionally or non proportionally simply click on the appropriate square and drag it until the desired size has been obtained 2 2 2 The Node Editing Tool The node or point editing tool lets you Move Add Join Break A
96. pter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR RS M Eresi atier i segnente 7 rerlap mimi Fig 55 The Preview Window in the 7i ing Mode The preview window in the Tiling mode shows all the tiles which are required to print out the entire artwork Eight pages for instance are required to print out the artwork in the example A change in output format always necessitates an adjustment in the number of tiles Beneath the preview window you will find the fields Break After Tiling and Roll 54 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Vertical and Horizontal Overlap The number of tiles increases depending on the number of vertical or horizontal overlaps which you have specified The following example illustrates this ol Break after ho Segments Roll Overlap mm Cancel Fig 56 Two Tiles Without Overlap 55 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR SS o Break after i Segment s Roll Overlap mm Cancel Fig 57 3 Tiles With Overlap Fig 57 shows that the number of tiles increases when you use an overlap Activated and Deactivated Tiles An active tile means a tile which is mot marked with an X whereas deactivated tiles are always marked with an X 56 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Fig 58 Deactivated Tile Tiles can be deactivated or activated by double clicking on them with the left mouse button i e a tile is deactivated with a doubl
97. r changes shape The point is initialized if you click once on it with the left mouse button You can continue drawing in one of the following four modes Draw Arc Digi Freehand Geometric Shapes With this command you can activate the mode for drawing polygons and other geometric shapes such as stars The A ign Command With this command you can align two or more selected objects They can be aligned horizontally or vertically The objects can be centered or aligned on a particular side at the top or at the bottom If you choose to center them they can be centered both horizontally and vertically You can also have the objects arranged at equal distances from each other 99 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Note You must select a minimum of two objects to be able to activate this command Clockwise Rotation of Objects This command is used to have the rotation for selected objects set clockwise Note This option is applicable only in conjunction with the EuroENGRAVE routing engraving module Counterclockwise Rotation of Objects This command is used to have the rotation for selected objects set counterclockwise Note This option is applicable only in conjunction with the EuroENGRAVE routing engraving module The Close Contour Command This command is used to close the contour of a selected object The status line at the bottom of your working area indicates whether or not your design contains an open contour I
98. r computer Please follow the installation instructions closely as you cannot work properly with EuroVECTOR unless installation has been correctly carried out The second chapter How to Work with EuroVECTOR is an introduction to its mode of operation The Reference Section in Chapter 3 explains all the menus and their items in chronological order You should refer to this section when you are not exactly sure about how a command works Hardware and Software Requirements e The minimal requirement is a Pentium 300 with 128 MB of RAM e Windows 98SE or later version e Video display running at 800 x 600 pixels with 16 colors User Manual Format To make this manual more easily readable the same symbols and type styles are used throughout The following is an explanatory chart designed to help you find and interpret these visual aids more easily Vi ABOUT THIS MANUAL Visual Aid Chart Symbol Type Style Bold Italic Bold talic Bold talic CAPITALS KEY1 KEY 2 KEY1 KEY 2 Interpretation Headings Notes Menus e g File Menu Tools boxes options commands icons e g Mew command Keys e g SHIFT The plus sign between two keys means that you have to hold down the first key when you press the second key Then you release both keys A comma between two keys means that you press the keys one after the other and release them Shortcut Vil TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents
99. ran pbsd f Pourd ct ects Fig 62 Dialog Box for Adding Other Function Icons The Available Operations are located on the left The Selected Operations are shown on the right If you are in the left part of the dialog box and an operation is active blue background you can add this operation If you are in the right part of the dialog box and an operation is active blue background you can delete it 2 2 10 The A ign Tool gt Fig 63 The Align Icon This command aligns two or more selected objects to each other or to the working area 59 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Kligoament Fig 64 The A ign Dialog Box Objects can be aligned either horizontally or vertically It is also possible to center the objects or to align selected objects with an equal distance between them 2 2 11 The Rotate Axis Command Fig 65 The Rotate Axis Icon This command is used to rotate objects by 90 You need this option regularly if you want to adjust your objects quickly to the running direction of the vinyl without performing the rotate command Note The A key also performs this operation 60 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 2 12 The Contour Line Tool Pk TO 3 g Cakulste Fig 66 The Contour Line Dialog Box This command provides a number of selected objects with an outline Unlike the Outline command this tool can also be used to provi
100. roVECTOR is whether your application is display or vehicle graphics signmaking or exhibit building You may be involved in screen printing vehicle lettering or stencil cutting EuroVECTOR is equally capable of handling any of these tasks And there are many more applications e g Before you begin working with EuroVECTOR Professional you should be familiar with the basics of operating your PC and Microsoft Windows A detailed description of the required procedures can be found in your Microsoft Windows manual Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 1 How to Install EuroVECTOR GY Please follow EuroVECTOR V 2 comprises one CD these instructions Step 1 Windows 98SE ME NT 2000 amp XP carefully to Place the CD in the CD drive ensure Select Execute in the Start menu if the automatic EurovVECTOR autostart do not start is correctly installed Type D setup or c setup in the command line depending on the name of your CD ROM drive After a short time a window entitled EuroVECTOR Setup appears Use the Continue button to proceed with the installation routine EUROSYSTEMS Licencing Agreement Dialog Box Licencing Agreement Once you have accepted the conditions of the EUROSYSTEMS licencing agreement the actual installation starts Select Target Path Dialog Box Target Path In this dialog box you can select the directory in which EuroVECTOR is to be installed C Programfiles EUROSYSTEMS EuroVECTOR 2 is
101. s Colors Resolution Scanning Resolution Streaks In addition EurroVECTOR offers the following options block or forced block and adjustment of cap height Cover with transparent plastic film A narrow overlapping area at the edges of areas of color which are positioned over each other This ensures that there are no streaks at the boundaries The overlap can be created by using an overfill or an underfill Unit of measure equal to approximately 1 72 of an inch used to measure printing type In cluded in the measurement are ascenders and descenders as well as a certain space above and below the character Scale of colors for four color printing with cyan yellow magenta and black key it is possible to print any color by mixing these colors The amount of detail in an image as measured in dots or pixels per unit e g dots per inch or dpi Laser printers generally have a resolution of 300 to 600 dpi Resolution for scanning analog images Formula Resolution in dpi printing length L cm x 2 quality factor x enlargement factor x 2 54 for converting mm to in Cracks at the boundaries of overlapping or adjoining areas of color or vinyl 128 GLOSSARY Upload Vinyl Weeding X Height They are especially detrimental in screen printing or printing To send files and programs via a modem from your computer into an electronic mailbox system Generally two types of vinyl are avai
102. satisfactory use the Lock Perspective command described below All objects are now released from the perspective mode and can be further edited as desired Note By pressing the SPACE BAR once or with the node editing tool the perspective can be further modified However once you have activated the Lock Perspective command this is no longer possible Lock Perspective Once you decide that the perspective you have chosen is acceptable activate this command to continue editing the objects in the Perspective group Cancel Perspective This command restores the objects to their original perspective i e to the state prior to your changing the perspective or to the most recently locked perspective You may also use the Undo command to reverse a perspective The Envelope Command With this command you can also create some very interesting effects By changing the shape of an envelope that surrounds previously selected objects you simultaneously distort its contents no matter whether they are text or graphics or a combination of both It is easiest to imagine the envelope and its contents as a rubbery mass capable of distortion in any possible direction There are four available envelope options The first three straight line arc curve are basic options that can be applied to one or more of your object s The distortion created by these options remains regular The fourth option gives you complete freedom to distort the envelope t
103. splayed The following import filters are available to you in EuroVECTOR CHO ore 111 DXF Expert mago Poker Halaiki Pomi aril HEGI Export PEbiimap ipg Fainiwush pox TFF Bansp thi Vijos inap berg HPGL export format exports the file in the standard HPGL format If you select one of the four bitmap export filters the Export dialog box will be enhanced with the Color Depth and Color Resolution fields The original default settings for these fields are 8 bits per pixel and 150 dpi dots per inch Color Depth The choice of possibilities in these field depends on the export filter you are using The following table shows you the color depths available for each filter bits per pixel 1 TIFF bitmap JPEG bitmap X X xX x Sas Windows bitmap X X Fig 84 Settings for Bitmap Export Note When you import a picture you can see the size of the uncompressed bitmap in the Bitmap menu Bitmap Attributes If the storage space required for the uncompressed bitmap is higher than the free space on your hard drive a message to that effect will automatically appear The type of bitmap e g grayscale bitmap and its color resolution are displayed in the status line 79 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR EPS Export with OPI Links This export variant has the advantage that your image file is stored separately and not together with the EPS file in one file
104. t automatically be closed as it is useful to be able to compare the preview directly with plot This also allows you reprint a particular tile immediately Mouse Commands in the Preview Window Tiling Mode You can enlarge the tiling view to the size of the screen by clicking once with the right mouse button on the tile preview window A second click with the right mouse button will restore the original state Double clicking with the left mouse button on a tile deactivates the tile i e it is not printed If you double click with the left mouse button while holding down the CTRL key the tiling will be inverted i e the tiles which were previously deactivated will be activated printed and the tiles which were activated will be deactivated not printed The objects can be moved within the preview window using the mouse The Snap to Edge function activates you to position your objects easily at the edge of the window You can turn off the Snap to Edge function by pressing the SHIFT key Example of Printing in the Tiling Mode In the following example the various functions shortcuts etc in the Tiling mode are explained again in detail 51 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR The Tiling mode offers you the possibility of printing in any size i e any artwork regardless of its size can be printed out on the printer connected to your system To print your artwork you do not require a printer for printing A2 A1 AO or e
105. th to be searched The first time the dialog box opens the button is not active It does not become active until the path to be searched is changed When you click of this button the program goes to the next higher path Clicking the E button allows you to go to the next lower path If you click on the EF button a new directory is created in the currently active one By clicking on the EZF button you can specify with what information and how files are to be displayed 76 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR The following import filters are available to you in EuroVECTOR CMX Import You can import CMX files to EuroVECTOR with the Windows Explorer or via Windows 95 using drag amp drop Drag amp drop is also possible with EPS and bitmap files Note Before you can import files to EuroVECTOR using drag amp drop you have to enter the import paths under Import in the Basic Settings menu and also select the required filter in Preferred Import Filter Procedure For drag amp drop arrange the program windows e g CorelDRAW and EuroVECTOR on your screen so that they are either adjacent to or below one another If you click on the task bar with the right mouse button a menu is opened showing you various arrangements of windows Select the object s you wish to import to EuroVECTOR and drag it them to the EuroVECTOR desktop It is also possible to import CMX files using the EuroVECTOR Import Dialog box Objects
106. that appear to have no effect on them Thus points or nodes within the selected tolerances are ignored during the vectorizing process Filter 4 Smooth Curves aligns the tangents of curve points The higher the degree of adjustment the more the curves are smoothed Smooth curves with perfectly aligned tangents have the advantage of producing very clean cuts However excessive smoothing can once again cause too much deviation from the original Therefore a moderate value is preferable With the BMP Outline option in the vectorizing dialog box you can choose to have the original bitmap contour reproduced as outline i e not filled The BMP outline will appear as a somewhat jagged line in your working area along with the vectorized contour A gray color layer added at the end of the color layer list is automatically assigned to this BMP outline If you wish to assign a different color select the gray layer R 128 G 128 B 128 and activate the Se icon in the color layer box Double click on the color layer of your choice to assign it to the BMP outline The BMP outline facilitates clean up of the vectorized contour considerably without affecting its final quality in any way If you check the Contours lt 5 Pixel option closed contours will be created for objects consisting of fewer than 5 pixels With the Background option you can also vectorize objects which are of the same color as the background of your image The Without Interse
107. the bitmap in the preview window and hold down the mouse button You can then position the image by moving the mouse When you release the mouse button the image will remain in the selected position Object Size This command adapts the bitmap exactly to the contours of the object The width and height of the object are calculated so that the entire area of the object is filled 35 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 2 2 7 The Pencil Attributes Tool Fig 40 The Pencil Attributes Toolbox These tools provide objects with pencil attributes create hairlines or delete pencil attributes Deleting Pencil Attributes x Fig 41 The Delete Icon Clicking on this icon deletes all pencil attributes Creating Hairlines Fig 42 The Hairline icon Clicking on this icon creates a hairline around selected objects This hairline can be used for cutting the objects Note The thickness of this hairline is not variable and is always 0 1 mm 0039 in The Pencil Attributes Dialog Box Fig 43 The Pencil Attributes icon The Pencil Attributes dialog box can be used to create outlines of curves combinations of objects or text strings Outline pencils can be used to draw object contours in the Full Surface or Preview mode Note The Pencil Attributes tool does not affect the representation of objects in the wireframe mode F9 In this mode the contours of objects are drawn with a simple outline in the layer color
108. the default suggestion If you wish to install EuroVECTOR in another directory please activate the Search button enter the desired target directory under Path and in the dialog box which appears Type of Setup Dialog Box Type of Setup There are three ways of installing EurovVECTOR 1 Standard EuroVECTOR is completely installed without the Engrave command recommended 2 Minimal Only the essential functions of EuroVECTOR are installed Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR 3 User EuroVECTOR is installed according to the user s specifications i e the user can select the options they consider to be important only for experienced users Select Program Folder Dialog Box Here the EUROSYSTEMS EuroVECTOR folder is the default suggestion You can define a new program folder in the Program Folder command line After this you will be asked if you want install an link on your desktop Confirm this dialog and the prgramm files will be copied Dialog InstallShield Wizard finished Activate the Start Euro VECTOR 2 option and press the CompletiorButton the folllowing dialog will be opened Abb 1 The EuroVECTOR StartDialog Confirm the icence button the following dialog will be opened Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Fig 1 Der EuroVECTOR LizenzDialog All input fileds must be filled out The input data of the fields company and eMail you filled out the first time must be the same if
109. tton When the mouse cursor is located above the end of a line this point is emphasized and the mouse cursor changes shape The point is initialized if you click once on it with the left mouse button You can continue drawing in one of the following four modes Draw Arc Digi Freehand 2 Open lines You can create open lines by clicking once on the left mouse button before drawing the lines After that you can draw the line as you wish If you click again on the left mouse button this part 96 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 line is ended and a new one can be drawn You exit this mode by double clicking on the left mouse button When the mouse cursor is located above the end of a line this point is emphasized and the mouse cursor changes shape The point is initialized if you click once on it with the left mouse button You can continue drawing in one of the following four modes Draw Arc Digi Freehand Note EuroVECTOR provides the following two design aids for drawing straight lines By pressing the SHIFT key while moving from the starting point to the end point of your line you can draw lines that are either perfectly horizontal or vertical depending on the direction in which you are moving If you press the CTRL key while drawing the line the angle of the line is limited to 15 increments to the border of your working area i e to 15 30 45 etc The Arc Mode You activate the Arc mode by clicking on the ri
110. up dialog box accessible from the Settings Diverse menu Note You can also duplicate objects in your design simply by using your mouse Select the object s first Drag the object s to the location where you would like to have it them duplicated 91 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Without releasing the mouse button click once with the other mouse button and the selected object will be automatically duplicated The C one Command You must select the object to be cloned first Then click on the Clone command with the left mouse button When you clone an object you create a copy linked to the object Any changes made to the original object will automatically be made to the clone as well If the size or shape of the clone is changed it becomes an original object again The Group Command With this command you can group several objects so they can be P CTRL G selected and manipulated as a single object This is particularly useful when you are trying to move several objects at once without changing their positions relative to each other Be sure to select the objects first then activate the Group command and move this newly formed group of objects to the desired location It is now no longer possible to manipulate the objects within the group individually If you need to do so please see the Ungroup command described below Note It is not possible to edit grouped objects with the node editing tool Before editing you
111. uplicates in this box Move Objects Increments in X Direction With this entry you can determine the incremental distance a selected object moves vertically when you press the arrow keys on your keyboard Increments in Y Direction With this entry you can determine the incremental distance a selected object moves vertically when you press the arrow keys on your keyboard If you later decide that you want to move objects in smaller increments than you have indicated here you have the possibility of reducing the increments as follows Note Pressing the SHIFT key while using the arrow keys reduces the increments to one tenth of the original value Pressing SHIFT CTRL while using the arrow keys reduces the increments to one hundredth of the original value Autosave Interval Under Autosave Interval you can specify how frequently in minutes you want EuroVECTOR to automatically save the curent job or file on your hard disk The Save file is always located in the main directory of EuroVECTOR Its name is autosave job 112 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Number of Reversible Steps This entry concerns the Undo command discussed earlier in the Edit Menu No Undo Redo for Bitmaps Exceeding For bitmaps exceeding the value entered in this field the Undo Redo functions are automatically turned off i e any changes made to these bitmaps using the mage menu cannot be reversed The reason for this is that the time required for bitmaps
112. ursor Accidentally moving the objects is thus ruled out Note if you are not used to working with a mouse it may be better to select a high value Fill Lines When you add a fill line via the right mouse menu the object contour will be opened and the fill line added at the point where you click with the mouse Note This command is only available in the node editing mode Filter This dialog box allows you to define the search paths for importing and the file names for importing files automatically Autoimport works as follows When EuroVECTOR is loaded and an EPS file is saved in one of the search paths indicated under the defined name EuroVECTOR EuroVECTOR is automatically started and the file will be loaded directly to your working area There is an automatic feature called CoRUN for importing data from CorelDRAW 3 11 You can find further information about CoRUN autoexport at the beginning of this manual Preferred filters The following choice of filters is available EPS Al Illustrator EPS incl EPS Al Al Illustrator EPS Al Postscript BMP EuroPhotoCUT Windows bitmap PCX EuroPhotoCUT Paintbrush bitmap Note The settings must be made in the Preferred Import Filter boxes before files can be imported to Euro VECTOR with drag amp drop 114 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Turn Off Preview For Here you can make settings for the bitmap or EPS file preview in the mport dialog box If for exa
113. ven large formats How is this done The artwork to be printed is divided into as many sections tiles as necessary to be able to print it on the printer connected to your system The number of tiles necessary depends on the size of the artwork to be printed and the output format A3 A2 etc which has been specified You can determine the output format using the Setup button in the EuroVECTOR Print dialog box The format depends on the printer which is connected to your system Load any artwork you like to EuroVECTOR and open the Print dialog box either by clicking Print in the File menu by pressing CTRL P on the keyboard or by using the button in the toolbox The EuroVECTOR Print dialog box will be opened in the Adapt mode Activate the Tiling mode by clicking the appropriate button 52 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR The Print dialog box appears as follows a p epee d Pit ae f Tee Oy ronan Heyes ie me finn tale Se ea ee se rem sl Pubt be Caia G Corte FS fie Comal TI a Beati See F ae Fig 54 The Print Dialog Box in the Tiling Mode In the upper right corner of the dialog box you will see two fields Tiling and Object The Tiling field corresponds to the Printing Area box in the Adapt mode The other fields in the right half of the Print dialog box behave in the same manner as in the Adapt mode In Fig 55 you can see the preview window in the Tiling mode 53 Cha
114. w a perfect square If you press both the SHIFT and the CTRL key simultaneously while drawing the rectangle EuroVECTOR will draw a square that is perfectly centered The status of these keys pressed or unpressed while releasing the left mouse button determines how the square will be drawn The Circle Mode This command is used to activate the Circle and Ellipse modes You may also select this mode by clicking on the Pencil icon in your tool box and choosing the circle icon in the flyout box In this mode you pull up a box into which the ellipse is fitted Thus first click with the mouse on one corner of the box Note The starting point on which you click to begin the drawing procedure is not on the ellipse but constitutes the corner point of an imaginary box containing the circle or ellipse By pressing the SHIFT key while dragging the circle or ellipse the selected point of origin will actually be the center point of the circle ellipse If you press the CTRL key while opening the box Euro VECTOR will draw a circle lf you press both the SHIFT and the CTRL keys simultaneously while dragging the circle ellipse Euro VECTOR will draw a circle that is perfectly centered The Digitizing Mode This command activates the mode for digitizing bitmaps The processing of your bitmaps will be considerably easier if you simply switch between the Line Arc Digi or Freehand modes by clicking on the right mouse button pressing the arrow keys on
115. wn the SHIFT key during this procedure the measuring can be limited in a horizontal or vertical direction This makes it easier to measure straight lines accurately Note All objects are resized proportionally When bitmaps are rotated the bitmaps are also enlarged but not the objects shown in the bitmaps 106 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 3 6 The mage Menu The mage menu contains a number of functions used for editing images and photographs The Reduce Colors Command Color Reduction i jxj Redece bo Paar 8 bik 2 coorti Crigral Ferd Fr dbitia orai ge G E 160i GUN codons I Mbi 16 7 Mic color M h Bag Cag _ we Fig 88 Dialog Box for Color Reduction Settings This option is used to reduce the number of colors in a scanned image which may contain thousands or even millions of colors The number of colors can be set from 1 bit 2 colors up to 24 bits 16 7 million colors Targa Format The amount of data associated with such great color depth is considerable and requires a powerful computer system for processing In most cases we therefore recommend reducing the number of colors for a more efficient use of your computer In addition if you intend to cut the image from vinyl only a relatively limited number of colors is even feasible The color reduction can be done incrementally down to one bit per pixel for black and white Dithering is optional Dithering refers to a process in which ad
116. y BACK Select previous node BACK SHIFT Unselect most recently selected node Interactive Rounding or Aligning of Corners If you click on the arc of a curve with the CTRL key held down a node will be inserted at this place This node serves to select the position of the rounding When the second node is selected you can align round or perform any other node editing command you wish 2 2 3 The Zoom Tool This tool is used to Zoom in and out on your desktop working area or design D Fig 28 The Zoom Tool Icon When you click on the Zoom icon a flyout box appears containing five additional icons 24 Chapter 2 How To WorRK WITH EUROVECTOR Fig 29 Flyout with 5 Zoom Functions The icon with the plus sign is used to enlarge a selected area of your desktop Using the framing tool draw a frame around the area you want to enlarge You can repeat this procedure several times for further magnification An acoustic alert will warn you when you have reached the limit and no further magnification is possible Note You can also execute this command by pressing F2 and the plus key in the numeric keypad The icon with minus sign is used to reduce the size of a selected area of your desktop or working area Note You can also execute this command by pressing F3 and the minus key in the numeric keypad The icon depicting a sheet of paper is used to view the working area in its entirety The icon depicting a monitor
117. y using a scanner To retrieve programs or data via modem from an electronic mailbox and load them into your computer Acronym for Encapsulated Postscript Format File format in which text and image data are stored in postscript format 126 GLOSSARY Group Gamma Correction Group Guidelines Halftone Image Insertion Point Justification This format includes text and raster data as well as bitmaps for displaying it on screen Combining a number of objects in a group Once objects are grouped the positions of the objects relative to each other remain unchanged Method of adjusting color graduation taking into account how colors are perceived by the human eye when there are two adjoining areas of different colors Combining a number of objects in a group Once objects are grouped the positions of the objects relative to each other remain unchanged Lines used as visual aids for positioning objects in the working area Guidelines are onbly visible on the screen and are never plotted cut or printed out Designates an image that contains various shades of gray or of color The shades between pure white and pure black are called halftones Designates the blinking vertical line in a text box that can be edited The alignment of a text string in the working area either along the left margin right margin or centered between the margins 127 GLOSSARY Laminate Overfill Point Proces
118. your keyboard or via the toolbox Arrow key functions left gt Line mode right gt Arc mode up gt Freehand mode down gt Digitizing mode If you have drawn open contours you can close them by clicking on the right mouse button and selecting Close 98 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 Note Using this method you can close all objects drawn regardless of the distance between the starting point of the object first drawn and the end point of the object last drawn Another possibility of closing open contours you have drawn is as follows Draw an open object Using the mouse move the end point of the object last drawn near to the starting point of the object first drawn You will see that the mouse cursor has changed its shape If you release the mouse at this point the contour will be closed When the mouse cursor is located above the end of a digi curve line this point is emphasized and the mouse cursor changes shape The point is initialized if you click once on it with the left mouse button You can continue drawing in one of the following four modes Draw Arc Digi Freehand The Freehand Drawing Mode This command activates the mode for drawing lines curves or objects in any way you wish Hold down the mouse button and create the object of your choice Release the mouse button when the object is finished When the mouse cursor is located above the end of a digi curve line this point is emphasized and the mouse curso
119. yout box Once you have activated this command the cursor turns into the shape of a magnifying glass containing a plus sign Using your left mouse button you can select the area in your design you wish to magnify by dragging a box around it Once you release the mouse button EurroVECTOR zooms in on the selected area and redraws it Note The zoom in procedure can be repeated several times for further magnification until EuroVECTOR issues an audible alert that indicates the maximum magnification level has been reached The Zoom Out Command P F3 This command reduces the size of your working area step by step Pe The Full Page Command This command is used to display the working area in its entirety The Show All Command P F4 With this command also accessible from the tool box i e the icon depicting a monitor in the Zoom flyout box you can have EuroVECTOR display all objects in your working area This means that the objects will be enlarged or reduced just enough to display everything on your screen Note Holding the SHIFT key down while activating this command will provide a ful screen display of a previously selected object or objects The Show Selected Objects Command SHIFT F4 With this command you can have EuroVECTOR display only selected objects in your working area You can also activate this command by pressing SHIFT F4 102 REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 3 The 7o Front Command P CTRL O When you are work

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