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1. Adding a variable You can add one or several variables during the definition of the variables Click anywhere on the dialog box Variables with the right button of your mouse The contextual menu is displayed Ctrl E Ctrl Copy Cut Delete Paste Ctrl Import Serle Add a variable Edit name of variable Delete a variable Click on Add a variable Define then the name of the variable and its values in the appropriate fields x Import Seres Show state fo Tips Use right button to get contest menu It allows you to execute special command Compress Wine Bordeaus Cote du Rh ne 3 Bourgogne 4 Champagne OO o y 11 a7 Compression mode Vine vintage Custome a Margaux 13955 i Chateau Grillet 1990 Roman e 1976 Dom P rgnor 1992 This mode is useful in case of identical variables that follow each other Example T Compress 1 Bordeaux Bordeaux 3 Cote du Aone 4 Bourgogne H Champagne C Margaux 1955 Marga 1955 Chateau Grillet 1990 Roman e 1976 Dom P ngnon 1992 In the example shown above the lines 1 and 2 contain exactly the same variables Wine Bordeaux Vine Margaux Vintage 1955 165 NOTE Even the smallest difference Character or space between two lines keeps from using this function Moreover similar values must be consecutive to be considered in a same group Select Compress The Variables dialog bo
2. Choose a tool among all tools in the database and enter the depth value The tool can be asked to go back on the path following the tool center to remove material for a better plotting quality kl A One way C Forward and backward C Forward and backward on last slice Expert Mode checkbox Calls an extra tab to define the tangential entry for the plotting This function allows to modify closed contours by adding a tangent entry or exit Open contours are unchanged 204 General Pass parameters Tangential entry exit M Tangential entry exit nou Output length 1 200 mrm Drilling radius Transition radius 0 500 mm 00500 mn A With remaining material M Remaining material 0 200 mm Lookup speed fos Elimination filter fo 001 mm Total control i Control drilling Out Limited control C Check the Tangential entry exit box to enter your parameters t drilling radius D KO length Ri transition radius Contact point Drilling radius r The value of the radius at the starting point and or point of exit created to control an eventual collision on the existing contour s This radius must be lt D Input output length D The length between the starting point and the point of contact on the contour Whatever the radius of the tool D is never above 2R Transition radius R The input output radius 205 Control drilling in This option
3. Halftone type Engraving type Select the kind of engraving you want to generate You can also customize its step by filling in the corresponding field Engraving type Fast C Standard Thin Customize step 0 54 mm Brightness and contrast Increase or decrease the brightness of your halftone picture by dragging the cursor shown below Don t forget to click on the Preview icon to visualize the result of your setup Do the same to increase or decrease the contrast of the picture Soften Click on this icon to soften your picture Click on Preview to visualize the result before validating al Sharpen Click on this icon to sharpen your picture Click on Preview to visualize the result before validating Once the setup is made click on OK to validate The picture has been turned into a halftone picture 188 USING LAYERS Creating and using a layer or plane You can place a drawing or elements of a drawing in layers or planes which are used as tracings piled on a board Each layer can be displayed and used individually or with other layers There are no limitations neither for the number of layers nor for the number of entities held in each of these layers A layer can be a model of construction for the digitalization See example Principles s any layer not in use becomes inactive no modifications are therefore possible on the inactive layers the F3 function is available for snap
4. Toolpath report Modity computation Add a group Edit toolpath geometry Replace tool Replace path Machinina Simulation Mc simulation Cylindrical mapping Conical mapping Planar mapping Deletes toolpath General information about toclpath Machining report Modifies toolpath Adds a group in tree structure Sends toolpath in CAD Replaces tool only Replaces toolpath by a geometry Launches the machining 0 simulation 30 simulation Cylindrical mapping Conical mapping Parallel mapping This dialog box puts at your disposal the Drag and drop functions that have become very common in Windows For example in case you ve created several layers you can select a toolpath from one of the layers keep pushed the mouse left button drag it to the folder of another layer and release the mouse button The number between brackets is the extension given to the toolpath file the base for the name being the name of your document For example if you document is called MyLogo the files MyLogo 001 MyLogo 002 etc are generated When you create a toolpath you have to choose a tool among those available in the Tool database by clicking on the wu icon Tool Database CONIC 20 Tr 0 2 CONIC 20 Tr 0 3 CONIC 20 Tr 0 4 CONIC 20 Tr 1 0 BALL A 1 0 BALL A 0 5 BALL A 2 0 BALLA 4 0 Cutter E ey Special tools oO MyTool 1 BB Used tools i CONIC 20 Tr 0 4 Special tools 2 A
5. Total number Repetition on Repetition on Humber of layers In the Repetitions section enter the Total Number of duplications for your object According to the size of the element the size of the plate and the spaces specified the software calculates the number of repetitions in X and Y If the plate is filled but the total number of duplications is not reached the Number of layers is incremented Alternatively type the number of copies in the fields Repetition on X and Repetition on Y rows and columns With the mouse you can also click on the gray squares to validate the position and the number of copies required E 171 In case where machining on several different plates it is recommended to adapt the size of the active surface to the size of the plate to be machined In this case machining is done plate plate a stop code is sent to the machine to allow you to change the plate during the machining process For machining variables the Nb of layers field is limited to the number of variables For example 20 variables data 20 layers maximum Remark For the creation and import of variables data see the previous section about Variables The other parameters should not be modified in the case of one copy on several layers since they are reserved for machining several copies on one layer Format In the Format section enter the desired distance between each object e g cutting line which will calculate
6. gt Closed double line with rounded angles After having selected the desired options click on OK to validate To start drawing the double line click once on the material and drag using your mouse 64 VERSION PRO USER s MANUAL bes Click on the mouse each time you want to create an angle If you want to trace parallel to the axis X or Y keep pressed the Ctrl key while dragging the cursor Remark You can numerically define the position and the value of each angle by hitting the F2 key and entering numerical values To validate an open contour double click as soon as you want to end its tracing The contour is displayed in red To close a contour drag the cursor until the starting point When the contour becomes blue or green it is closed Double click on the mouse s left button to validate your contour The contour appears in red Drawing a simple line To trace a simple line select the option Simple digit of the dialog box Creation of simple double line f Simple digit Double digit To display this dialog box keep pressed the Ctrl key while you click on the icon Double line To start drawing the simple line click once on the material and drag using your mouse Click on the mouse each time you want to create an angle If you want to trace parallel to the axis X or Y keep pressed the Ctrl key while draging the cursor Remark You can numerically define the position and the value of each angle by hitting the
7. Remark Check to make sure you are only importing a non trimmed or a non reduced surface without rotation nor scale and without holes or overlapping areas The matrices are not read To import surfaces written in IGES format the software only imports 128 entities Modifying surfaces To modify or to clean the surfaces if needed you must first uncombine them Do not forget to recombine them afterwards Displaying surface step The surface step corresponds to the number of lines that describes the surface The default value is 5 isometrics To modify the display parameter go to the menu Edit gt Options and put the new value in the field Surface step Importing a digitized surface ry Importation Click on the shown icon or select Import from the File menu and choose the ISO digitized 1SO format Digitized 150 Mb Y 100 Cancel 131 Nb X and Nb Y Number of points on the X and Y axis following the step of digitalization Sampling To find the number of points in X and Y of a regular digitalization import the surface in simple ISO Then go in mode point with the curve shaping tool Select the points on the X axis of the surface The status bar found on the bottom of the screen gives you the number of points on the X axis Repeat the same operation for the Y axis Remark Avoid selecting the starting point which has 2 points aw Import the surface again but this time selecting it in the digitized ISO form
8. W Ground Sphere Box Preview Specular 0 Esponent Tos Transparency 0 8 E Index of refraction HEE The index of refraction of our example corresponds to the one of water e Metal shininess This option can only be applied to metal effects The box is automatically ticked off The index changes from 0 to 1 0 corresponds to a weak brilliance 1 to the maximum Click on the box to open the database of images In the Refmap menu you can choose between 2 types of shininess Confirm your choice by pushing the Load button Use the Preview button to have an idea of the rendering 322 Example Maternal Editor default Metal Gold M oO gt ta e Diffuse light This function uses the property of the reflection of light by the material As a result you will obtain a luminous and diffuse field Box not ticked even rendering Box ticked off uneven rendering Enter a value between 0 and 1 0 for low diffusion 1 for Click on the box which is now active This allows you to a high one Push the Preview button to see the open the database of images Choose a pattern and resulting effect click on Load You can have an idea of the rendering with the Preview button VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 323 Example lM Ground Sphere Box Preview Color Diffuse Pos e poe e Reflection The reflection index of the material can be parameterized thanks to this
9. Example Cross section pe po Guide section 2 Cross section 1 s AE E E a EA Guide section 1 Remark The selection order of the different elements as well as the direction of the selected curves is of great importance Generally the direction of each cross section must remain the same from left to right or from right to left but never both This also applies to these guide sections Selection order First select the first cross section and then the second cross section Select then the first guide section and finally the second guide section Once you ve selected all the elements click on the Ruled surface icon Ai The whole selection turned into a ruled surface Creating a swept surface A swept surface is defined by a path a cross section and a guide section The cross section is used all along the path Remark The selection order of the different elements as well as the direction of the selected curves is of great importance Generally the direction of each cross section must remain the same from left to right or from right to left but never both This also applies to the guide sections In the case of a swept surface cross and guide sections can stand side by side because of the cross section remains the same all along the path 140 bes Once you ve selected the required elements click on the Swept surface icon EY The swept surface is created Selection order First select the path then the cross section and f
10. Width on the edge width of the material left on the edge Starting angle Ending angle for the profile both values can be specified in degrees or deduced by moving the red point in the right pane Maximum width of the profile maximum propagation of the section for the half profile Total depth of the profile Normal by default includes several concentric passes Intaglio extra pass 3D to clean the irregular parts of the section for example true angles At least one of these boxes should be checked By checking the Automatic sequence box a Sequence tab appears allowing to enter parameters for the sequence see this toolpath 222 See TOOLPATHS OF THE 3D TYPEART GROUP The toolpaths of this group support 3D objects Read the overview about toolpaths before reading this specific information for toolpaths used for 3D machining of TypeArt objects TypeArt 30 Cutter path to mill Type rt models Automatic tool compensation Use of ball nosed or tapered spherical tools 1 recommended The TypeArt toolpath allows the machining of 3D objects created with TypeArt Sweeping mode Choosing this mode you can specify two parameters the sweeping angle and the Overthickness or left material Toolpath parameters Za f Sweeping Spiraling mode With this mode you can specify two parameters in addition to the Overthickness the milling direction see the explanations given for the Sweeping and the machin
11. fin 7 as ee 2D YZ view 2D view Approximation of a TypeArt object This feature allows you to convert a TypeArt object into a surface so that you can export it under the IGES format Select the TypeArt object to be converted into surface and click on the TypeArt approximation icon Bee The corresponding dialog box appears on the screen Choice of method Eror bound 0 1 DD ram C Required approximation points ln U direction 277 ln direction 155 Cancel You can choose among two methods to execute the TypeArt object conversion e Error bound This method consists in approximating between the created surface and the resulting surface Remark The calculation for this method can very last very long e Required approximation points This method consists in defining the number of points for the U direction that corresponds to the X axis and for the V direction that corresponds to the Y axis as you would do by the creation of any TypeArt object This approximation can not be greater than the TypeArt s resolution 147 PROJECTION AND MAPPING Principle for projection and mapping Projection 4 Mapping i f LYS Projection This function entails projecting along the Z axis X and Y coordinates are not modified so the object to be projected can go outside the borders of the surface HLL IAN ESA Vien ean MOS SS Before projection After View in XY plane 3D view If watched
12. pL sit tthe tn r IL First dimension H 2 46 cm l point Second Er l dimension point H The dimension line is created with default options A double click on the existing dimension or a click on Ctrl and the icon Dimension allow to display the dialog box Dimension options with two tabs Geometrical properties 158 Geometrical properties Dimension line Z Dimension type Horizontal dimension 123 0 000 rir C Vertical dimension Aligned dimension Extension line Je m 7 Dimension symbol Gize T 3 000 mm Gize 3 000 mm 123 Line extension 5 000 mm Line offset 0 000 mm Dimension type You can choose between 3 types of dimension horizontal vertical and aligned The appearance of the mouse cursor shows which dimension type you choose By pushing the TAB key after having selected the icon Dimension you can change the dimension type Dimension symbol Click on the icon to select amongst five the desired symbol for each end of the dimension line 4 arrows and a You may enter the size of the arrow in the corresponding field Dimension line Click on the icon in order to choose the position of the dimension line in relation to the extension lines Three possibilities are at your disposal without any dimension line outside or inside the extension lines Je de Je 123 123 123 a A drop down menu enables you to choose the color of the dimension line It i
13. ES MANE IRTE T 40 20 E 20 90 ret jeo k A pa taalani raliar riali alinn ralin a radar A O A En GG nd Gee anaes You see now the logo selected in the machining module which has a blue background color You switch back to the CAD module using the same icon f3 Tyoed version Not For Sale App registered to Jacqueline LogoT3 vnd File Edit View Change Machining T Dblz Belaan 0m Y lR SEE PE 60 40 20 o 20 40 50 20 100 120 i il in EAS Er We Aaa G f3 Create toolpath X E E General lf Available E 5 Group E birra LI BO ie aadal 40 T r ae A T par o So a Wey dx To a a Pep 3 0 o type 15 Creating a toolpath Click on the Create toolpath E icon located in the toolbar of the CAM module The Create toolpath dialog box is displayed E E General H E Available 2 8 Group lf 2D Group 5 25D Group a dle a0 L cutting ju os 30 Engraving Us Finishing Us 30 Finishing pu Us Intaglio Do Sequence Combo die El fe 30 7 ppe rt group In the Create toolpath window double click on General then on Group and finally on 2 5D Group to access to 3D Cutting toolpath Double click to select it the corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen Note maybe your software license does not include the 3D Cutting toolpath Choose then 2D Cutting in the 2D Group apart from true angles the toolpath and its parameters are very similar and
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15. Wrong orientation of the curves Correct orientation of the curves 287 e Creating a section from a scanned picture Scanner Place the picture in the scanner and click on the scanning icon Choose the appropriate vectorizing parameters and make sure to select gray levels for the picture Example Type Photo in gray levels e Importing the picture from a Bmp or Tiff file i Import Click on the Import icon and from the directory select the file with the Bmp format from the directory Remark To display the picture on the screen validate the option in Edit gt Options gt Show Bitmap Positioning the picture Resize the picture to the required format and position it preferably in the lower left hand corner origin XO YO Running TypeArt Select the picture by clicking on the external frame and then click on the TypeArt icon Automatic elevation PhotoArt Dark elevation Bright elevations 5 000 rrr Cancel C Replace C Add C Min C Subtract Midlle Dark elevation Value of the maximum altitude of the darkest gray level in other words the black area Bright elevation Value of the maximum altitude of the brightest gray level in other words the white area 288 Example Dark elevation 0 mm Bright elevation 5mm cm l Elevation with a parameterized profile The parameters of automatic elevation given in the PhotoArt window linear variation or proportional can b
16. automatically the distance between each starting point of objet You can also do the reverse You can use or not a margin value corresponding to the distance between the copies and the border of the machine table When you leave the dialog box by clicking on OK on the screen the copies are superimposed one on top of the other Remark The original drawing is included in the total number of copies Therefore when validating a multicopy the software automatically generates the necessary number of layers as follows e Layer 1 for the first layer e Noname the number from 0 to the number of layers selected 2 for the n following layers 172 Seep Multicopy advanced parameters The Advanced parameters tab is used to specify the options related to the machining of the plates Geometric parameters Advanced parameters Ordering AE CHE I Optimization None Optimized ae 0 000 mm T 0 000 mrm Ages cutting None Partial Colour C All C Tool Ordering The Ordering section allows you to specify the machining order of the items on the plate It is used when the items include numbers that are incremented and that should be obtained in a specific order But if the radio button Optimization is active the software will decide of the machining order giving priority to the least move Position of the first element The Position section allows you by moving the red
17. 3 nd Types files nd Click on the file called LogoT3 vnd then click on the button OK VERSION PRo USER S MANUAL 13 The drawing now appears on your screen but we will not change it 2 lo x File Edit view change Machining ie Da Rl2c fBBlQenOe v R BISL il so da ral al 60 I Layer 1 E a E Ready x 147 565 5 210 4 0 000 mem ES len 100 5 Mo VEIA REC dl Sending the object to the CAM module First you have to select the design you wish to send Click on a point point 1 in the illustration located outside and above the drawing do not release the mouse button 1 1 i 1 zy men e i i q gt A pm t T ee ha P PA s re sr ES i E AA FIN ES Ea ROLLA Fey sr EIN ES AO E NS Va EN E de EL y Fi Y y f l l j Y vf j l a j 1 N ae i lg VA XN gt J a N d a AA j Y A A LA lt j a mA e ff i a f e ue Y gt o gt j N 1 ai a eee ee Me Pee eee wees ewe eee eee ee eee ee eee ee ew El a A ae __ zo A E 5 ae a A a A Now release the mouse Be careful this logo is made out of two items the whole drawing must become red 14 Click on the CAM module icon pi E Types version Mot For Sale CAD registered to Jacqueline LogoT3 vnd File Edit View Change Machining
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19. Once the setup of the port is done you can define the technical properties of the work table Setup machine A4nisto 4G gt a Add mach Remark You can configure your machine at any time by clicking with the mouse right button on the desired machine Select the option Properties in the context menu that is displayed on the screen The dialog box that are explained in this chapter will appear The second dialog box Setup machine is displayed Setup machine Ansto AG 50 Signline 1 000 000 mm 1 000 000 mm 1 000 000 mm 1 000 000 mm 1 000 000 mm 1 000 000 mm MACHPGL DLL 246 DLE VERSION PRO UsER s MANUAL You have to fill in all information relative to your machine Name It is the name of the machine that appears in the list of the installed machines Total dimension It is the dimension of cutting area A warning signal will appear each time the machining goes outside this defined zone Standard point Special assembly point if any on the machine vice Choose and click on the choice that corresponds to the desired position Panel axis Not yet available Axes Check the option that corresponds to the capabilities of your machine tool The options with 4 and 5 axes are not yet available Accuracy Accuracy of calculation used by default during the toolpath calculation DII It is the reference library that is used by the post processor to generate the code of the machine Don t modify it
20. Rotate E There are two ways of duplicating e giving the distance between each copy e giving the number of copies Rotation This option allows you to rotate the duplicated item Example Original drawing Simple Duplication Duplication with rotation Duplicating by distortion of an object on a curve Draw the curve along which you want to execute the duplication and place the objects to be duplicated at each extremity of the curve Select the objects then the curve and click on the icon 82 Ses In the window Duplication on curve enter the number of copies required Original drawing Result achieved with 7 copies Simultaneous duplication on several curves In order to duplicate an object simultaneously on several curves you have first to combine all curves Then select the object to be duplicated and next the curves Click on the icon F Indicate the desired number of copies or the distance between copies in the dialog box Duplication on a curve a ee A a s 1 ng Es NY A F i io e 83 DELETING OBJECTS Deleting an object Select the object and in the menu Edit choose Delete Quick Tip Select the object and use the Del key 84 POSITIONING OBJECTS Moving with the mouse St Select one or several items using the selection functions described in the section Selecting an object or a group of objects position the cursor on a contour and while holding down the l
21. The TypeArt Viewer allows you to modify the light position Click on the icon Light position The light representation in the dialog box is red squared Example f MF SON MRTT VANE ray ray Light position Rendering Modify the light position with the cursor Therefore click with the left button of the mouse on the yellow arrow ts and while holding it down drag the light until its desired position When the new position is reached release the left button of your mouse ols Example Light position Rendering E3 Altitude of a point Using this function you can know the altitude of each point of your composition without having to quit the viewer To enable the function click on the Altitude of a point icon The given altitude is the one of the point located under your cursor The Z altitude is displayed in the status bar at the left bottom of the TypeArt Viewer dialog box Example a POX 2 0000358 A Lo m A Display options The left window of the TypeArt Viewer allows several display modes A Surface zoom This zoom tool allows to enlarge partially the picture displayed on the left wndow of the TypeArt Viewer Click on the Surface zoom icon and drag the cursor of your mouse to define the part to be enlarged 314 Example FELEFELE VINIERON A F wu Selection Result To go back to the usual display mode click on the No zoom icon y Double zoom Click on this icon to enlarge two times the
22. The mouse pointer gets back to When a shape tool is active one click on the icon allows at the same time to lay down the tool AND transform the selected drawing into a TypeArt object The mouse pointer gets back to To put down a shape tool press the space bar e Creating a symmetrical section E Section Select the contour on which you want to apply the section and click on the Section icon 266 The Section dialog box will be displayed ection marx 500 000 mmo a 6 367 deg min 0 000 mm 1000 000 mm Preset Preset o Cancel Parameters for defining the section Z max Maximum height of the section Remark This limit will not be reached if the value in the Distance max field is greater than the real distance between the contours Distance max This value defines and limits the length of the rise of the section max 1mm a Start angle 30 Distance max 2 5 mm If this parameter is higher than the real distance between the contours the shape will be flat at the top max 1 mm _ Distance max 100 mm Start angle 30 Ending angle Gives the value of the angle on top of the shape Default value is 0 Negative angles are not allowed Examples 267 Bocce eg et eee a E a or y pee aoe eas supa tee eter ste eae t3 Rr eine thee pis E cee ce e a i a A a n a aa A a a i Sone e
23. This option is very useful when the drawing is of bad quality It limits the number of contours created during the vectorization by ignoring the elements considered as not being part of the drawing On black Vectorization is made on the black part of the bitmap Vectorization is made on the white part of the bitmap Default values Allows you to return to the standard set values 178 Vectorizing color bitmaps The vectorization module can also convert raster color images into vector color images which can then be machined A Vectorize bitmap Select or import the color image to be vectorized in Bitmap format tif or bmp If you want to modify the parameters of the vectorization strike the Ctrl key while you click on the icon or choose Vectorization parameters in the File menu see therefore the Changing the parameters of vectorization section oS Click then on the Vectorize bitmap icon The dialog box Color Reduction is displayed after a few seconds of calculation Set colors Parameters In the example shown above the module automatically selected five different colors that will be used for running the vectorization Nevertheless the module allows you to modify the automatic settings of the color reduction color fusion and number of colors which is the first step of the vectorization process 179 Color fusion Each color which has been selected by the vectorization module
24. YISUALCIZATION TOOLS soeces 311 PEVE A A Qe E PP Ae 317 APPENDICES 335 TABLE OFCONTENTSANDINDEA roto o ao oia ete cea aneecon 351 You will find a detailed table of contents at the end of this Guide DLE VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL gt FUNDAMENTALS EYEE VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS Hardware requirements Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 at least Service pack 6 or Windows 95 OSR 2 98 or 2000 Minimum required 1 PC Pentium with e 64MB RAM e one hard disk 150 MB available for the fullest license 250 MB for the full installation e CD ROM driver e a17 Windows compatible SVGA color monitor 800 x 600 e 1 mouse Windows compatible 1 parallel port Equipment recommended e a21 screen e 1 video card e 1 scanner TWAIN compatible e 96MB RAM If you need to free some disk space you can once the installation is complete delete in the Language sub directory the directories corresponding to interface languages not meaningful to you e g the It directory for Italian About 30 MB can be recovered by language Machining equipment Type3 directly drives most of the 2D engraving machines available on the market as well as vinyl cutting or waterjet equipment For laser cutting and engraving contact us and receive information about the product LaserType As an option Type3 can access 3D engraving with the sharpening of angles with modeling TypeArt module and in 3 4 or 5 axes Any
25. during creation or selection is kept The cutting is done part after part optimizing the order internal external Other parameters Auto merge If checked in the case of split contours including intra or intersections the machining module tries to find a global relevance for all contours and reconnect them You re asked a confirmation E x There are 2 intersections do you want to make an automatic build The proper use of the auto merging depends of the splitting and complexity of contours Connected profile Machining continuously without lifting the tool when changing contours optimizes time of machining when contouring Z limit Z limit for 3D movements outside of the material in particular true angles In the case of tools with flat end it avoids to see where the tool stopped its work The resulting object will be smoother Critical angle The value beyond which a sharp angle will not be done Discretization Maximum length of the segments generated when the Output curves as segments box is checked in the window called by the Parameters button of the Machining window Chordal error Maximum height of the arcs generated when the Output curves as segments box is checked in the window called by the Parameters button of the Machining window 242 es chordal error Va0 Va1 Reserved parameters used for optimization algorithms 243 MACHINE SETUP Installation of the machine
26. or the use of the product or any use thereof Trademarks Type3 TypeArt and Vision numeric are registered trademarks of Vision numeric SA Microsoft is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation AutoCad is a trademark of the AutoDesk Corporation Other trademarks that appear in this publication are the property of their respective holders bes USER S GUIDE 0 Welcome to the world of machining and graphical creation This User s Guide is the reference manual for the widest configuration of Type3 Depending on the optional modules included in your license some sections may not apply to your case They will nevertheless allow you to discover the numerous innovative and powerful functions of Type3 CONTENTS FUNDAMENTALS 7 OBBRA TING REQUIREVMIBN ES surreal opino 9 INSTALLATION a cds 10 IETUNS STAR oO ooo 12 CONTI URNA da doo 26 MANAGING FICE oh oe coo ENE 33 PEER TENG sefaoscenaeatnneuscinestiom toda ua science a E E S E 36 CAD MODULE 39 DISPEATING ODESSA E gas EA 41 CREATING TEXT Siiani A a a e a a a a bas uebanGenesuauet 43 CREATING OBJEC Tharsis i A A EEE 59 DRAWING O OE Ss E E OE E E EE 70 ROULERSAND DALY errie a E OE a meee A AS T3 SELECTINGOBIECAE Sada 78 COPYINCOBIE CES RSE 79 DECETINCGOBTE CTS aria aa 84 POSTEO NENG OBIE CoS ririri des sess tap E P AS AA OEE 85 TRANSEORMING BIE GTS terior coles lanceoladas na ia jos 99 AECA SE O eM e
27. Ag da La UL E PALA WUC Ca ARA PIT IAE PEA ssl RTS JSS FL See REI VAS LA BT PN ANS MT AWA LAAN NS CAN AA HELA NS A LEGS PST MA CA A __ A et AA i y re ee EEA E AA While holding down the Ctrl key first select the path s then the reference point and last the surface All of them should become red and the icon Basic mapping becomes active 151 MX 3 Click now on the icon Basic mapping pa l The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen the same dialog box can be accessed from the contextual menu of the CAM module x Accuracy of marker 0 1 OU mm Cancel lso Ua i Iso Wel oo Activate segmentation Iw Mae length 0 1 00 men Mas chordal error 0 050 mm Mapping accuracy The marker position tells the central spot for mapping the pattern with an Accuracy you specify The smaller the size of your job and the more important the proportion the higher your mapping accuracy must be ISO U W and ISO W U U W are the local axes of the surface on which the drawing will be mapped With orthonormal guidelines the U axis corresponds to the X one and the W axis corresponds to the Y one In the first case axis U x is mapped first then axis W y In the second case it is the reverse Depending on how complex is the original surface the warping resulting from the mapping can be different whether the calculation is done first on axis U then W or on axis W t
28. B B Island Jumping The tool works from top to bottom jumping over the islands non machined areas 214 Sweeping mode Forward and back The tool follows its path continuously without lifting and always inside the material AWAY Climb milling The tool is always on the right side of the material Conventional milling ae The tool is always on the left side of the material c Angle breaking Trimming before or after sweeping Without an angle breaking with Without No angle breaking is done Before The tool will first trim the material and then go into the sweeping mode After The trimming is done after the sweeping is finished Note The indication Climb Milling Conventional Milling of the Pass Parameters tab applies to the angle breaking pass The indication Climb Milling Conventional Milling of the General tab applies only to the sweeping mode itself 215 Contouring or Spiral area clean Cutter path inside text or graphics made up of seres of lines and arcs based on the indicated cutter size Hollowirng can be either total or partial This function allows you to program the removal material through concentric motions by progressively approaching the original form The tool shape has such an influence on the machining that if the shape is not appropriate for engraving the theoretical contour no toolpath will appear on the screen See the
29. E h pa a bans e ar eet pera eee aoe ie a a a asas oo th yore OS a ey at ae tan ee 1 OS 21 3 Keeping the lowest section Min Z minimum The lowest section will be kept De Lim Jst section Example nd section Drawing View of YZ plane Keeping a middle section Middle In the common part an intermediate section is kept in the middle of the existing sections Modification on the defined zone Allows to apply a section modification only to the TypeArt area that already had a section This mode will then change the application range of the other modes Y F Y F SY unactivated icon no effect S activated icon limitating effect e Transforming a surface into a TypeArt object Any surface imported or created in the CAD module can be directly transformed into a TypeArt object In the CAD module select the surface to be transformed into a TypeArt object you should better position it in the bottom left corner of the active area and click on the TypeArt icon Dl switch to its module Click then on the icon Combine surface fi The current Combination mode applies See section Merging several sections Select the desired option and click on OK to validate The surface is transformed into a TypeArt object Remark Some kind of surfaces like IGES may generate imperfections like holes in the meshed surface during their transformation Hit the Shift key meanwhile you click on the icon Co
30. Slanting and validate REpido RADGO Remark By default the degree of the slant is equal to 15 Inserting a minus sign before the slant degree inverts its direction 48 Yes e Previewing fonts Previewing fonts You can preview the fonts before validating your choice Click on the icon Previewing fonts to open the dialog box List of characters and search in the library of fonts using the scroll down menu x 1 C L U a g p 2 D M V h dl 3 lt E N Y r i 4 F O X a j S 5 gt G P Y b k t 6 H Q Z Cc U R d m V amp 3 A J S e n W i 9 B K T f O X Aoo OE Default sr ttf Arial Close aEL You can also reach this dialog box by using the icon Font edition E See the section Font creation to know how to proceed e Inserting a symbol or a special character This function allows you to choose a symbol or to search for a special character Previewing fonts Position the cursor where you would like to insert the character or symbol and click on the icon Previewing fonts of the Green Rapido In the library displayed in the dialog box List of characters use the scroll down menu to choose a font select the desired character or symbol validate your choice by clicking on Insert and close the dialog box by selecting Close The chosen character or symbol will have been inserted within the text e Aligning Text By default the block justification is c
31. The Y value of the first selected point will determine the alignment 123 Example Selected points Aligned points Disconnecting and connecting a contour te T Disconnect Add a point where you want to disconnect the curve or select an existing point on the curve and click on this icon Connect Select the two end points and then click on this icon to join the contours Remark To connect points issuing from different shapes you first have to select them and then combine them se Auto connect Select the points to be connected and click on the icon A dialog box is displayed by clicking simultaneously on the Connection icon and Ctrl key Then you can parameterize the distance allowing the connection and or the merging of the points as well as the connection mode addition of a segment between points superposition of points before connecting them The Separately checkbox enables to link points without any merging between them Therefore all entities will be kept Remark We advise you to use this function for the DXF with open contours issued from an Autocad software for instance Refine and simplify a curve pet fe E Select a curve to which you want to add points and click on the Refine curve icon a new point is created between each pair of existing points Conversely the Curve simplification icon reduces the number of control points according to a customized Tolerance 124 Explode a curve Ve
32. Track The tool follows only the profile of the object Slice and track After having machined a slice the tool follows the profile of the object until it reaches the next slice Finishing The tool goes everywhere in a continuously Width of pass distance between passes in mm or in Overflow determines the global machining mask for the TypeArt object Without overflow the edge of the tool won t go beyond the edge of the TypeArt With some overflow less or equal to the radius of the tool the toolpath will go beyond Warning the overflow and its value are related to the action required by the previous pass The overflow cannot be larger each step for example the OK button remains grayed until you correct the values Machining without overflow Same machining with overflow equal to the radius 225 TOOL PARAMETERS Tool definition These parameters are displayed and or entered when a tool is created modified in the database WARNING Some parameters are shown in the dialog box for all tools even if they do not apply to the current tool e Tool s shape tab Supplier name of the tool supplier Reference tool reference of the supplier Family of tools YOU Ou Y The shape of the tool you are defining must be selected among preset families cones cylinders balls etc The shape parameters are determined by this choice Example of a conical tool Diameter TI gameter Diameter diameter o
33. adjust in accordance to the new size of the composition For instance if the desired size is twice as large and the height remains unchanged the dimensions of the object will be doubled in length Keep ratio Width Height When the size of the active area has been modified non proportional modification this option maintains the geometry of the object without deforming it 26 _ weep Displaying options To modify the basic configuration chose Options in the Edit menu or hit the F10 key and select the displaying options in the Display tab in accordance with your needs Options x B js M M M M M M Show rulers To display the horizontal or vertical rulers as a reference for positioning Hit F10 and check the option Show ruler Show bitmap To display the bitmap pictures TIFF BMP etc Hit F10 and check the option Show bitmap If this option is not selected a crossed rectangle will represent the bitmap picture ED VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 2 Show direction To display in color the direction of rotation of the contours Hit F10 and check the option Show direction Show director ue By default clockwise contours are blue and anti clockwise contours are green The direction of the contours is important for machining filling in or cutting Show starting point To display the starting point of the contours indicated by a square Hit F10 and check the option Show start poin
34. are represented by on the active surface Free mode The Draw hole function can be used in free mode Click on the Draw hole icon The Draw hole dialog box is displayed on the screen Validate by clicking on OK without having selected a positioning pattern This allows you to position draw holes by clicking on the active surface one click per draw hole to position Do the same numerically by hitting the F2 key and entering the coordinates in the dialog box displayed on the screen Once the draw holes are defined click on OK to validate The selected points are represented by on the active surface Yes RULERS AND DIALS Rulers and dials parameters To create a vernier you first have to create the original drawing on which the graduation will be braced This drawing support drawing can be a line a circle or a complex shape The principles of graduation remain the same whatever the original shape may be The latest evolutions of the software allow you now to directly create the support drawing during the use of this function or to work with an existing drawing 1 The support drawing doesn t exist Click on the Dial icon zil The dialog box Basic definition appears on the screen It will help you in creating the support drawing Geometry e Select the option Linear shape to realize a ruler Define the position of the support drawing s starting point in the numerical fields Origin X and Origin Y Define also the lengt
35. box Tool simulation appears on the screen In this window click on the icon Tools DataBase AY to select the tool you will use The dialog box Select a tool is displayed Select your tool and validate by clicking on OK 161 Tool simulation x Pew N 1 000 mm o e After having selected the tool click on OK in the dialog box Tool simulation The tool is represented by two circles The little one represents the tip diameter and the big one the half angle Drag now the tool cursor in all the desired directions 162 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL bes VARIABLES Inserting a variable text You can add a variable text to a composition associated with a data base directly acquired from the text mode or imported from a Data Base or a list made in any word processor iil Variable text Yellow Rapido mode Type the text and click on the icon where you want to insert the variable text The dialog box Select variable is displayed on the screen Select Yanable var Z Cancel When you insert a variable text this one is identified by the word Var followed by its range number VAR1 for the first variable VAR2 for the second one etc and between two bars Var1 Wine Var1 Vine Var2 Vintage Var3 You can add a new variable by e selecting the variable name displayed by default VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 etc e creating a new variable by immediately typing its name in the dialog box Select variabl
36. click on it to define the conversion area Drag then the mouse to define the curve shape When the desired curve is obtained click a last time to end the operation The area between both points is automatically transformed into a curve Fl Linearize in angle Click on the Linearize in angle icon Place the cursor on the contour where you want the curve starting point to be Put then the cursor on the arrival point and click on it to define the conversion area Drag then to define the angle of the curve and click a last time once you have got the desired angle The area between both points is automatically transformed into a broken line Projecting points This function allows to project one or several points on a defined guide E Normal projection First select the point s you want to be projected Click on the Normal projection icon Put the cursor on the guide where you want the point s to be projected and click on the left button of the mouse The point is orthogonally projected on the guide Example Original drawing Result te Horizontal projection First select the point s you want to be projected Click on the Horizontal projection icon Put the cursor on the guide where you want the point s to be projected and click on the left button of the mouse The point is horizontally projected on the guide 127 Example e Original drawing Result E Vertical projection First select the point s you want to be proj
37. dialog box displays what will be sent to the machine Finally click on the lower bar Close to exit VD ee You can now try out your machine Again click with the right button on your toolpath in the Toolpath list dialog box In the context menu select Machining To display again the corresponding dialog box Machining You must now select e Port if your machine is connected to your computer and if you have set up the printer connection e File if you want to create a machining file and transfer it to the machine later Click on the Run button in order to output the codes and finally click on OK Before starting the machine Make sure you have installed on the machine itself the same tool that you have created in the CAM module during the previous steps Remark The half angle and the tip diameter are very important Always check that you are using exactly the same tool on your machine as the one that has been used for the toolpath calculation Place your material with double side adhesive tape to a bigger plate which is fastened onto the table of your machine so you won t damage your engraving table After that check your X Y zero point and Z zero point on the surface of the material Z 0 on the surface of the material when carefully positioning the tool in contact with it You can now run your machine Congratulations You have just created your first cutting of a logo in 3D How to return to the CAD modul
38. elements are converted into small segments Initial position Ending position Position of the tool at the beginning and at the end of machining Change tool position Coordinates where tool will be changed Z security Set limit values to the tool in the Z direction respectively at the beginning and at the end of the machining For instance if Z security end of machining equals 100 all tool movements under 100 won t be taken into account by the post processor Z between contours Position of the tool along Z axis between each contour ascent of disengagement Z approach Approach position along Z axis The value is relative to the surface to be machined cl ge a AAA A Eg A AS Eg SCENE SUT between contour Z approach a eee star es machining i Z engraving Z end Contour 1 Contour 2 machinina a gt gt 3 Fastspeed Low plunge feed rate 253 Multi Z This function is useful for machining the total depth in several passes It is a complementary function of the information given in the tool path section total depth in x times or depth of each pass x A Tools info depth of cut ems C Manual Z step 1 500 mm None Depth is done in one pass Tool info Machining is done following the instructions given In the Tools DB see Depth of cutting Manual The machining is done with a cutting in Z following the step defined by yourself REMARK If you want the multi pa
39. from the Z axis the pattern is not distorted Mapping The drawing is wrapped around the surface from a defined point like a sheet of paper around a solid surface LLLLLO FLL a WANT VE PAL Ide UNI TT OIT FELLA PELLET Before mapping After View in XY plane 3D view 148 weep Methods and tools for projection and mapping Several methods are available for projecting or mapping a geometry on a shape you will choose one taking into account your type of design the complexity of the shape the number of dimensions of your toolpath and your type of machine 1 Parallel projection for machining on 3 axes machines A In the CAM module When you select the surface and the pattern to project an extra tab Projection appears defining your toolpath See the section Projection Tab in the overview about toolpaths It is the best method for projecting a toolpath aimed for a 3 axes machine B In the CAD module when you select the surface and the pattern to project the Projection icon becomes active See below Parallel projection 2 Mapping using the post processor for machining on machines managing a 4th axis For cone and cylinder only You have created your design in order to make a flat toolpath The mapping is done by the post processor that manages a 4 axis In the Machining window a Cylinder button appears allowing to define the radius of the cylinder 2 radius for a cone This simple method is possible
40. function Box not ticked even rendering Box ticked off uneven rendering Enter a value between 0 and 1 0 for low reflection 1 for Click on the box which is now active This allows you to a maximal one Push the Preview button to see the open the database of images Choose a pattern and resulting effect click on Load You can have an idea of the rendering with the Preview button NOTES 1 The resulting effect depends on the original material 2 Itis advised to tick the box Ground to notice the reflection effect The environment is reflected on the object 324 Example Material Editor default Metal Gold M e Relief effect Tick the box to assign a relief effect to your object Then click on the box which is now active to access the databank of images which allows you to choose between many relieves VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 925 Example W Ground f Sphere Box Preview Color A EE Specular 0 5 oe Exponent a erm Relief effect r _ of refraction For this example the Cr pi4 has been chosen This chapter does not pretend to be exhaustive as the combination possibilities seem to be infinite We recommend you to make many trials The unique limits this module have are the ones of your fantasy Create a material from a bitmap image It is possible to complete the existing database of images with your own bmp it is recommended to save the images i
41. general parameter in the Overview at the beginning of the chapter gt without contouring gt with contourning By default all the material will be removed total recess Total spiral cleaning 216 ee e Limited number of steps Ln Only the number of the desired spiral passes will be executed by the tool limited recess Spiral cleaning limited to 2 passes UV POO 217 AS TOOLPATHS OF THE 2 5D GROUP Toolpaths in 2 5 dimensions concern paths that can manage tool collisions and true angles The use of the term 3 dimensions are justified for some people as true angles use a third axis This axis being often considered as an half angle other people will prefer the term of 2 5 dimensions Read the overview about toolpaths before reading this specific information for toolpaths used for 2 5D machining 3D cutting Single cutter path positionned outside the original shape and based on the Indicated cutter size This one manages tool collisions Use of conical tools iz required The tool will cut outside the first contour of the drawing with the true angle at the top See the section 2D Cutting and the general parameter in the Overview at the beginning of the chapter Remark To cut with a sharp angle from the bottom activate the option True angle at the bottom in the dialog box Options tab Calculation parameters Hit the F10 key in the CAD module to open this dialog box 3D engrav
42. in the desired direction The dotted box outlining the item represents the object during this action Release the button of the mouse when the position corresponds to the desired angle To know the angle of rotation during the operation check the bottom status line Moving the pivot point The special handle shown in the center of the object is the pivot point You can move this center where you want by displacing the pivot point Only the center point will be moved Then you can pivot the object around its new pivot point by dragging one of the corners of the selected perimeter 102 bes With F2 and F3 accurate positioning of the pivot point Numerically rotating and moving the pivot point Select the object and click on the Rotation icon The dialog box Precise rotation is displayed on the screen x E 24 476 mm i 22 094 mm Cancel Enter the rotation angle in the upper field of the dialog box If the pivot point has to be moved enter its new coordinates X and Y in the appropriate fields Click on OK to validate Mirror of an object we Horizontal mirror Select the object and click on the icon Horizontal mirror The object rotates around a centered vertical axis E E Vertical mirror Select the object and click on the icon Vertical mirror The object rotates around a centered horizontal axis Remarks 1 You can keep the original picture by striking the Shift while clicking on the Mirror icon
43. is represented by a square in the left part of the dialog box Color reduction You can select several colors you want to get fusioned by clicking on each corresponding square while keeping pressed the Ctrl key Once you selected the desired colors click on the Color fusion icon The resulting number of colors automatically appears in the field located at the right side of the Set colors icon You can get back the previous settings by clicking the Reset icon Set colors You can set this value to be exactly the number of colors you want to apply to the vectorization Enter therefore the desired value and click on the Set colors icon This operation may last a few seconds depending on the amount of colors you want to use You can get back the previous settings by clicking the Reset icon Parameters You can parametrize the configuration of the color reduction by clicking on the Parameters icon The dialog box Configuration of color reduction is displayed on the screen Configuration of color reduction Pretreatments Suppression of antialiasing Activate this function to keep the sharpness of the angles of a contour Suppression of noise Activate this option to suppress the small noise pixels that appear in an image This option is very useful for avoiding future corrections on final curves Remark If you click on the icon Default values you will get back the values that were automatically determined by the vectorization module 18
44. makes sure that no element of the contour is closed to the starting point than the value of the radius SS o Collision area Tool Fart Control drilling out Similar but for exiting the contour With remaining material If this option is validated starting and finishing points will be at the distance entered in the Remaining material field If the option is not chosen the points will be at the same location Remaining material The length removed from both sides of the contact point to prevent the piece from falling Lookup speed 0 05 to 0 95 This function corresponds to the accuracy of the search for another starting point along the contour in case of collision The smaller the value the longer the search Precision filter 0 001 If the distance of collision is less than or equal to this distance it is assumed that there is no collision Do not change the default value Total control crash control is done on the contour and on the neighboring contours Limited control crash control is done on the contour itself Vinyl Vinyl cutting Cutting toolpath You must first define your tool 206 bes a x General Advanced UA e General tab kind of cutting f Plotting y Driven cutter Floating cutter p M pounded mner angles Tangential entry exit Specify first the cutting depth for the tool Section Kind of cutting Plotting the cutter follows only the co
45. marker N O is displayed To modify the graphical representation of the marker press the Ctrl key at the same time you click on the icon Marker The dialog box Draw marker is displayed Cancel x Humera a J _ Caneel Enter the ordered number corresponding to the graphical representation of the marker you want to use Below is the list of the ten markers available Marker N 0 Marker N 1 Marker N 2 Marker N 3 Marker N 4 Marker N 5 ooo a4 99 Marker N 6 a Marker N 7 Marker N 8 Marker N 9 Validate with OK and position the marker on the material With F2 gives the accurate coordinates of this point Rectangle al Rectangle Click on the icon Rectangle Position the cursor on the material and while holding down the left mouse button drag the mouse until your rectangle is set Then release the mouse button Trace while pressing the Ctrl key Square Trace while pressing the Ctrl Shift keys Centered square You can also draw your rectangle numerically Therefore click on the icon Rectangle and then press the F2 key The dialog box Rectangle Rounded rectangle is displayed on the screen O ao 12 000 mm s fi 6 000 mm e T te fi DO mm UA Y 2 000 mm 1 Cancel First select the point which coordinates X and Y will be defined in the corresponding fields of the dialog box Then give the width 12 mm in the above example and the h
46. mode X0 and YO Give the starting point of the box around your TypeArt object Default value reference point X 0 Y 0 X1 and Y1 Give the size of the TypeArt box around your drawing Default value is 50 mm You can create bigger or smaller boxes Adapt after the number of points on X and Y according to the size of the TypeArt object keeping in mind that the larger it is the more points will be needed to create a nice engraving The TypeArt screen and tool box appear x ROHS OGe fw BBLOBR US Ae The drawing is automatically displayed in the last view used initially 3D ISO Hollow or raised drawing We recommend building you 3D design under TypeArt in relief even if in the end you will produce a hollow mold The TypeArt tools are easier to use with a raised drawing Before getting to machining you can transform the relief into hollow and adapt the position in Z 2D rendering of a TypeArt The rendering of TypeArt sections is visible in 2D view a working mode sometimes more adapted than 3D In the CAD module mark the option Render TypeArt in 2D view in the Display tab of the Options dialog F10 key The direction of the light on this rendering can be changed anytime with the Light direction tool TypeArt visualization tools e Lay down tool Create TypeArt The EJ tool in the permanent toolbar in TypeArt has two different functions When a modeling tool is active one click on the icon lays down the tool
47. object has several facets for instance a diamond the latter must be grouped Ctrl icon Combine Example of a ring set with diamond la Place and position the surface in relation to the position of the TypeArt object with the tool Flip plan a Send the TypeArt object in TypeView and tick the box Adjust radius lt gt Angle in the dialog box Ring configuration The entered value corresponds to the radius of the cylinder and the TypeArt thickness AC 8 Closed ring e Adjust radius lt gt angle F adius 24 975 mm Thickness li O00 mm The diamond is positioned on the Y axis To calculate its position properly consider the value of the radius the thickness of the TypeArt object i e 25 975mm in our example Adjust the position of the diamond by moving it slightly following the Y direction type 329 ee feet 50 jag ee e 10 ir le 20 30 ho 50 60 YE irlanda rl radar rra rra ladra dra lr ladrar rra lar rra dr irili rr lr irili rr lr a Eno Tees ae e E Sea es Positioning of the diamond before mapping Rendering of the ring set with diamond In case of a TypeArt with an openwork design the rendering will take into account the aspect and all details you created Example of a bracelet TypeArt 330 gt gt o Musas SS Au Y y 7 y Rendering in TypeView Light editor in TypeView You can edit the rendering light that is to say you can fully parameterize the direction
48. on the center of the first selected object e Horizontal aligning of the objects The objects will be horizontally aligned based on the center of the first selected object Remark To reach a perfect aligning vertically and horizontally use these two functions one after the other 89 Vertical and horizontal centering of the objects You can place the objects horizontally or vertically at equal distances from the borders of the active area The spacing created will be an average between the closest object to the vertical or horizontal borders of the active area depending on the type of alignment desired Vertical center EN Horizontal center Remark To obtain an equal distance from each border check that the points outside of the curve are not outside the tracing as the function will give a different global size compared to the real dimensions of the objects You just need to add a point on the curve to avoid this phenomenon 90 Example The point outside of the curve is outside the tracing There is no point outside of the curve The global size is more important compared to the The global size corresponds to the real size real dimensions of the drawing of the drawing Automatic positioning An automatic positioning can be done to get an equal distance vertically or horizontally between several objects Just select the objects and click on the corresponding icon A medium spacing is automatically gener
49. only compute TypeArt toolpaths Example of a Picza file the way it appears in the software hen nas Pe TAN FNS Set o SUR ATN Siy A fe Sey nl i ae ds e PLE Se y 176 yes VECTORIZING Running the vectorization The vectorization module converts raster images into vector images that can then be machined Vectorizing Select or import the image to be vectorized in Bitmap format TIF or BMP and click on the vectorizing icon The vectorization is done automatically Click only once on the icon Give your scanner time to begin working Remark If no image is selected the vectorization mode will automatically begin and will scan and vectorize the image in one continuous operation This function is useful to directly retrieve the contours of the scanned image without the bitmap image in the background Changing the parameters of vectorization To modify the parameters of vectorization go into File gt Vectorization parameters or click on the icon while simultaneously pressing Ctrl Yectorize j OK ces Diiginal values Allowance from 0 1 to 3 This parameter determines how faithful the resulting image will be to the original image VERSION PRo USER S MANUAL 177 Higher values lead to smoother vector image while lower values make the vector image fit more accurately to the actual pixels in the raster image The better the quality of the scanned drawing the better t
50. only on true cylindrical or conical shapes 3 Mapping on complex shapes for machining on machines managing a 4th axis For skewed shapes You have created your design in order to make a flat toolpath The toolpath itself will be arranged in the CAM or in the CAD module with the projection mapping tools Procedure 1 You have made your design and created on 2D the necessary toolpaths in the CAM module In the dialog box Toolpaths list select the toolpath you want to project or map on your surface Hit the right mouse button and choose the appropriate option at the bottom of the context menu The dialog bow used are the same as those available in the CAD module see below Use the projection mapping tools see below to create the mapping then go back in the CAM module Procedure 2 You have made your design and created on 2D the necessary toolpaths in the CAM module Each path is registered under a name such as Type3 vnd the first one is labeled as TYPE3 000 the second TYPE3 001 etc In the dialog box Toolpaths list select the toolpath you want to project or map on your surface Hit the right mouse button and choose the option Edit toolpath geometry in the context menu The display color of the toolpath changes The toolpath is now accessible from the CAD module Use the projection mapping tools see below to create the mapping then go back in the CAM module Select the projected or mapped toolpath Select then the toolpath to be r
51. parameters for this tool The Sequence tab is used for general parameters Overthickness The overthickness is the material left at one step for next steps An automatic computation 10 of the finishing tool tip is done if the Automatic overthickness box is checked Otherwise you can specify the overthickness individually in the following fields Allowance on roughing Overthickness required for the last roughing step Allowance on finishing Overthickness demanded for the finishing step The semi roughing tool will go in all areas between these two allowances For the roughing and semi roughing you indicate whether it is a contouring or a sweeping and specify its angle Remark 1 The diameter of the finishing tool s tip should not be less than half of the semi roughing tool s tip for an 221 optimal efficiency Example Semi roughing tool Tip diameter of 0 3 Finishing tool Minimum tip diameter of 0 15 Remark 2 Automatic recessing is particularly efficient if the engraving depth is the same for all the selected tools Combo die Automatic creation of a shaped surface on the top of the lettering This function allows to make section in 2D engraving with several concentric passes Profile 0 000 mm 5 0 000 deg 0 000 deg lt 5 000 mm m t I Normal F Intaglio 2 00 mm You define values for the half profile of the section by entering the following values from top to bottom
52. point can also be selected in the drop down menu 160 Measuring a perimeter In the Measuring toolbar click on the icon Perimeter measurement Place then the cursor on the contour this one can have points with different heights Click on the mouse left button The perimeter value is shown on the bottom status line Remark Used with an open contour it is like measuring the length of the contour Measuring a surface In the Measuring toolbar click on the icon Surface measurement Eg Place then the cursor on the contour it must be a closed contour Click the mouse left button The surface value area is displayed on the bottom status line Measuring a volume The software includes a tool that allows you to measure the volume of a TypeArt object or even a digitalized file Picza files with the Pix extension It s interesting to make use of this tool in the CAD module white screen as well as in the TypeArt module blue screen In the Measuring toolbar click on the icon Volume measurement O Place the cursor on the object Click the mouse left button The volume value appears in the bottom status line Tool simulation More than a measuring tool this function permits you to check if the tool that you will use for the machining fits the created shape Before using this function select one of the 3D views at your disposal in the View menu In the Measuring toolbar click on the icon Tool simulation aai The dialog
53. positioning of the engraving Remark Position the radius marker s on the upper part of the cylinder or cone as in the example below to make a convex engraving Position this marker s on the lower part of the cylinder or cone to make a concave engraving YZ view XZ view Example You can also place a reference point marker on the engraving toolpath to position it on the radius marker mapping center Without such a marker the engraving will be automatically centered according to the radius marker Selection order before mapping Come back to a XY view Select each item by clicking on it while pressing the Ctrl key in the following order 1 the toolpath Be careful not to select the initial drawing instead 2 the surface 3 the two markers defining the axis of the mapping surface the order of selection of these markers will determine the direction of the engraving 4 the radius marker that defines where you want your engraving to be positioned and perhaps the second radius in case of a cone 5 the marker used as reference point on the engraving if this one exists that will superpose on the radius marker 154 Mappin Once all the elements are selected click on the icon Cylindrical mapping E or Conical mapping al This example deals with a cylindrical mapping The dialog box Accuracy is displayed on the screen see the information in the section parallel projection Click on OK to validate your
54. rm Tool database OS E e raalrraadlrarabrraa dara E 40 20 AO AO E Machinina Select therefore Setup machines in the Machining menu 21 The Setup machine dialog box is displayed on the screen rs x 8 Add machine H E Hpgl based machines i Cne machines H E Engraver machines m machines type dak Install remove configure your machine according to pour needs Use right mouse button to open contest menu Double click on the Add machine folder Select your machine among the different lists of machines available If you do not know the type of your machine select the Demo machine in the All machines type list Click then on the Add button to register your selection The dialog box Setup port is displayed on the screen Choosing the port If your machine is actually plugged to the computer select the option Use Windows spooler in the dialog box Setup port and click on OK If your machine is not connected to the computer you are using you will have to make a machining file and copy this file on a floppy disk or over a network The default name of the file generated with the option Series of files is the name of the document with the extension Uxx in our case LogoT3 U00 in the same directory as your drawing i e Vision Draws 22 E x C Use Windows spooler Add List of installed printers HP DeskJet 1120C P
55. segmenting the curve before the projection If you map on a 3D surface you must also specify if the projection is done from the top or the bottom of the volume 4 Kind of mapping Y Top C Bottom In this kind of projection you should also indicate the accuracy of the segmentation of the surface The lower the values of Accuracy the more precise the projection and the longer the computation time ACUIMmacy Curve accuracy Surface accuracy 0 100 mn T Fill holes According to the nature and shape of the surfaces some holes can exist or appear The check box Fill holes allows to fill these holes are considered as holes the holes twice as big as the required curve accuracy Tool shape For most toolpaths Contouring Intaglio etc the geometry specific to the chosen tool greatly influences the result of the engraving It sometimes prevails over parameters you enter in the dialog box for your toolpath Don t forget to make several tests 203 TOOLPATHS OF THE 2D GROUP Read the overview about toolpaths before reading this specific information for toolpaths used for 2D machining Plotting Creates a centerline cutter path Plotting is the only tool path function available for both open and closed contours The function is particularly adapted for the use of single line fonts The machine will move exactly like a pen A line drawing becomes one line on the material being cut or engraved
56. settings The engraving is now mapped on the cylindrical part of the surface Result In some cases among them bottle molds we advise to use a cylindrical mapping rather than a conical one because it is easier and causes less distortion of the mapped pattern 155 MEASURING TOOLS Measuring tools The tools put at your disposal allow you to measure with precision such characteristics as an angle the distance that separates two contours the circumference the perimeter the surface and the volume of a group of objects You can also make a tool simulation Click on the icon Measuring tools T to open the measuring toolbar Click then on the desired icon Ha oH aa as Measuring a distance ia Distance To find the distance separating two points of a contour after clicking on the icon select the first point and drag the cursor to the second point The distance and the angle of displacement are shown on the inferior status line Click on the second point to validate the position The cursor becomes active on the other side allowing you to reposition it as many time as you want Remark Used in conjunction with F3 the measurement tool will be more accurate regarding the measured distance Measuring an angle a Protractor 1 After clicking on the icon place the cursor along the curve and click on it 156 bes 2 Drag the cursor to the second point and press the Shift key without clicking on the mou
57. sphere is created Click on the desired icon of the dialog box to generate the upper or the lower part of the dialog box or any part of it by stating its start end and revolution angles Enter the values corresponding to the sphere radius 20 mm in the example above and to its center position 0 mm Click then on OK to validate Creating a cylinder In the Surfaces toolbar click on the Cylinder icon cl Position the cursor on the material where you want the center of the cylinder s first side to be and click on the mouse left button Drag the cursor until you reach the desired diameter and click once again Drag now the cursor until the cylinder has the desired direction and dimensions During this step the cylinder is pivoting around the center of the cylinder s first side Click a last time to validate the created shape Remark By default you will only create the upper half of the cylinder Hit the Shift key while you drag your cursor to create a whole cylinder or the Ctrl key meanwhile you drag the cursor to create the lower half of the cylinder Hit the F2 key once you clicked on the Cylinder icon to create the cylinder numerically The dialog box Cylinder appears on the screen 25 000 mm 25 000 mm 0 000 mm ses Start angle 0 000 deg End angle 260 000 deg mea By default a whole cylinder is created Click on the desired icon of the dialog box to generate the upper or the lower part of the cylinder or any par
58. spot with the mouse or by entering precise coordinates to define the position on the plate of the first item machined Axes cutting To help you with the cutting of the plate you can add partial or total guidelines between each copy To validate you choice select the desired option None Partial All UVE 173 Partial cutting Total cutting Remark The depth of cutting of the cutting lines can be modified in the Machining window You can chose a specific tool for the cutting between each copy associate a color in the Axes cutting section Use then the Color machining icon VE after having selected the relevant contour you will find again the chosen color and with a simple click not a double click associate to it a tool from the tool database 174 Yes SCANNING Running the scanner gt Scanner The scanner allows you to copy a printed drawing If you have a scanner installed that is compatible with TWAIN you can scan and vectorize directly with the CAD module When you click on the icon the image appears in the active area Remark Click only once on the icon Give time to your scanner to begin working Click on the tool The command menu of the vectorizing software provided with your scanner will be displayed on the screen The CAD module will display the raster Bitmap image Raster images are composed of fixed size pixels small black and white points that make up the picture The quality of the repro
59. the CAM module to have the possibility to access it later and send to machining You can also save a group of combinations by clicking on the Save presets button or load existing combinations by clicking on the Load presets button 31 Modifying the origin of axis You can modify the point O of the axes which is by default at the bottom left hand corner of the active surface HAERE Click on the button drag the mouse and release the button when you have reached the desired point Automatic saving To launch the automatic save mode for current projects go to the menu Edit gt Options choose the General tab in the dialog box Options and enter the number of minutes desired in the Auto save field Auto save every 2d minute s 32 MANAGING FILES Creating a new file EN New file You can create a new file with this icon or through the File menu and New By default the new created file is labeled UNTITLED This name is automatically attributed to any new file When you are creating a new document we advise you to save it under a new name since the UNTITLED file does not save the tool paths Opening an existing file Open a file You can open an existing file with this icon or through the File menu and Open Select in the dialog box e the drive e the directory where the file is located e the name of the file and validate Saving a file El Save You can save your drawing at anytime If
60. the dialog box of the example The coordinates of this left inferior corner point are X 1 mm and Y 2 mm Click on OK to validate The rectangular area is displayed on the screen The cursor is automatically centered vertically 54 reating pay Creation modification of a font The software includes a font editor that allows you to create or modify one by one the characters of an existing font Modification of a font aEL Click on the Text mode icon Al display the toolbar where you can find the Font edition icon E The dialog box Font edit select is displayed on the screen 3 Yision Numeric fo oooooo A e 0 Choose in the scroll down menu the font you want to modify and click on OK Then proceed the same way as for the creation of a new font see further Creation of a new font aBC Click on the Text mode icon Al display the toolbar where you can find the Font edition icon E The dialog box Font edit select is displayed on the screen 55 Font Edit Select Click on New font The following dialog box allows you to name your font New font Give a name to the font and click on OK Your font appears in the library Click again on OK The next dialog box allowing you to create your new font and the kerning between characters is displayed on the screen First of all draw a guide line that allows to define precisely the height and width of the letters as well as the spacing bef
61. the file already exists you can execute an automatic save if it is a new file you need to name it in the Save as dialog box Select in the dialog box e the drive e the directory where you want to save your file e enter the name of the file and validate Information To find a drawing more easily you can attach to it key words or other information such as a creator s name a customer s name or any other comments Under File gt Information enter the desired information and click on OK Then save the file as described above Remark To go to the next line within the commentary section press the Ctrl and Enter keys at the same time 33 Opening a model For repetitive works a library with pre registered plate models is at your disposal You can complete it at any time Besides the dimensions of the plate a model can contain a text a logo variables etc To open a model select under the File menu the option Open model In the displayed window double click on the selected model Saving a model Enter the corresponding parameters for the desired plate and select the option Save model under the File menu Under the window Save as enter the name of the model in the Name field and click on Save By default the directory selected for the saved work is Models Importing a file 5 Import You can import a file issued from other applications with the following formats Bitmap bmp Tif Autocad dxf P
62. the radius is positive the angle will be created outside the contour If the value of the radius is negative the angle will be created inside the contour 121 Example Positive radius Negative radius 7 Chamfered angle Select the point on the angle you want to modify and click on the icon Enter the value of the chamfer in the dialog box Rounded Chamfered angle lt gt a Starting point The starting point on a closed contour is indicated by a double square The starting point on an open contour is indicated by a big square Example l Closed contour Opened contour 122 Modifying the starting point Closed contour Select the new starting point which must be on the curve and click on the icon Open contour To change the starting point of an open contour indicated by a big square you need to select first the Reverse direction icon Remark It is impossible to delete the starting point of a closed contour To delete it it is necessary to define another starting point Aligning points vertically or horizontally E Aligning the points vertically While pressing the Ctrl key select the points to be vertically aligned and click on the icon The X value of the first selected point will determine the alignment Example Selected points Aligned points Aligning the points horizontally While pressing the Ctrl key select the points to be horizontally aligned and click on the icon
63. the source the intensity etc of the rendered object Click therefore on the Light Editor icon L in the upper part of the TypeView dialog box The corresponding dialog box appears on the screen Intensity 1 00 Position Direction e O Cut ee 40 2 iai In the Type part of the dialog box select the desired option allowing you to define a certain number of settings in the Parameters field of the same dialog box 331 The ambient light is set by default From left to right you can also chose an OMNI light multidirectional a beam parallel directional light and a spotlight In the Type section select the desired light allowing you to define a certain number of settings in the Parameters section such as e color the intensity is defined by a slider position moving the small square with the mouse direction idem distance to the object defined by a slider field and cut off of the beam spotlight only Camera sight in TypeView TypeView allows to change the camera sight for any rendered TypeArt object Click therefore on the Camera sight icon in the upper part of the TypeView dialog box The Camera sight dialog box appears on the screen Place your cursor on the green square and push the left mouse button Keep it pushed and drag your cursor until you reach the desired position Release then the left button of your mouse Renderer parameters The TypeView module allows
64. this TypeArt object Obviously you must strictly follow the different steps of the creation of an envelop 4 open curves See the section Creating an envelope from the chapter Special effects about this theme Y A Curve 1 ld Pe Curve 3 Curve 4 Example Curve 2 You want then to create a new TypeArt object using the first one and the created envelope In the TypeArt module select the TypeArt object to be deformed and select then the envelop respecting the order of selection Click on the Warping grid Ei icon The corresponding dialog box is displayed allowing you to define a cutting in X and Y of the TypeArt object to be deformed For a smoothly looking deformation the cutting accuracy must be related to the TypeArt object accuracy for a 100 x 10 TypeArt the cutting must be 100 x 10 Once the calculation is done the TypeArt object is deformed and is located in the envelope lt T ED mh y Result e Fill with a texture This feature allows you to globally or partially fill a TypeArt object with a 3D texture Just like before it s particularly useful to create lifestyle surfaces but this time from previously created 3D textures The texture database is made up of TypeArt objects of all kind For instance the objects could have been created by gray level sampling and exported with the specific TypeArt format vna The software is delivered with many textures that can be enhanced with your textures Method Se
65. to define its position e Inthe continuity of the shape of the TypeArt object Don t validate any of both previous options Visualization tools in TypeArt e Running visualization tools in TypeArt You can access the different visualization tools thanks to its dedicated icon o in the main left toolbar of the TypeArt module Click on this icon to display the Rendering toolbar see each corresponding explanation in the following sections e The TypeArt Viewer US TypeArt Viewer This Rendering tool is very useful during a TypeArt creation You can use this tool to have immediately a visual aspect of your creation Click on the TypeArt Viewer icon The dialog box TypeArt Viewer is displayed 311 ae 5 x File Edit Conversion 7 a A H HAS i 1 T E L AA A Y i y vw MAA AT el i A 3 LE AES l ii Y AY 4 IM EL t L i y Q BOX Use scrolling of window US Camera position You can modify the position of the viewer by clicking on this icon The camera symbol is displayed on the left screen of the TypeArt Viewer dialog box Example Camera s position Rendering To modify the camera position click with the left button of your mouse on the camera symbol Blue square and 312 UYDEO while holding down the button drag the camera Release then the left button of the mouse Example Camera position Rendering E Light position
66. to validate the mask Al Magic wand mask Click on the icon Magic wand mask Click on the desired color Enter the selection parameters in the dialog box that is displayed Cancel or validate this operation The chosen color becomes the mask 185 oOo Choose a mask Click on the icon Choose a mask In the displayed dialog box double click on the desired kind of mask Drag your cursor on the image while holding down the left mouse button and release it once you ve reached the desired position and dimensions Dl Area of mask becomes the image Click on this icon The mask selection becomes the current image iu Show Hide the mask Click on this icon to show or hide the mask x Suppress mask Click on this icon to delete the mask Deforming the mask The Bitmap Editor allows you to deform a mask Actually you can move rotate align stretch or project the mask Click therefore on the desired tool click then on the mask and drag your cursor while keeping down the left mouse button to deform the mask Release the left mouse button at the end of the operation Copying Cutting Pasting The Bitmap Editor allows you to copy cut and paste a newly created mask You can access these functions through the Edit menu or through the following shortcuts e Copy Ctrl C e Cut Ctrl X e Paste Ctrl V Painting around the mask Create a mask and select the active color You can either draw the mask with the brush F
67. values are 0 i p10 5 E E 10 15 20 25 p o Hilu tilarni om melo mm m Tm lanni parlanni l 0 me a os E a Imarker 1 ols 80 Linear duplication ooo 222 Linear duplication To duplicate the object several times along rows and or columns select the object to be duplicated and click on the icon Columns a Cancel Raws 2 In the dialog box enter the number of columns and rows Click on the object to be duplicated and drag the cursor The copies are displayed with dotted lines Release the button once you have reached the desired positions Circular duplication Circular duplication It is the same procedure as the linear duplication Select the object and then the icon x Nb of copies J ae Cancel Mm Enter the number of copies in the dialog box Click on the contour of the object to be duplicated and drag the cursor The copies are displayed in dotted lines Release the button once you have reached the desired positions aa oOo P With the Rotate option active the object follows the rotation angle Inactive the objects stay aligned 81 Duplicating an item along a curve E Duplicating an item along a curve Position the object to be duplicated on the shape at the starting point of the duplication Then select the object and the curve and click on the icon Be careful to respect this order of selection x Distance f 0 000 mr Nb of copies 2 Lancel
68. when drawing the baseline Hence a tracing no matter how created if it is drawn from left to right the text will appear from left to right alg Starting point On the other hand a tracing created from right to left will make the text be positioned in the opposite direction from above in other words from right to left Starting point 33 Click on the icon Reverse contour ral to invert the direction of the contour Remark In the case of a closed contour it is the direction of the contour clockwise or anti clockwise which determines the orientation of the text as a E Das eee Clockwise green Anti clockwise blue Text inside a rectangle Al Text inside a rectangle The interest of this function is to define a rectangular area from which the text cannot go beyond As a consequence the text contained in this area will be automatically centered and compressed Remark You can either apply this function to an existing text you need to select the text or define the rectangular area before creating the text Click on the icon Text inside a rectangle The dialog box Rectangle Rounded rectangle is displayed O ao 12 000 mm s fi 6 000 mm te fi OO mm a Y 2 000 mm Cancel In the example shown above the rectangular has been defined with a 12 mm width and a 16 mm height This area is positioned referring to the left inferior corner point which is activated in
69. with the aid of markers Principle The principle consists of elevating one part of a section to a predefined value in Z with one or several markers The profile i e the starting ending angle is defined by a curve segment arc etc It is either drawn with the Sketching tool imported from a plane or created in the CAD module Geometrical profile The profile is defined on the XY plane of the page without any restraint regarding position or direction Only its geometry is essential in determining the form of the section With a rising profile The section climbs to an angle corresponding to the ending angle of the profile REA PARTO PETERR AN IN 276 With a descending profile The section creates a cavity at the end F Et Tiy Fj LIA e MH HALA l EH AA AAA LA A Minit DT ias ii Ni rH ili anal POH CTH MEIN With a leveled profile The section is leveled out at the end Example F FAR ewe ely ee Yes J T a F ia ee q Ca we a aioe a ia E A _ 1 IA AN AAA T E oa Ze ae ee melee as ae DOE y A pr a _ A Tiy a a TEn E E A FREA E EAS E a IRA Er ri hi 7 Al i SOUSA E Draw an ellipse with a length of 45 mm Place a marker inside the ellipse on the right side using the mou
70. you ll be able to perform entirely this Getting started section E x General Fass parameters Toolpath parameters 2 O00 mm For each machining you must define a tool and a toolpath in other words a machining method We will specify the settings of the tool used for the 3D Cutting 16 Creating a conical tool To create a tool click on the AY icon in the 3D Cutting dialog box A z CONIC 2 GA oes ee co 1 CONIC 2 Edit tool CONIC 2 A CONIC 2 Delete ter BALLA Add group s BALLA M Dai oan The Select a tool dialog box is displayed on the screen Select Tool Database in this window and click on the mouse right button In the displayed context menu click on Add a tool The dialog box Tool editor appears T x Tool s shape Technologies Turret Yy MpTool Y OO OU Reference Supplier Rotation speed 500 000 mom _E Automatic adjust Half angle Feed speed Tip diameter Annuler Alquier To add a tool in the tool database you have to name it MyTool in our example select its geometry set its parameters and save it Diameter 3 000 mm 1 2 angle 15 000 Tip diameter 0 100 mm Nominal feed rate 600 000 mm min Rotation speed 2000 RPM 17 Choosing the depth of cutting Still in the tool editor in the field Depth of cut situated in the Technologies tab enter a value of 2 mm Once al
71. you to modify the Renderer parameters A Click on the Renderer parameters icon X in the upper part of the TypeView dialog box The Renderer parameters appears on the screen 332 Quality Reflection levels jo T Compute shadow bmp file Size Uptions Keep Ratio F Antialiasing Size x E Sott shadawe tine consuma lM Photo effect T Display fit renderer size e Output Section By default the image is generated for the CAD module It can then be saved with the bitmap editor If you click on the bmp file radio button the image is saved in the directory of your choice in bitmap format as soon as the rendering is finished You must enter the resolution parameters of the file number of pixels and number of colors See the notes in the Size section e Quality Section According to your choices in the material editor color specular light transparency reflection etc these parameters will change completely the way the image is calculated with more or less reflection and shadowing effects We advise you to experiment as much as possible the various parameters in order to understand better their action on your drawing Values for computing the levels of reflection 1 no reflection on the material is calculated 2 a reflection on the material is calculated on opaque objects if in the material editor you have a value between 0 and 1 for Reflection 3 a reflection on the material is c
72. 0 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL BITMAP EDITOR Running the bitmap editor vd Bitmap editor Click on the Bitmap editor icon to launch this function once you have loaded a bitmap in the CAD module The dialog box Bitmap editor is displayed on your screen Bitmap Editor Working with images Selecting the active color Bar of the four last selected colors Click on one of the four last selected colors that are represented by four rectangles in the lower part of the dialog box Bitmap editor VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 181 Z Eyedropper Click on the icon Eyedropper Place then the eyedropper on the color you want to be selected and click on it The selected color becomes the active one and is displayed in the bar of the four last selected colors al Color selection for 256 color images Click on the icon Color selection The dialog box Choose a color in palette appears on the screen Click on the desired color in the dialog box with the left button of the mouse The selected color appears in the bar of the four last selected colors In case you want to edit the selected color just click on it with the right button of the mouse in the dialog box Choose a color in palette it opens the dialog box Color edition al Color selection for 24 bit images Click on the icon Color selection The dialog box Color edition is displayed This box allows you to select a color by clicking on any part of the Hue and saturation ring right par
73. 2 You can modify the rotation axis by striking the Ctrl key while clicking on the Mirror icon The rotation axis is not centered anymore it is on the right side concerning the horizontal mirror or on the base regarding the vertical mirror of the selection window 103 Example with an Horizontal mirror application in this case both keys Shift and Ctrl are pressed while clicking on the icon Original Result Ss Mirror around an axis Define an axis by inserting two markers on the material Strike the Ctrl key and keep it pressed to select the object and then the two markers Click then on the Mirror around an axis icon The object rotates around the axis you defined E E El a E El E a gs E ES E Remark You can apply the Mirror function to a text Therefore you need to convert it into curves Permuting plans Hh x Flip plan You can simply reposition the object you created this function is very useful for the surfaces with this tool To make flip a plan select the object Click a first time on the Flip plan icon to invert the coordinates X Y and Z as shown below X becomes Z Y becomes X Z becomes Y The consequence is the new positioning of the object coordinates Z X Y 104 Click a second time on the Flip plan icon to invert the coordinates Z X and Y as shown below Z becomes Y X becomes Z Y becomes X The consequence is the new positioning of the object coor
74. 2D Da Sweeping oi onto arming E 2 5D Group dle Cutting 30 dle Engraving 30 dle Finishing ly Finishing 30 2 Intaglio La Sequence Ms Combo die E a 30 Typedrt group Us Ty pear dL TypeaArt sequence Each toolpath has some specific parameters but some parameters are common to many or all toolpaths Double click on the desired toolpath Enter its parameters in the corresponding dialog box 199 General tab i x General Fass parameters peara Toolpath parameters 92000 mm ACcuracy 0 010 mm gt T Grouping OR Annuler In the upper part of the General tab you must click on the icon to select the appropriate tool in the Tool database Whatever toolpath you selected the first information to provide is the tool used for machining Depth Specify the total depth for the milling cutting This information is found also with more specific parameters in the Pass parameters tab once the tool is chosen Accuracy At the bottom of the dialog box you can specify an Accuracy which is a tolerance used during the computation of the toolpath A high accuracy causes longer calculation time but more precise toolpaths that include a more important number of points This parameter can be refined if you notice something unexpected with a toolpath made with the default accuracy 0 01 mm or for very small toolpaths Grouping The Grouping checkbox determine if one or several toolpath fi
75. 2D Group es Plotting cl Winyl ay Drilling dle Cutting 20 dle Engraving 2O Les Milling 2D Da E WEEDING 53M ontourming E 2 5D Group dle Cutting 30 dle Engraving 30 dle Finishing dle Finishing 30 1 Intaglio 2 Sequence Mos Combo die e 30 Type rt group 2 Type rt sequence A short explanation concerning the toolpath appears when the cursor remains a few seconds on its name here for Contouring e g Cutter path Inside text or graphics made up of seres of lines and arcs based on the indicated cutter size Hollowirng can be either total or partial Double click on the toolpath you want or select a toolpath and click on the blue icon at the bottom of the window The corresponding dialogue box opens with specifying parameters for that toolpath See the section Description of toolpaths below to read how to use the different toolpaths Click on the icon Toolpath list t from the CAM module toolbar The corresponding dialogue box is displayed on the screen It contains a list of all the toolpaths you created f3 Toolpath list El Hga Laver 1 Milling 2D 015 Sweeping 01 6 Engraving 301 01 7 196 This dialog box allows you to edit toolpaths to simulate the machining or even to add subgroups using the context menu To access the context menu select a layer a group or a toolpath and click on the mouse right button The context menu is displayed on the screen Delete Information
76. Art light direction appears on the screen Preview E Cancel Using the mouse left button click on the square keep the button pushed and drag your cursor until you reach the desired position Check the obtained result by clicking on Preview Switch back to the original lightening by clicking on Cancel 316 Yes TYPEVIEW TypeView running the module This feature is the realistic rendering allowing to obtain very high quality pictures with e Various colors e Shadow effects reflects e Transparency Select the object to be rendered and click on the TypeView icon HH from the TypeArt main toolbar The TypeView dialog box is displayed on the screen Just click on each symbol of the upper toolbar of this dialog box to access specific features of this rendering tool 317 Material assignment in TypeView You can choose the kind of material you will assign to the rendered TypeArt object Click therefore on the Material assignment icon 3 in the upper part of the TypeView dialog box The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen DAU Objects Maternal Data Base Ty peat defaults Metal old E ga Local Data Base E ga Custom H Diamond q Glas fa Marble Affect material I Lav objects E ga Metal MW Ring mode Ring configuration H Plastic Ha ERE Mesh Mappia H a Wood Scene Objects socle detault M arble Green marble sping detaul
77. BENTOUFI F PECON TAL H KLIMEZAK C DARPHIN Vision Numeric 33 0 4 74 70 80 00 33 0 4 74 70535 53 types types com 04 02 2000 12 h 10 min Type3 release 4 2 0 0 build 01 at 03 01 2000 Copyright c Vision Numeric 2000 Validation Key is LIB T3 API 14 12 1999 V1 0 4 06 Th A TOA Aes SA Be careful not to modify the code numbers in this window Then select the Order command Enter the following information in the text editor displayed on the screen address telephone fax and E mail in the fields From Phone Fax and E mail 338 Vision Numeric Phone 33 04 4 0 SU 00 Fax 33 04 44 10 SS 55 e mail tipeSiotypes fr itis 05 03 1998 19 h 4 min lam Dao EXE release 4 0 1 0 buld 1 1 at 24 02 1998 Copyright O Vision Numeric 1998 Key 15 LIB APT 23 02 1998 1 0 0 9 DATE 05 03 1998 TYPE 3RF01403 TypeEdit COLOR RED SERIA L 00000466 56E3 SM01126 PRODUCT TYPE3 MODE NOT FOR SALE Then print the note pad with File gt Print and fax it Don t forget to mention clearly the nature of your problem You will receive in return the sequence s allowing the activation of the ordered option s Each sequence must be entered in the Code field of the dialog box About and must be validated by clicking on the button Validation The display of the message Success proves that this task went well Do the operation as many times as the number of given sequence
78. F2 key and entering numerical values To validate an open contour double click as soon as you want to end its tracing The contour is displayed in red To close a contour drag the cursor until the starting point When the contour becomes blue or green it is closed Double click on the mouse s left button to validate your contour The contour appears in red Circle and ellipse Oo Circle To trace a circle click on the icon Circle then on the active area Drag the mouse maintaining the left button pushed until the object obtains the desired dimensions Then release the button to finish 65 With F2 enter the accurate dimensions of the circle its radius 50 mm in the example hereafter and the coordinates X and Y of a point you can select among the nine points of the dialog box Circle 2 000 mm 30 000 mm 50 000 mm E Ellipse To trace an ellipse click on the icon Ellipse then on the active area Drag the mouse maintaining the left button pushed until the object obtains the desired dimensions Then release the button to finish Trace while pressing the Ctrl key circle Trace while pressing the Ctrl Shift keys ellipse centered in its circle Trace while pressing the Shift key centered ellipse With F2 enter the accurate dimensions of the ellipse in the dialog box Ellipse The width 20 mm in the example shown hereafter The height 12 mm in the example shown above The coordinates X and Y of the selecte
79. Modification of the parameters of the grid The grid is useful for repetitive dispositions of objects at equal distances You can define the parameters in accordance with your needs and with the type of work undertaken Magnetization of the grid When you have finished defining the parameters of the grid points select the Enabled option so that the grid becomes magnetized and Visible then select one by one the objects and position them against the desired points of the grid Positioning with special tools El Alignment tools The procedure is the same for all the alignment modes on the left on the right at the top at the bottom First select the object s you want to align with Ctrl key and then choose the corresponding icon ETS BHM TTS ts 87 Aligning El Align on left All the objects will be aligned according to the X min value of the first selected object al Align on right All the objects will be aligned according to the X max value of the first selected object mE Align to top All the objects will be aligned according to the Y max value of the first selected object 88 Align to bottom All the objects will be aligned according to the Y min value of the first selected object Vertical and horizontal aligning To align the objects it is sufficient to define the axis to which you want to align them Vertical aligning of the objects The objects will be vertically aligned based
80. NSFORMING OBJECTS Transformation tools El Transformation tools In this section you will first learn how to scale stretch mirror rotate and create an envelope Then you will learn how to manipulate shapes move add and delete control points to disconnect or weld a contour and to combine or uncombine several contours xl E Al a fw E gn Moving an object E Move object Select the object to be moved and click on the Moving tools icon The symbol for displacement will appear close to the cursor Drag the mouse to displace the object and release the button to validate the position Ctrl Displacement on one axis F2 for moving the object with accuracy Therefore select the object and place the icon anywhere on it Click on the left button of the mouse keep it pressed start to move the object and strike the F2 key Enter the desired values in the dialog box as shown below Move box i 133 rarr Move to r li 6 966 mm Cancel Move to Z 0 000 mm This function can be used associated to a snapping mode of F3 Example moving using the control point Press the F3 key and select the snapping mode Control point Select the whole drawing and click on the Move object icon Position the cursor of the mouse on the desired control point and start the displacement on the screen Check that a circle appears near the cursor of the mouse It means that you are in the magnetic field of the control point Without releasing
81. Selecting several points at once To select several points at once click on the left button of the mouse and keep it pressed Drag the mouse until all the desired points are selected in the selection window represented by a dotted line on the screen Example The selected points appear in a black square Example 120 bes Adding and deleting points Add a point Click on the shape where you want to add a control point a point appears on the contour and then click on this icon or press the key on your keyboard Remark When you add a point it is always positioned on the curve Delete a point Select the points to be deleted and click on this icon or press the or Del key on your keyboard Remark It is impossible to delete the starting point of a contour double square To delete it it is necessary to define another starting point Altering the control points ra Continuous control point This function changes the selected point into a tangent point of the curve The position of the selected point point on curve is not modified Only the 2 points located outside of the curve are changed to become the tangent point Example angle point continuous control point Fl Rounded angle Select the points on the angle you want to modify and click on the icon Enter the value of the radius of the angle in the dialog box Rounded Chamfered angle Pa Radius ej ono mm Cancel If the value of
82. Sending to the output machine The setup of the output machine has to be done after the setup of the machine In the dialog box Setup machine click on the button Port Select the desired options in the dialog box Setup port that is displayed on the screen E x C Use Windows spooler Add List of installed printers HP DeskJet 1120C Printer Acrobat POF iter Distiller Assistant 3 01 Brother HL 320 series Imprimante couleur MS Publisher Photocomposeuse MS Publisher C On one file 247 Series of files This option is recommended if no machine is connected It allows you to define the name of the machining files that will be generated automatically based on a prefix and that you will be able to edit Use Windows spooler If your machine is directly connected to your computer you can use the Windows spooler to directly send the tool path to the machine without loosing time see Windows documentation to configure the spooler On a file To write a tool path on one and only file on your computer or on a network device Define its name You have only one possibility and you can t modify it The dialog box Setup port allows the installation of a printer without having to go through Windows Double click on Add in the dialog box Setup port Just read the Windows User s Guide to install a printer respecting the kind of printer according to the manufacturer the printer If your machine is connected to the paralle
83. To set up your software for your engraving machine select Setup machines in the Machining menu You can do this in the CAD module or in the CAM module The dialog box Setup machine is displayed on the screen Sdan Install remove configure your machine as you like Use right mouse button to open contest menu Double click on Add machine or click on the icon W to see the list of available machines Select the kind of machine you want to install HPGL machines Cutting plotters laser etc ISO CNC machines Machining centers etc Engraving machines Roland Mimaki Mecanumeric etc All machines types Complete list 244 Select then the machine Setup machine EY Aciera 5000 A Aciera 5000 turbo A Agie decoupe fil E ALLEN BRADLEY PC E AmMC4 North East Electronics EA Aristo AG 130 Signline ff Aristo AG 50 Signline EA Aristo AG 75 Signline EA Aristo AA 20 ARS of Art to Part inch 3 E Baublys 2D E Baublys 3D BAUBLYS G CODE rs OALIOI NC lane Click on the button Add The dialog box Setup port is displayed Getu p po PT Add List of installed printers HP DeskJet 1120C Printer Acrobat POF Writer Distiller Assistant 3 01 Brother HL 320 series Imprimante couleur MS Publisher Photocomposeuse MS Publisher The setup of the port is described in the section Sending to the output machine VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 245 Sending to the work table
84. TypeView To access to this function tick the Ring mode box and click on Ring configuration to modify the mapping parameters fi Material Affectation DAO Objects Typer Adefault hetal Gold W Lav objects M Ring mode Ring configuration hy pe 327 The following dialog box is displayed on the screen f Ring configura x Options P Closed shape A Open ting y Anale 350 000 deg An f Closed ring Adjust radius lt gt angle Radiuz 50 000 mm Thickness li 0 000 mm Cancel e Adjustments of parameters e Options Closed shape the inner aspect of the ring is smooth Skin the inner aspect of the ring is hollow and has the relief of the TypeArt object e Size You can choose between a closed and an opened ring In case of an opened ring you may enter the value of the opening angle In case of a closed ring you can Automatically adjust the radius in relation to the size of the TypeArt object Enter the value of the radius Parameterize the ring thickness for a low thickness enter 0 1 mm Note The numerous rendering tools of TypeView can be associated with the ring function in particular selecting a color bitmap or adding a scene 328 Example Rendering of a ring associated with a scene It is also possible to use a surface in TypeView to associate it with your TypeArt object In this case the surface must be properly positioned When the
85. ace step field Surface step Displaying direction Select Options in the Edit menu Choose the Colors tab in the Options dialog box This displaying mode allows one to recognize the direction of rotation of contours blue for clockwise contours green for anti clockwise contours 29 x General Display Colors Grid Material Spell checking Font selector Neutral Background y Open contour y Selection y Anticlockwise contour y Snap Clockwise contour Material Base line I Border l Tool path Grid y Fast tool path y Guide The modification of this parameter will affect the milling process Displaying the wire contours In the View menu select the option Wire color By default the objects appear in black wire contour The color of the contour can be modified Select the object click on the icon Colors de and double click on the desired color to validate Displaying the contours in fill color Colors Select in the View menu the option Fill color By default the objects appear in black wire contour The color of the contour can be modified Select the object click on the icon Colors and double click on the desired color to validate Remark Visualizing the recess or the relief of a design becomes interesting when using this mode with the Combine function The recessed areas in machinin
86. alculated on opaque and transparent objects if in the material editor you have a value between 0 and 1 for Reflection and for Transparency 4 calculates a transparent TypeArt object also with these same conditions for material assignment transparency and a simple surface one layer 5 calculates the transparency of a surface with two layers or skins like for a revolution surface for example The display of the rendering is much quicker without any reflection calculation e Size Section You can modify the size in X and in Y in a proportional way if needed NOTES The higher the resolution of the Bitmap number of pixels the bigger the size of the file The default values of 800 x 800 are a wise compromise If there is a background image the size of the Bitmap is the one of the background image e Options Section You can define several other effects Anti aliasing of the image Shadow attenuation that is with the blurred edge of the shadow available only with the OMNI light Blurred effect on a part of the composition like with photo lens General blurred effect 333 Rendering in TypeView Click on the Render icon in the upper part of the TypeView dialog box to launch the rendering 334 APPENDICES Ses fb tes 335 Appendix 1 Importation tips How can you use a lay out or a text created on another computer with another software Ex on Apple Macintosh with Adobe Illu
87. alidate through OK 114 Cordal error Example Before A Intersection markers This function detects automatically superposed points and curves crossed contours intersection and loops on the same curve Possible problems can be avoided when toolpaths are calculated Select the object to be controlled and click on the icon Intersection points are represented by markers el CTRL allows the automatic detection of opened contours These are characterized by markers at each end This icon is available in the CAM module as well Ridge This function converts a single line drawing into a closed contour This offset curve can be totally parameterized Select the contour to be converted and click on the icon Ridge The following dialog box is displayed 115 0 070 mm E A o Cancel Keep current curves the original curve is kept Dimensions and kind of corners three types of angles are available sharp chamfered and rounded Ridge radius enter the value that defines the offset Start and End of ridge two geometries are available flat and rounded AA Example E ee Single line arrow Arrow with contours Zoom original curve kept beginning and end of ridge rounded 116 DLE VERSION PRO UsER s MANUAL yes DELETING THE LAST OPERATIONS Undo function a Undo Cancel the last action by default up to the last 10 Quick tip Ctrl Z Redo function E Redo R
88. allows to create an aerosol painting effect e Fill area this tool allows to replace a color by the active one P Thin pencil r Brush pencil a Spray Place the cursor where you want to start painting While holding the left mouse button drag the cursor on the area to be painted Release then the mouse button a Fill area Click in the area to be filled with the selected color 182 Image deformation qe a Rotate resize etc Click on the icon Rotate resize Select the operation mode in the dialog box Image deformation that is displayed and enter the desired parameters in the corresponding fields You can preview any modification by clicking on Apply and go back to the first view by clicking on Reset Validate any modification by clicking on OK The Bitmap Editor is getting closed and the effect is applied to the image Resize This operation allows you to modify the height and the width of the picture You can either enter the new width and the new height or define the transformation percentages Resample This operation calculates the position and the color of missing pixels The use of this method allows to reduce the defaults of an image You can either enter the new width and the new height or define the transformation percentages Horizontal and vertical skew You can either enter the new distance of offset or define the new offset percentage Flip and Mirror Select Flip if you want to apply a centered v
89. allows to shorten the text Compress The length of this text is 20 mm and must be shortened to 15 mm First select the text to compress and click on the icon Compressing lines Modify then the length of the baseline by entering the desired value in the field Maximum length of the Blue Rapido fi SLOD mm Validate by hitting Enter or by clicking with the left button of the mouse on the material The length of the selected text is 15 mm Compress Compression 90 e Compressing paragraphs fer E Compressing paragraphs The benefit of this function is to compress a whole paragraph referring to the shortest line Example with a text which shortest line is 20 mm long Compresg Compression The length of the shortest text must be decreased to 10 mm without altering the original ratio width height of the paragraph First select the paragraph you want to compress Modify then the length of the baseline by entering the desired value in the field Maximum length of the Blue Rapido 10 000 mm Click then on the icon Compressing paragraphs and validate the operation by pressing the Enter key or by clicking on the left button of the mouse with its cursor on the material The length of the shortest word has been reduced to 10 mm and the original ratio width height of the paragraph is kept e Length of text 50 000 kat Distance of the maximum length of the baseline By default the line stretches across the whole
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91. aps AB Uppercase icon AB Small caps icon Select the text to be capitalized capitalized in a smaller format click on the icon and validate Types TYPES TYPES Lowercase letters Uppercase letters Small caps Example e Transforming automatically into lowercase letters ab Transforming automatically into lowercase letters Select the text to be transformed into lowercase letters click on the icon and validate e Angle E Select the text or characters which you wish to rotate enter the degree of rotation and validate Remark By default the angle of rotation is at zero since all the characters are flat on the baseline e Underlining texts a Underlining text Select the characters to be underlined click on the icon Underlining text and validate The line will appear under the baseline at a distance proportional to the height of the underlined characters e Writing from right to left a al If this button is pressed what you write with the free text tool goes from right to left for arabic language for instance e Variables iw Tool used to enter defined variables See explanations in the chapter Variables section Inserting a variable text 44 es e Spell check option z Dictionary Select the text you wish to check and click on the icon Dictionary The spell checker should be already installed on your PC e Spacing of characters ab ap Proportional Spacing Select the text or characters to be spaced
92. aracter in the list Proceed the same way to choose the second one Both of the selected characters are displayed on the screen You can enter the value of the kerning in the middle box To refine your evaluation use the buttons y Confirm your choice by clicking on fal With the scroll down menu you can list the kerned letters The icon fel allows you to choose the kerning recommended The icon RE allows you to erase all kernings 58 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL bes CREATING OBJECTS Drawing geometrical shapes This section deals with creating an object by free hand and with the help of tracing shapes square oval circle starburst a Shape tool This icon opens the toolbox with the different geometrical shapes available lt OOG E Cr Remark The drawing of an object can always be made numerically The numerical functions are continually active when you create move or resize an object with the F2 key You can put any selected tool back down by hitting the space bar To draw these geometrical shapes select the tool corresponding to the shape you want to draw and place the cursor which represents one of the tops of the shape on the active area Marker x Marker To create a point click on the icon Marker Then place your marker on the material by simply clicking on the left button of the mouse Ten different kinds of marker are available They are numerically ordered from O to 10 By default the
93. at Then enter the corresponding number of points in X and Y in the dialog box Creating simple 3D surfaces You can create simple 3D surfaces spheres cylinders cones ellipsoids cubes and tores on which you will brace or map After their creation simple and complex surfaces can get merged subtracted extended etc You can also convert any kind of TypeArt object into a surface entity giving you the possibility to export with the IGES format The corresponding tools are located in the Surfaces toolbar These tools replace in a more visual way the 3D Bracing functions BLeDOSEA ANA whe cea NE Of ot of Creating a sphere In the Surfaces toolbar click on the Sphere icon Position the cursor on the material where you want the sphere center to be and click the mouse left button Drag the cursor until the sphere has the desired dimensions Click another time the mouse left button to validate the created shape Remark By default you will only create the upper half of the sphere Hit the Shift key while you drag your cursor to create a whole sphere or the Ctrl key meanwhile you drag the cursor to create the lower half of the sphere Hit the F2 key once you clicked on the Sphere icon to create the sphere numerically The dialog box Sphere appears on the screen 132 0 000 mm 0 000 mrm 0 000 mm ej ello el Start angle End angle Angle of revolution 360 000 deg Cancel By default a whole
94. ate a raised effect or the bottom of an engraving Example 1 the tail of a fish 263 Example 2 special engraved background sh VEE ae Duplication of a line along a curve Addition of letters To use open contours you must select them with one or several closed contours If you try to place a section using open contours nothing will happen Remark To avoid having a line that is too deep or holes instead of lines which are at Z 0 mm create first a small section on a closed contour then select it with the lines and add volume Example Right profile Lines too deep e Positioning the drawing Once the drawing finished give it the size you want and move it near reference point X 0 Y 0 in the bottom left hand corner of active area 264 B a i a hh ai M a a el FY a a y REMARK Do not forget to save your artwork e Running TypeArt To run TypeArt click on its icon Dl The dialog box for creating a TypeArt object appears Create Type rt Object VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 265 Box parameters Nb X and Nb Y These values correspond to the number of points desired on each axis The more points there are the better will be the final result To make only virtual tests keep the default value of 200 To get a better result in machining choose a higher value for instance 500 for an area of 50 x 50 mm that is to say a minimum step of 50 mm 500 0 100 mm in Sweeping
95. ated and the occupied space of the group is not modified Pl Horizontal spacing ik REP hon A 91 Vertical spacing Kak Automatic horizontal resizing The first selected object gives its horizontal length to all of the other objects Automatic resizing Automatic vertical resizing The first selected object gives its vertical length to all of the other objects El Automatic full resizing The first selected object gives its horizontal and vertical lengths to all of the other objects 92 Aligning along a vertical or horizontal al Aligning along a vertical axis Using this function allows to make an object rotate to align along the vertical axis Select the object and strike the F3 key to choose a snap mode The dialog box Snap up is displayed Select the option Control point symbolized by the 1 suitor and validate by clicking on OK let s quote that the name of each option activated is written above the corresponding button T Enable grid View grid Click on the icon tl to make work the function Aligning along a vertical axis 5o Select the point around which you want to make the object s rotation to align it along the vertical axis Select then the opposite point on the horizontal axis This opposite point is automatically aligned on the vertical axis The position of the object displayed with a dotted line shows that the operation went well Aligning along an horizontal axis Using t
96. ated files tool paths theoretical paths machining paths etc in the designated directory Moving This function displaces the document selected and all the associated files tool paths theoretical paths machining paths etc in the designated directory Erasing This function erases the document selected and all the associated files tool paths theoretical paths machining paths etc 35 PRINTING Preview Preview Before printing you can verify whether the parameters of the printer correspond to the desired effect Click on the shown icon or choose Preview under the File menu Printing parameters All To print the whole document Selection To print only a selected area Pages If the print job requires more than one page enter the page number which you want to print if you do not want to print the whole document Print to file To send the data to a file so that you can print it later choose this option the extension will be prn Center The drawing will be centered on the paper Adjust to page The size of the drawing will be adjusted to the size of the paper Scale The size will be done according to the scale you enter This function is used especially for the creation of chemical engravings of stamps AS yes To print the information about the document at the bottom of the paper directory complete name size printing scale etc Printing a Print To print the drawing wi
97. ax X MaxY Max Z Position of last point Depth Total depth of engraving defined during the tool path computation 230 bes DISPLAY AND SIMULATION Displaying the tool cursor More than a measuring tool this function permits you to check if the tool that you will use for the machining fits the created shape In the Measuring toolbar click on the icon Tool simulation The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen OR Cancel Choose the tool in the dialog box Click therefore on the Tools DataBase icon AY Enter the depth of machining in the field of the dialog box The cursor representing the tool is characterized by three circles e For conical tools Diameter atthe end of the tool tip Diameter atthe engraving depth Diameter atthe engraving depth Diameter atthe end ofthe toal tip 2D View 3D Iso View Remark Only the diameter at the engraving depth is variable 231 e For cylindrical tools Tool diameter 2D View 3D Iso View Move the cursor which represent the tool in all directions to see for instance if the tool will machine the whole piece simulation display The display of the created toolpath is a nice feature of the CAM module This function is very useful for showing a simulation of tool displacements especially for conical tools You will have a representation of the manufacturing process in other words the material removed by the tool In the toolba
98. be respected Step angle rotation Optimized nesting with indication of a precise angle of rotation Enter a step angle multiples of this angle are accepted for instance 90 step angles 0 90 180 and 270 Angle list rotation Optimized nesting with two precise angles of rotation or more to be respected Enter the angle values separated by a semicolon No rotation Optimized angle without any rotation angle Cutter diameter Enter the value of the tool diameter used for the machining Clearance Enter the value of the desired additional distance between objects includes the tool diameter 96 NOTES The resulting distance between nested objects is not equal to the Cutter diameter the Clearance A distance delta is automatically added by the optimization calculation The Nesting function allows to keep the relatives positions of the letters between them If you wish to keep the entire word select and combine it Accents and other diacritic marks are still combined to the letter they are associated with Tip the text and convert it into curves A letter with an accent is grouped If you desire to nest a letter separated from its accent select the whole thing and click on the icon ee Uncombine Examples ak ja E fq did fh O dql fd jg Ma Pa n Y Z yh Nesting of letters with uncombined diacritic marks Aire dimite ca at Before Result 97 TRA
99. bject is displayed again Click on Cancel since you do not want to create a second TypeArt object and re select the square Choosing a predefined section Select only the grapes and bole and click on the Section icon a Parameters for the sections appear in the following dialog box marx 500 000 A E 6 367 deg min 0 000 mm 1000 000 mm Several shapes are already predefined Preset Preset T Cancel 209 For this example chose shape number 5 and click on OK Next select only the external contours of the leaves Then click on the Section icon iZ and choose shape number 2 Select the Subtract combination mode for merging sections Combination mode Z max Angle end Z start Angle start Distance max Click on OK when done Select the other vein and enter the following parameters Z max Angle end Z start Angle start Distance max ME 30 0 4 mm 0 0 0 0 mm 45 0 6 mm P Pe Ps rra E n m cn a E You will notice that the veins of the first leaf 1 with a Z start at 0 3 mm inside the existing section descend much lower than the ones of the second 2 260 UNLEO sending the TypeArt to machining From TypeArt click on the CAM module In the CAM module select 3D ISO view under the View menu Getting ready for the toolpath In the CAM module select your composition and save it with a vnd format usin
100. can now run TypeArt by clicking on the icon Art Enter the following parameters Nb X 400 Nb Y 600 x0 0 YO 0 X1 40 Y1 60 Remark Check that the drawing fits into the TypeArt box Select the combined contours of 0 then the median curve opened and finally the profile by using the Ctrl key for multiple selection Press the Ctrl key and click on the Section icon ik 280 m E A A e oe ot na SO M PARES RAS P Es E e O PERO YL AN see Remark If the curve with the Z max is visible a cavity or a vertex it means that your profile is not leveled out at the end the shape will climb at an angle the shape will create a cavity and create a vertex In that case modify the profile and redo the TypeArt e Curve sweeping The TypeArt module includes a powerful function allowing you to sweep Some may also say extrude a shape on one or several curves Four kinds of sweeping can be done using this function 1 Basic sweeping This function is specially meant for designing frames as the following example shows Create a profile shape the molding of the frame and a rectangle the support curve that we may call a section curve and on which you will sweep your profile shape Note if the contour is clockwise the shape is generated on the outside if the contour is anti clockwise it is generated on the inside Select both objects and click on the TypeArt ic
101. ccurate move of selected item You can modify their setup therefore see the section Arrow move in the chapter Configuration The Ctrl key Ctrl 1 Front view on the XY axes Ctrl 2 Cross section view on the YZ axes Ctrl 3 Cross section view on the XZ axes Ctrl 4 3D Engraver view on the XYZ axes Ctrl 5 3D Iso view on the XYZ axes Ctrl 6 Free 3D view on the XYZ axes through numerical values displays dialog box View point Ctrl N New file Ctrl O Open Ctrl S Save Ctrl M Open model Ctrl Z Undo Ctrl A Redo Ctrl X Cut Ctrl C Copy Ctrl V Paste Ctrl L Select all Ctrl W Redraw Ctrl R Fast redraw Ctrl Shift key When drawing an object it is centered Ctrl with Sketching tool Angular point Ctrl with Rectangle tool Square Ctrl with Ellipse tool Circle Ctrl with Selection tool Multiple selection Deselection Ctrl with Duplication tool Move the copy on one axis Ctrl with Mirror tool Copy Mirror Ctrl with Scaling tool Scale 2 3 Ctrl with Rotation 15 steps Ctrl 2 Vectorizing parameters Ctrl Edition and creation of fonts Ctrl Choice of the kind of marker 343 The Shift key Shift with Curves shaping mode Tangential point Shift with Ellipse tool The ellipse is centered on the first selected point Shift with Polygon tool Two opposite points Shift with Star tool two opposite points with circle Shift with Circle Clockwise direc
102. click on the icon Proportional spacing and validate Example Rapido Rapid o Normal at 200 Remark By default the given spacing is at 200 in other words twice the original spacing The spacing value can be modified in the Text Attributes box Blue Rapido It will become the parameter by default till the exit of the software e Modifying character spacing ab ap Proportional Spacing Select the text or characters to be spaced click on the icon Proportional spacing and validate The spacing by default is 200 Example When the height of the character is 10mm and you enter a spacing value of 200 the spacing obtained is 20mm e Indices and Exponents a a Indices Select the character s to which you wish to add the index click on the icon Indices and validate By default the distance between the text or character indexed and the baseline is equal to 50 its height The size of the indexed character is reduced to 50 a Exponents Select the character s to which you wish to add the exponent click on the icon Exponents and validate By default the distance between the text or character with the exponent and the baseline is equal to 50 its height The size of the exponent character is reduced to 50 e Positioning the characters in relation to the baseline The text may be placed either above or below the baseline Select the text to be repositioned click either on the icon Text above the baseline or o
103. ct from the Labels dialog box M Add Label 10 000 mm 5 000 mm Activate the option Add Labels if you want to see labels on your ruler or dial A numerical field is located next to the option Add Labels In the example shown above two kinds of ticks have been defined during the previous step Dialog box Wizard gt option Kind of ticks Select the kind s of graduations 1 in our example that must feature labels Click therefore on each kind while pressing the Ctrl key Remark Whatever the number of different ticks that have been defined you can only define one kind of labels Define then the height of labels in the left field of the box upper part 10 mm in our example Define also in the right field of the box upper part the distance between the base of the label and the base or the top of the graduation See a little bit further the section Referencing the label s position Position of labels Extract from the Labels dialog box SJA Space base line Space 7 top LEO AE 000 deg Space higher top 23 VnDin Flare 1h Wn Din Filaire 1L O 75 In both fields of the upper part of the dialog box enter the values corresponding to the top the height of the label and the distance that separates it from the original shape In the example shown above labels have an height of 10 mm and the distance separating them from the original shape is 5 mm Label s slanting A Activate this function to align lab
104. cters and 109 kerning pairs ABCDEFGHIJKLMN ada LONA se eee thaw ie 9Opaqarstuvwxy Zz AAAAAAAEEEEIITIOOOOOCDNGUY FaaaaweceeESeSlhiiinosgoouuuuyy 1234006 09YL BR O 1 lt gt OLI ido XK SS Ora A OSA Pe 9pb Servez a ce monsieur le vieux petit juge lond assis au fond une bi re hollandaise ot des kiwis parce guil y tient 348 yes e VN Script This font is made of 190 characters and 256 kerning pairs BBE DEF IG FE BM WV OP ORBLEIUGW BU amp a bo Zo g EPE amp Em ye fo rd EU OW 2 YE 6 6 3 6 8 5 SEE EE EG IGP OOOP PBN E Y CEE OeCACEAAeCEELEHOOHPCOCKLM KL Y Y f a l PL FP Z SD CVE GB OC CAMBIO f I Leo SK e P L Jr_ LIS PO iS OF 9 4 ud 7 pl ses Tao Dx SP e OF Kru GII Rit Lnd une Creve boro S Bee BLAS JACA gui y Bei 349 e VN Serif This font is made of 190 characters and 380 kerning pairs ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklm n opqrstuvwxyz AAAAKAMEBRBREIIIIOOOOODNGUY a ee oe 1234567890 LESA a e TO NAO EL y ge O 2229 9 10 KAN Dx Obdr eb Servez ce monsieur le vieux pelil juge blond assis au fond une bi re hollandaise et des krwis parce qu il y tient
105. ctly enter the coordinates of the first point of the arc of the circle Repeat the operation a second time then a third time to respectively enter the coordinates of the second and third points of the arc Arrow yal Arrow To draw an arrow click on the icon Arrow The dialog box Type of arrow is displayed on the screen Orthogonal Arrow Filar arrow Cancel Three kinds of arrows are available Select one of them and click on OK to validate 67 Arrow Select Arrow in the dialog box Type of arrow and click on OK to validate Create the arrow s base by clicking on the material the base is pointed out by the cursor on the picture hereafter Drag the cursor to define the direction of the arrow and click a second time when the arrow has got the desired length from the base to the head Drag now the cursor to define the global width of the arrow as well as the head s angle Click a third time when the arrow has got the desired shape and dimensions gt b Drag the cursor to define at the same time the width of the arrow s tail and the angle of the lateral tips Click a last time to validate the arrow you just created The arrow gets displayed in red Orthogonal arrow This kind of arrow features right angles at the junction of the arrow tail and its lateral tips Example mi B A p z i 7 m gt it i alll i i r A a i El F le A E A To draw an orthogonal arrow follow the same steps as
106. d click on a lateral handle The cursor changes to a sizing pointer Drag the cursor A dotted frame which will follow the movements of the cursor appears around the object Release the button of the mouse when the object has the desired shape Accurate scaling Select the object and click on a lateral handle The cursor changes to a sizing pointer press the F2 key and give the numerical scaling factor or the exact dimension desired in the field of the selected axis Shift 2 sides at the same time Shift F2 2 sides at the same time with an accurate stretching Ctrl To obtain steps of 100 by 100 Stretching tool El Stretch After having selected the object and this icon click anywhere in the active area and drag the cursor The stretch is done by the center and it can be vertical or horizontal Shift 2 sides at the same time Rotating an object With the mouse You can rotate an object with the appropriate tool or with the mouse by clicking the little handle below the selected area 101 The cursor changes into a rotating pointer Hit F2 To give numerical values to the angle Ctrl Rotation by 15 at a time To enter numerically the angle value for the rotation start rotating as described above and strike the F2 key Enter the value in the dialog box Rotation displayed on the screen Anal aA Cancel Rotating tool E Rotation Choose a handle and turn the object around its center of rotation
107. d icon of the dialog box to generate the upper and lower part of the torus or any part of it by stating its start end and revolution angles Enter then the desired values in the corresponding fields e Radius of the cross section 1 mm in the example shown above e Radius of the torus 10 mm in the example e Coordinates of the center of the radius 82 and 134 mm in the example Click then on OK to validate Creating an ellipsoid patch In the Surfaces toolbar click on the Ellipsoid patch icon Position the cursor on the material where you want the ellipsoid patch center to be and click on the mouse left button Drag now the cursor until the ellipsoid patch reaches the desired dimensions Click a last time the mouse left button to validate the created shape Remark By default you will only create the upper half of the ellipse Hit the Shift key while you drag the cursor to create a whole ellipse or the Ctrl key while you drag the cursor to create the lower half of the ellipse Hit the F2 key once you clicked on the Ellipsoid patch icon to create the ellipsoid patch numerically The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen p 000 mm 0 000 mm 0 000 mm Hx 40 000 mm Ay 20 000 mm Hz 20 000 mm Start angle 0 000 deg 180 000 deg End angle Cancel Angle of revolution By default a whole ellipsoid patch is created Click on the desired icon of the dialog box to generate th
108. d reference point 0 000 mm 12 000 mm 4 O00 mm 30000 mm ie Circle 3 points To trace a circle defined by 3 points click on the icon Circle 3 points Indicate the three points on which you want to draw the circle Then draw the figure by clicking on the first two points to begin the drawing and by validating it on the third point Remark If you click once on F2 you can directly enter the coordinates of the first point of the arc of the circle Repeat the operation a second time then a third time to respectively enter the coordinates of the second and third points of the arc 66 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL _ eee Arc of circle ia Arc To trace an arc click on the icon Arc Draw the circle in which the arc will be formed Once the circle is drawn release the button at a certain point which will be the starting point for the arc Drag the cursor until the arc has the desired dimension and then validate Remark While pressing the Ctrl key the tracing will be in the clockwise direction E Arc 3 points To trace an arc defined by 3 points click on the icon Arc 3 points Indicate the three points on which you want to draw the arc Fl 1 ig Then draw the figure by clicking on the first two points to begin the drawing and by validating it on the third point To define the curvature of the arc at the end press Shift before validating the third point J 1 e Remark If you click once on F2 you can dire
109. dd tool Edit tool Delete item Add group Cancel 197 The Add group button allows to create a sub directory in the Tool database shown by a small red toolbox in which you can create delete and modify tools You can thus group your tools by type of geometry cones cylinders balls etc The Special tool El icon is very useful for creating a customized tool based on a form you draw and of two markers indicating the axis of the tool First of all in the CAD Module draw a profile and 2 aligned markers Send them to the CAM module Select the 3 profile then the markers and click on the Special tool icon curve revolution profile Generated tool You special tool is created though nothing has occurred on screen You can see it by clicking on the Tool UU Database icon in which your new tool will appear in a sub directory called Special tools with an icon in shape of a question mark The CAM toolbar includes lastly some tools similar to those found in the CAD module allowing to combine S a and uncombine contours and control intersections 198 bes TOOLPATHS OVERVIEW The icon Create toolpath E displays dialog box Create toolpath You then access to any toolpath through two different lists in the dialog box Available and Group a x Se General H E Available a g Group al o 2D Group lle Plotting R l ingl Ya Drilling dle Cutting 20 Mos Engraving Dl Les Milling
110. de section is very important because it determines the surface dimensions By default the cross sections are distended or compressed to occupy the whole length of the corresponding guide section Nevertheless if you hit the Ctrl key meanwhile you click on the Skinned surface icon A the length of the cross sections will prevail over the length of the guide sections Example with five cross sections a _ Bae ee ma TES TN A E4 Cross and guide sections Result in 2D Result in 3D Iso 2 Skinned surface with one rail The only difference with the simple skinned surface is the use of a path applied to the side of the surface The starting point of each guide section must be positioned along the path For this positioning operation use the snap options Control point or Along the contour You can access these options by hitting the F3 key or selecting Snap mode in the Edit menu In the displayed dialog box activate a control point or gt along the contour according to your needs 142 Example Cross CON section 4 Cross section 3 A Path Cross IA section 2 Cross section 1 DA Guide sections Pd Pry First select the path then the cross sections and finally the corresponding guide sections Click then on the Skinned surface with one path ett Your surface is created 3 Skinned surface with two paths The only difference with the simple skinned surface is the use of two paths ap
111. delimited portion of the image mask Select the image then the mask before clicking on Ls see Sections from a Bmp or Tiff file above e Adjust dynamic This feature allows you to adjust the section of a TypeArt object playing with Z Max and the section curving Click therefore on the Adjust dynamic icon A The Dynamic edition dialog box is displayed on the screen 306 Dynamic edition 0 000 mm When the section is automatically created Z Max can be unaccurate because of the size of the TypeArt and of the angle of the curve The specified Z Max given with this function will be respected and the curving of the section adjusted The sampling can be linear that is to say the Z value is constantly increasing If the Linear look up table option isn t activated a concave section smoothes the high areas meanwhile a convex section smoothes the low areas CAM tools for TypeArt e Running CAM tools for TypeArt You can access to the different tools for CAM in TypeArt by clicking on the corresponding icon wy in the main left toolbar of the TypeArt module Click on this icon to display the CAM for TypeArt toolbar see each corresponding explanation in the following sections e Tool simulation on a TypeArt This feature allows you to simulate graphically the theoretical result of a TypeArt object after machining according to the tool choice It s particularly useful to select the tool that fits the best to the object to be
112. dinates Y Z X Click a third time on the Flip plan icon to get back to the starting coordinates X Y and Z as shown below Y becomes X Z becomes Y X becomes Z The object gets back to the original position coordinates X Y and Z 105 SPECIAL EFFECTS Special effects tools Special effects tools The icons available in this box will allow you to transform contours to weld them or to create a parallel contour DOODDoO ess Placing an object inside an envelope Importing an envelope There are different enveloping shapes you can choose Click on the Symbol icon BH and in the directory Envelope double click on the desired envelope to select and to display it on the screen Select the object then the envelope and click on the Envelope icon O EN o D al 1 al E x El Placing a text inside an envelope Select the text and convert it into a curve with the Convert into curve icon Tip Group the text to select it easily afterwards Click on the Symbols icon 7 then select the Envelope directory The different shapes are displayed Select one of them and place it on the active area 106 First select the text converted into a curve and then without deselecting the text select the shape with the Ctrl key and click on the Envelope icon a Example Segmentation Use this function to cut a contour in segments You can define the maximal chordal error distance between
113. duction depends on the quality of the drawing the scanner the chosen settings brightness contrast zoom the accuracy required DPI resolution Visualization of the Bitmap To display the image select Options in the Edit menu In the dialog box Options choose Display and select Show bitmap If you do not want to display the points generated by your scanner a frame will appear instead of the drawing This visualization is advised for large drawings which would delay the display Moves and displays will go much faster thereafter Fast display Real display Show bitmap option deactivated Show bitmap option activated 175 scanning in 3D This option allows you to scan in 3D digitalize a surface or an object using the Picza module or to import a file generated by the same module both are Picza files named Pix files Such surfaces can be machined as a TypeArt file 5 Scan 3D Click on the icon Scan 3D The dialog box Picza is displayed on the screen E x 5 Acquire with Dr Picza Click on this icon to scan in 3D an object or a surface with the Picza module Please refer to the Picza manual edited by the Roland Corporation for any information about the use of this 3D scanner Tu L is Open Picza files Click on this icon to load already existing Picza files pix files in TypeEdit The digitalized Picza file appears like a TypeArt drawing on the screen As you send it to the CAM module you can
114. e Click on the y icon to go back to the CAD module We recommend you now to read the next sections of this Guide and thus discover many other functions of the software 25 CONFIGURATION Plate dimensions To modify the basic configuration and to parameterize the dimension of the plate click on Material in the Change menu and enter the new value in the corresponding fields of the Material definition dialog box width 21 0 000 mr Left border 0 000 mm Cancel Right border 0 000 men Height 297 500 mm Bottom border 0 000 mm Top border 0 000 mm Depth 20 000 mir Top border 0 000 mm Bottom border 0 000 mm Zen paint 0 000 mm ero paint r 0 000 mm Zero point Z 0 000 men Adjust composition rn Keep ratio Width Height E Plate dimensions The size of the plate is modifiable according to your needs To modify its dimensions click in the menu Change gt Material and enter in the fields Width Height and Depth the desired values Borders Borders are defined in the Material definition dialog box under the Change menu The surpassing of an object outside the selected area will activate a warning message before engraving Zero point It defines the origin of the reference points X Y and Z on the active surface To modify it enter the corresponding desired values in the fields Zero point X Y and Z Adjust composition When the size of the active area has been modified this option will automatically
115. e e selecting an existing variable by using the scroll down menu in the dialog box Example Select Warlable Name WARS YAR Cancel Remark Once all variables are created you can directly modify their name in the text mode Therefore you just need to replace the name between the two bars 163 You can modify the attributes fonts size etc of a variable text using the same method as for a simple text and add a box or a logo to your composition Once the text is laid out indicate the data that will replace the variables you just defined Saving variable data Y Entering variables Click on the icon Entering variables found on the upper status bar First method entering data within the software Enter in the table of the Variables dialog box the possible values for your variables Variables Import Seres Show state fo Tips Use right button to get context menu It allows you to execute special command Compress WINE Vine Vintage tt n Margaux 1955 C te du Ah ne Chateau Grillet 1930 3 Bourgogne Roman e 1976 4 Champagne Dom P rignor 1992 OO n oT 11 12 13 14 15 a7 Displaying the data on the screen Click on the scroll down menu Show state to display in your design the actual values of the selected line of variables Number 1 displays the result corresponding to the first line of variables number 2 the second etc TAE Bordeaux 164
116. e ate Select a curve you wish to split up into simple elements and click on the Explode a curve icon the curve is broken up at each control point and each portion can be manipulated individually Shaping straight lines and curves To change a straight line into a curve Add a point on the straight line and double click on this point y gt x T 27 1 A mm Cancel Z 0 000 mm a The dialog box Point attribute appears indicating the position of the point you have just created Select the option Out of curve The point becomes a control point of the curve b To modify the curvature of the segment with the cursor drag the point where desired Se Cut This tool allows to cut one or several combined contours Click on the Cut icon and drag the mouse to draw a segment passing on the contour The CAD module automatically creates two cutting points at each intersection of the segment and the contour 125 Example Shift Cut Associating the Cut function and Shift allows to cut an element and to close automatically the created contours Click on the Cut icon Press then the Shift key and keep it pressed meanwhile you drag the mouse to draw a segment passing on the contour of the object you want to cut The CAD module automatically cuts the contour at the points of intersection and creates closed contours Example Remark This function can only be used on closed cont
117. e replaced by any curve the profile This profile must be drawn as explained below Starting point The starting point of the profile Ya value determines the elevation of the darkest part of the drawing the black Its position has to be defined in accordance with the picture and the desired result in recessed or in relief End point The end point of the profile Yb value determines the maximum elevation of the shape It corresponds to the clearest gray level the white Example y A y BL End Yb 5 Start Ya Start Ya J gt 0 eas gt The altitude of the white part of The altitude of the white part the drawing is 5 mm in Z of the drawing is O mm in Z Ya 0 mm Yb 5 mm Ya 5 mm Yb 0 mm Construction of the section Select the picture by clicking on its frame and then the profile Next click on the TypeArt icon a TypeArt is automatically executed The resolution of the scanned picture will define the resolution of the TypeArt object number of X and Y points initially entered in the TypeArt object creation box Correcting sections In some compositions the gray levels are not adapted for relief For instance the dark parts shadows colors etc which give a volume effect to flat pictures must be in relief on a 3D object It is possible to correct these shapes In the CAD module in XY view redraw the contour of the area to be raised with the sketching tool Then in TypeArt add an embossment
118. e actions 1 4 and 5 a a Intersection mode AS While working without releasing the mouse choose between adding material and fusionning it on the intersection can be applied to the actions 1 2 4 and 5 Tool force Change the tool force by moving the cursor can be applied to the actions 3 5 and 6 Tool shape Click on an icon to choose the shape of your tool can be applied only to the actions 1 and 5 JEJE ana Handling The SculptArt visualization window has a 2D and 3D view separated by a mobile bar To rotate the 3D view click simultaneously on Ctrl and the left mouse button In 2D view the mouse right click enables to zoom in or out the image Zoom buttons are also accessible at the bottom of the window The arrow appearing on the 3D view corresponds to the normal e to the orientation of the material in relation to the center point Close the window thanks the menu or the closing cross By combining all effects you will obtain wonderful creations Transformation tools in TypeArt Running transformation tools in TypeArt You can get access to the different transformation tools thanks to the Transformation tools icon al in the main left toolbar of the TypeArt module Click on this icon to display the Transformation toolbar see each corresponding explanations in the following sections 296 x a tpg e Mirror Mirror on X Z This icon allows you to make directly a
119. e bounded by a bilinear surface if you click on the Bilinear surface icon 4 The surface shape will be defined by the order of selection of the markers Clockwise selection of the markers This is also the default selection mode in case you make use of a selection window Otherwise click on each marker to be selected while keeping pushed the Ctrl key as shown in the example below z 1 2 ae 3 4 Order of selection Obtained surface Anti clockwise selection Click on each marker to be selected keeping pushed the Ctrl key as shown in the example below E Ml m y i 1 4 Ei eee pari ia ES 2 3 z a Order of selection Obtained surface You can also directly use the sketching tool to draw your surface freely Click therefore on the Sketching tool icon re Drag your cursor and click once each time you want to create an angle Hit the F2 key to enter accurate numerical values in the displayed dialog box for the creation of this surface Bilinear surface X li 00 000 mm li 10 000 mm 25 000 mm 0 000 mm 0 000 mm 80 000 mm 40 000 mrm 85 000 mn 25 000 mn 0 000 mm 0 000 mm 139 Enter the same values as in the example shown above to obtain the result shown below Creating a ruled surface Ruled surfaces are defined by two cross sections and two guide sections Each cross sections is associated with a guide section The surface is then interpolated between the cross sections
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121. e on line help is accessed with the F1 key Very comprehensive it follows the structure of this Guide and will provide relevant information during your work Many active areas in toolbars and screen shots will launch a direct link to related topics 11 GETTING STARTED Getting started This tutorial takes you step by step through the basic functions and will guide you through the creation of your first machining sample You are going to create a 3D cutting from Type3 logo This exercise will take you about 10 or 15 minutes with the following steps e Opening a document e Creating a toolpath e Defining a tool e Simulating the toolpath e Configuring the machine e Control of the output codes e Preparing the machine e Launching the machining Running the program To launch the software double click on the icon Remark Unless otherwise stated clicking and double clicking are done with the left button of the mouse 12 Paa l CAD registered to Jacqueline Type3l Types version Mot For Sale You are now in the Design Module drawing and CAD also called TypeEdit From here you can import create and work on the design from which you will make the engraving or cutting Click on the Open icon in the upper toolbar to load an existing drawing Open Y fromboised nd E watch vnd LagoT3 nd avirervnd modenavnd 4 bound E Pegase 2 nd E edglerender nd E Type S vnd 8 Envellolvnd E Type31 nd Logo
122. e r Ra at al 0 45 This function allows you to design special sections or particular bottoms or tops of engraving Z start Z of depart for the section This function is useful to magnify details or extract a volume especially in the case when merging several sections mm 2 mm Drawing First circle at Z start 0 mm Second circle at Z start 2 mm The value given in this field is added to the section whether in raised or recessed The result with the Add option aza E ni 0 ib 7 poets ea eee AB E MEA a E aa e A a a o at ta fata ti A e ttc A ai ca L h r A A Pe h can AAA iat i a ee a E A A a ada A Ml tn A a 3 m Ho CR T A A A al a AE E Je E E AO a Ego uE E e aE TH H H a e E ens a e Ree Hoa aa A a a a A E a a a a a ed m e harit a E E AE Pi a n yt A ee Fih Dre A AA e a H A A a a et A je T Topa a A ae He a H h a AA T n alh ro me A E ma A ri pi ne E e E A a E a a Ci SA LI EP E E E A AAA A o A ia Fe re e A A E A A AX Ho Ao A A A A A A e aT oy Pet Pot HS E E A e a a hat ay H Rae ne A A A A A A A A A A A ps gg Ti Ts a ae A sl da Aa a A eg ee ae at Eras e a o ed a Pe a a A A OA o ee Le A AA a O P A E r Da ara BEE lT Foote ata A rote aa Ha pl cP Ce te a y E nij Ht The circle with Z start 2 mm is much more accentuated the excess material of 2 mm follows the initial shape 268 Same result with the Subtract option A de i E rte T ae E ny a ate A a
123. e upper or the lower part of the ellipsoid patch or any part of it by stating its start end and revolution angles 139 Enter the values corresponding to the radii 40 and 20 mm in the example above and the position of the shape center 0 mm in the example above Click then on OK to validate Creating a box In the Surfaces toolbar click on the Box icon EJ Position the cursor on the material where you want the box center to be and click the mouse left button Drag the cursor until the box reaches the desired dimensions Click a last time the mouse left button to validate the created shape Hit the F2 key once you clicked on the Box icon to create the box numerically The Box dialog box is displayed on the screen x 10 000 mm 0 000 mm 0 000 mm 0 000 mm Cancel Enter the values defining the position of the box left numerical fields as well as the ones defining its dimensions right numerical fields Click then on OK to validate Creating a surface of revolution How to create the surface With CAD module tools draw the section and define the axis of rotation with two perfectly aligned markers a a E E E dE a a Select the section first then the two markers Click on the Surface of revolution icon ad The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen 136 Choice a span O 3 o e O Start angle 0 000 deg End angle 0 000 deg Cancel By default t
124. ea rs nity Co ee ore EE ae By ut a gen ce te ar a TE o gee Tak a A n th TA OI agen fy ahi au AR Fi ri rat LHL in i r ante iit A aa et mee wes O N e Canceling a section If the section is not satisfactory you can undo the last three actions ey Ej Click on this icon and select another section e Choosing a raised or recessed section Section in relief Male shape The TypeArt object is automatically positioned at Z 0 mm There is no particular positioning of the engraving to be done l a mado din al Recessed section Female shape To create recessed objects first make a section relief and then depending on your design use the mirror function either along the X Z axis or along the Z axis only e Reference plan of a TypeArt object Use this function to define the reference plan of a TypeArt object with the help of three markers lt is very interesting with digitized files because you can align horizontally a TypeArt object that couldn t have been digitized perfectly horizontal Once you ve created your TypeArt object switch back to the CAD module by clicking on the Selection tool icon k Place three markers on the TypeArt object and run the TypeArt module again by clicking on its icon D As soon as you are back in the TypeArt module select the three markers selection order isn t important Click now on the icon Align plan 0 The three markers are p
125. each of these colors you can increase or decrease the parameters each value is contained between 0 and 255 HSV Correction Hue Saturation Brightness A color can be defined on the screen from three components hue saturation and brightness You can increase or decrease the hue the saturation at 255 the image is converted into gray levels and the brightness with O for the absolute black and 255 for the absolute white Brightness Contrast In this page you can set up the brightness of the image with 100 for an absolute white and 100 for an absolute black and increase or decrease the contrast Any correction of color can be previewed by clicking on Apply You can get back the original image by clicking on Reset Working with masks When it s positioned on the current image a mask is a closed contour that permits to select a part of the picture Using a mask E Polyline mask Click on the icon Polyline mask Position your cursor on the image and click to mark the starting point of the mask Drag your cursor until the next point and click to create an angle Repeat this last operation as many times as there must be angles Once you created all the angles click on the right mouse button to validate your mask Free drawing mask Click on the icon Free drawing mask Position your cursor on the image and click Drag the cursor while holding down the left mouse button Once you ve closed the contour release the mouse button
126. ecific parameters tab Options F10 is related to the maximum angle above which the tool does not make sharp angles Intaglio toolpath Mas angle for intaglio li 35 000 deg 220 Es Sequence Seres of cutter paths inside text or graphics to perform automatic and optimized roughing sern roughing and finishing cuts This function allows you to control the last 3 or more tools of a 3D engraving job Before activating it you have to complete the roughing of the project with Sweeping or Contouring The 3 tools to be defined are the following the roughing tool the semi roughing tool the finishing tool The roughing tool works in 2D It carries out the first step usually not very close to the theoretical contour The semi roughing tool works in 2D It will clean the remaining imperfections of the material The finishing tool works in 3D and will finish the engraving by passing the closest to the theoretical drawing List of tools Roughing CONIC 20 Tr 0 4 Semitoughing BALL A 2 0 Finishing CONIC 20 Tr 0 2 Allowance on roughing 0 000 mrm Allowance on finishing 0 000 mrm W Semi roughing T Automatic overthickness Roughing f Contouring Contouring Sweeping Angle Angle 0 000 deg o 000 deg For each toolpath you must select the proper tool by double clicking on the button A new tab is added to the dialog box allowing you to enter
127. ected Click on the Vertical projection icon Put the cursor on the guide where you want the point s to be projected and click on the left button of the mouse The point is vertically projected on the guide Example Original drawing Result 128 REGISTERING MARKERS Positioning registering markers bd Registering markers The registering markers which allows spotting in Vinyl cutting are available in the symbol library under the directory Markers hirondel1 syb D hirondel2 syb 129 SURFACE S TOOLS Displaying the surface s toolbar You can get access to the Surface s toolbar from the CAD module left toolbar by clicking on the Surface s tools icon 4 The corresponding toolbar is displayed on the screen See following sections Handling surfaces and Projection and mapping to know more about the use of these tools BESOS EA ANA a zee xa Oo RG 130 es HANDLING SURFACES Import of the surface described in IGES Make the drawing in the CAD module Then create the tool path s with CAD module the blue screen Each tool path is saved with its own name The first will be named Name of drawing 000 the second Name of drawing 001 etc For instance if your drawing is called Type3 and is in the vnd path Type3 vnd the first tool path will be Type3 000 i Importing an IGES surface Click on the shown icon or select Import from the File menu Choose the format IGES file 1GS
128. ected Click on to delete it Displaying a layer Click on the current name of the layer found on the status line at the bottom AAA a E Layer i Layer 2 Drawirg I a Remark To display only one layer on the screen unselect the box at the right of the status bar as shown below a E a f Cayer 1 Layer 2 Drawing EKI 190 Seep USING SYMBOLS Creating a symbol The software includes a symbol library where you can add your own for later use In that way any repetitive shape or drawing can be kept and Is easy to reach Select the object to be added to the symbol library and click on Export in the File menu File export Directory E Draws FE Qhappe sp b File name grappe syb File type Symbol spb Cancel In the dialog box choose the directory where you want to keep your symbol then select the Symbol syb file type in the scroll down list Enter the name of the symbol 8 characters maximum in the field File name and validate Example Grappe syb The new symbol now belongs to the library Remark Make sure you are using the syb extension so that it will appear afterwards in the symbol library Using the symbol library Symbols Click on the Symbols icon and then select a symbol from the list provided in the library In order to help you with the selection a preview window which displays the symbol corresponding to the selected name has been provided on the rig
129. ed x OO OO PL Cancel Converting a curve into a circle To convert a curve into a circle click on in the dialog box Conversion of curves Example is E Ei E WM E E E E E a Original drawing Result Converting a curve into an ellipse DO To convert a curve into an ellipse click on in the dialog box Conversion of curves Example la E lal Ff ss eee ee E a EN ES El w Original drawing Result Converting a curve into a rectangle To convert a curve into a rectangle click on in the dialog box Conversion of curves Example E E E Ea El a pe pa pal E E E Original drawing Result Vectorizing in arcs and segments This feature is particularly useful e For creating toolpaths like plotting 2D and 3D cutting as far as the machine codes are G2 Type i e clockwise contours or G3 type i e anticlockwise contours codes This allows you to reduce drastically the number of units in the machining files e Before creating an offset as far as the offset created on a contour made up of arcs and segments is also a contour made up of arcs and segments with the same number of points as the original contour Select the curve to be vectorized and click on the Vectorize in arcs and segments icon sal The corresponding dialog box in which you must enter the chordal error i e the tolerance between the created segments and the original curve is displayed on the screen Once you defined the cordal error v
130. edo cancel the last undo by default up to the last 10 Remark In the Edit menu you can find a reminder of the last operation executed that could be canceled with Undo and of the last operation canceled that could be redone with Redo Parameters of the Undo memory It is possible to parameter the number of cancellation of modifications Undo done during the composition In the menu Edit gt Options enter the desired number in the Undo level field Erasing the Undo memory If you computer is limited in RAM memory we advise you to erase the content of the Undo memory regularly by selecting the Clear undo stack function in the Edit menu The last modifications done on the composition and saved in the memory will be erased and it will not be possible to cancel or to redo them again 117 COMBINING AND UNCOMBINING OBJECTS Combining This function is useful to combine several objects into the same curve even if there is no link between them Therefore when clicking on an object belonging to the group all the objects of the group will be selected After combining several objects you can work simultaneously on all the contours of the objects under the shaping mode Combine The selected objects are converted into curves and become a whole object Uncombining Uncombine Each object becomes independent of the other Remark Only elements of the same nature can be combined curve curve text text It is therefore n
131. ee eee ee ee ee ee en ee 106 DELETING THELAS LOPERA LIONS 0er al 117 COMBINING AND UNCOMBINING OBJECTS iaa 118 ALP ING MODE aeia A A NA 119 REGISTERTNSG MARKERS cs idad ai 129 HANDEIN CSURFACES isla 130 PROTEC TION AND MAPEO IN Goo e 148 MEASURING TOOL Soe rad oa 156 VARIA E SE E Rio 163 MULTICOPY AND MULTIPEA TE MACELN ION ir 170 SCANNING Rea 175 VBOTORIZ Ni cds 177 BILMA PEDTOR ns E aes 181 PHOTO ona A a 187 USING LAYERS USEN TOT MEO nasa teen ne ttt enn E te te ee ree 19 CAM MODULE 193 SS TRUCTURE OPTAECAMEMODO LA sosa 195 TOOL ATAS OV ER VIE Mr E a 199 TOOLPATHS OF THE 2D GROUP sienes aaa aa aa 204 TODEPATASOP FTE Z O ROU snc scenes serps paige ow tiveness E E E 218 TOOLPATHS OF THE 3D TYPEART GROUPS cddoccccccccnnononoccnnnononnnannncnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnncnnon 223 TOVCTARAMELER AA O on A EEEE TOE 226 TOOLFATHO IN TR TION E E E E E E 229 DISPLAY AND SIMULATION kesoi iian ane aE ARa ode EENE 231 CALCULATION PARAMETERS OF THE TOOLPA VAS surreal 239 DE PNE SP TUP e R E E igos te sica 244 NARA A AA a SE Ea a ASEE 249 TYPEART MODULE 255 GETTING SEARTED WIMHTIYFPEAR cscesccne cosneontcesosenetiesnstastecasious Seansnencedosbseseansiastedestise deanstnneesnstimesbenstaatods 257 TYP Te Pa TN ee rada 263 TYPEART TRANSFORMATION TOOLS cesis aaa eee oeeso OPEN 296 TYPBAR IT DUPLICATION TOOL Sonriente E NE EAE 300 TS PEART Sr rECIAE PEORES T irr a E E TET E E EEV 301 LITE AR ECAS TOCE e PS 307 TY PEART
132. eft button drag the object towards the desired position Release the button when done Move while pressing the Ctrl key horizontal and vertical displacement Moving with F2 key To move an object accurately start to displace it with the mouse and click on F2 In the dialog box give the distance of the displacement on each axis with regards to the current position Moving with the keyboard gt The arrows keys allow you to move the selected item horizontally or vertically The value of each move is given in the menu Edit gt Option Arrow move Aligning against a guideline or grid Grids and Rulers are at your disposal to help you to accurately align objects These two functions are associated with the magnetization option which when activated with the F3 key forces objects to be aligned against the grid or the ruler 85 Use of guidelines Displaying the rulers If the rulers are not displayed under the Edit menu select Options The dialog box Options is displayed on the screen Choose Display and select Show rulers Placing a guideline Click on one of the rulers and keeping the left button of the mouse pressed drag the cursor towards the active area to the position desired If you click on a vertical ruler you have a vertical guideline and if you click on an horizontal ruler you have a horizontal guideline Remark You can numerically position a guideline using F2 Click on one of the ruler
133. eight 16 mm in the same example Click on OK to validate Remark Clicking on a or O allows to create a rectangle either with rounded corners or with chamfered corners see next section j Rectangle with rounded or chamfered corners To trace a rectangle with rounded or chamfered corners click on the icon Rectangle with rounded or chamfered corners 60 In the dialog box Draw rounded rectangles that appears type the radius you want and indicate whether you require rounded or chamfered corners as shown hereafter K E Radius 5 000 mmr Cancel C Rounded rectangles Chamfered rectangles Follow the same procedure as for the tracing of a rectangle using either the mouse or F2 If you enter negative values arcs will be inside the rectangle Trace while pressing the Ctrl key Square Trace while pressing the Ctrl Shift keys Centered square You can also draw a rectangle with rounded angles by clicking first on the icon Rectangle then on F2 and finally on the icon O within the dialog box Rectangle Rounded rectangle that is automatically modified Compared to the original dialog box there is an added field to fill in This value represents the radius of the rounded corner An ooo 12 000 mm fi 6 000 mm te fi DO mm e 2 000 mm Cancel Follow then the same steps as for the creation of a rectangle as described before Click on the icon O in the dialog box Rectangle Rounded rectan
134. els vertically Va Activate this function to align labels in relation to the original shape Dye Activate this function to align labels in relation to a slanting angle to be defined in the field next to this icon a Referencing the label s position Select the option Space base line to define the distance between the base of label and the base line support drawing Select the option Space top to define the distance between the base of label and the top of the graduation Select the option Space higher top to define the distance between the base of label and the higher graduation in case you ve got numerous kinds of graduations Selecting the label s font Use the scroll down menu to select the font to be used to generate the labels Selecting the label s display font Use the scroll down menu to select the label s color to display on the screen black in our example Label generation Count for each graduation Activate this option to make the numbering take each graduation into account A significant example of use of this function is the making of speedometers Currently most of the speedometers only feature the tenth of kilometers on the best graduations Use numbers or Use variables The values on the graduations are either numbers that you define with the three following parameters either the values of a variable set with the tool This last choice allows for more flexibility above all the use of letters and variou
135. entered You can modify it by selecting another justification Align the text to the left of the starting point Center the text from the starting point Align the text to the right of the starting point Align the text to block with regard to the starting point fills in the whole available space 49 Blue Rapido Line attributes The Blue Rapido allows you to position your text to define the length as well as line spacing and to compress either lines or paragraphs Sa Pe a 75 0 x A 10 624 mm 41 20 287 mm 0 000mm 100 00 e Positioning of texts By default you can position the text where you want on the material Therefore you just need to position the cursor on the desired position and to click on the left button of the mouse LJ 25 000 mm t 20 000 mm The coordinates of the point of beginning for the text can be numerically modified First select the text Enter the new values as in the example above X 25 and Y 20 in the corresponding fields and validate the change by hitting Enter e Compressing lines This compression can be done one line after each other or globally in such a way that the size of the characters get standardized E ing 1i Compressing lines The benefit of this function is to compress the characters so that the text will not go over the length of the defined baseline Example with a 20 mm long text Compressed Compras Compression Using this function
136. eplaced in the dialog box Toolpath list and hit the mouse right button Choose the option Replace path in the context menu In the Machining window a Circular button appears allowing to define with two points the revolution axis for the mapping Projection and mapping tools of the CAD module Directly applied to a pattern these four tools are convenient for projection method 1B but not for mapping unless you just want to see what the mapping will look like without machining They are also used for toolpaths method 3 lisa Parallel projection The pattern is laid on the surface and follows its shape starting from a reference point 149 E Basic mapping The pattern is mapped on the surface and follows its shape Cylindrical Conical mapping e s The pattern is mapped on a cylinder cone respectively specified by one or two radius then projected parallel to the surface Parallel projection REMARK We consider the projection are applied to toolpaths though in some cases they are used directly on curves and patterns see above Methods and tools for projection and mapping Projecting the toolpath Place the toolpath s anywhere you would like on the surface on the X Y plane While holding down the Ctrl key first select the toolpath and then the surface They both should become red and the icon Parallel projection becomes active Click on the icon Parallel projection Da The dialog box Accuracy is displayed o
137. er or the lower part of the cone or any part of it by defining its start and end angles Enter the numerical values in the appropriate fields e Radius of the finest end 5 mm in the example shown above e Coordinates of the finest end s center twice 10 mm in the example e Coordinates of the widest end s center twice 25 mm in the example e Radius of the widest end 20 mm in the example Click then on OK to validate Creating a torus In the Surfaces toolbar click on the Torus icon Position the cursor on the material where you want the torus center to be and click on the mouse left button Drag the cursor to define the radius of the torus cross section it corresponds to the created circle on the screen Click the mouse left button to validate Drag now the cursor to define the radius of the torus until the torus reaches the desired dimensions Click a last time to validate the created shape Remark By default you will only create the upper half of the torus Hit the Shift key while you drag your cursor to create a whole torus or the Ctrl key meanwhile you drag the cursor to create the lower half of the torus Hit the F2 key once you clicked the Torus icon to create the torus numerically The dialog box Torus appears on the screen 134 1 000 mm Start angle 0 000 deg End angle 360 000 deg Angle of revolution 360 000 deg Cancel By default the whole torus is created Click on the desire
138. ertical mirror effect Select Mirror if you want to apply a centered horizontal mirror effect Rotation Enter an angle between 0 and 360 Sharpen and Soften Both functions are only available with 24 bit images Soften Click on the icon Soften While keeping down the left mouse button drag the cursor on the area to be softened Intermediate hues between colors will be created Pal Sharpen Click on the icon Sharpen While keeping down the left button drag the cursor on the area to be sharpened Intermediate hues between colors will be suppressed The contrast is raised Effects These functions are only available with 24 bit images 123 Filters Click on the icon Filters Select the effect you want to apply to the image by using the scroll down menu of the displayed dialog box Click on Apply to preview the result of the operation Click on Reset to cancel the modification Validate the modification by clicking on OK Embossing both methods Select this option to create a relief effect Color pencil effect Select this option to find the contours Soften Select this option to soften the image by creating intermediate hues between two colors Sharpen Select this option to sharpen the image by suppressing intermediate hues between two colors 183 MO 3 Working with colors Increasing the number of colors This operation increases the number of colors up to 16 7 millions This conversion is very u
139. f the tool used Half angle this parameter corresponds to half of the value of the angle Tip diameter value of the diameter at the tool tip Feed speed and rotation speed of the tool mE Omm P M Automatic adjust The rotation speed is given in number of rotations per minute The nominal feed speed is indicated in mm min If the Automatic box is ticked plunge and descending feed rates are automatically adjusted in function of the values 226 yee Plunge feed rate 300 000 mm Vertical job speed in material Tool index Tool index E See Turret tab e Technologies tab Depth Mar li 00 000 mm Min 0 000 mm OF cut 5 000 mm The depth cutting is given by default and cannot be exceeded when the toolpath is defined Cutting width Mas li 00 000 mm Min pom ey These values indicate the distance between passes specified in toolpaths 227 Feed rate Nominal speed 600 000 men Fast speed 2000 000 mm bas 600 000 mm Min 600 000 mm Descending E00 000 mrm feed rate l Plunge teed 300 000 mrm rate mit rai rain main rain mir Cutting speed 1 000 mm ATA Fiping angle 50 000 deg Vol of chips 2 700 mm Hlapec ME teeth i Feed teeth 1 000 mm a The fast speed is used for the lift off of the tool out of the material The nominal and fast speeds are useful for the calculation of the machining duration The plu
140. fill the area of the mask e or fill the area around the mask e 186 PHOTO Generating halftone pictures ES Photo This function allows to generate halftone pictures You can either select a bitmap before clicking on the Photo icon or click on the icon before loading a bitmap you can load it from a scanner Once the bitmap is loaded and you clicked on the Photo icon the dialog box is displayed on the screen m Engraving dimension Width ra 000 mm Height 244 988 mir Keep scaling m Treatments Halftone type Bethesda z Negative image Engraving type Fast C Standard C Thin Customize step 10 254 mm Maximum depth 0 100 mm Tips You can create a mask to delimit the bitmaps active surface in which you want to work Therefore select curves besides the bitmap in Type dit Lancel Remark To display in the right window of the dialog box the results of the parameters setup click once on the Preview button Preview Engraving dimensions Define the height and the width of your engraving by filling in the corresponding fields as shown below Engraving dimension Width i 28 000 mm Height 244 989 mm W keep scaling Select Keep scaling in case you want to modify both dimensions proportionally Treatments Choose among three different halftone types by using the scroll down menu You can invert the colors by selecting Negative image Treatments
141. for the creation of a classical arrow after having selected Orthogonal arrow in the dialog box Type of arrow The created orthogonal arrow gets displayed in red Remark If you are creating an orthogonal arrow the last drag of the cursor before validation will not allow to define the angles Filar arrow This kind of arrow is represented by three segments Example To draw a filar arrow follow the same steps as for the creation of a classical arrow after having selected Filar arrow in the dialog box Type of arrow 68 The created filar arrow is displayed in red Drawing an arrow numerically To draw arrows numerically click on the icon Arrow Select the kind of arrow you want to create in the dialog box Type of arrow and click on OK to validate Click then on the material to begin drawing the arrow and define its direction Press then the F2 key The dialog box Arrow is displayed on the screen 32 044 men 2 0392 mm 2 A e 11 175 mm 42 994 deg 24 171 mr 32 209 mm Enter the desired numerical values in the dialog box When finished click on OK to validate Remark The dialog box Arrow immediately takes into account the kind of arrow you selected Nevertheless this dialog box also features icons allowing you to modify the kind of arrow you want to create simply by clicking on one of them Pee VERSION PRo USER S MANUAL 69 DRAW HOLES Inserting draw holes F Draw hole This function allo
142. g are displayed in color Machining with colors This feature allows you to assign a kind of machining to a color defined during the engraving s creation Previously you must assign a color to each contour thanks to the Color dialog box which is displayed on the screen by clicking on the ab icon 30 Click then on the Colors for CAM icon Hi The Color machining dialog box is displayed on the screen You can now create a Color Toolpath combination Color list Methods 2 Engraving 30 CONIC 20 Tr 0 2 MA Moname MO Moname DI Noname 0 Noname DI Nonarne DO Noname MA Noname 0 Noname MA Moname DS Noname Honame 0 Reset Load presets Save presets Send to machining Send to C amp M module Click on the icon to define a toolpath for the selected color Click on the icon to delete a created toolpath for the selected color Once a toolpath is associated with a color you can modify the name of this color by clicking on it with the right button In this way you can define in advance the whole machining sequence changing the order of the color machining drag and drop with the mouse The same color can appear several times in the same sequence at different moment of the machining When you click on Send to machining all defined toolpaths are launched following the specified order thanks to the associated colors Click on the Send to CAM module button so that you create the toolpaths in
143. g contours are available 109 La Join With this function overlapping contours will be united The achieved result is a curve assuming the attributes of the original drawing Select all the contours to be joined and click on the icon Original drawing Result Example a Common From two overlapping groups a new object will be created by using the Common function The sketching of this new object will assume the common area of these groups Group or combine the contours in 2 groups select them and click on the icon Example o bi C7 e Es Original drawing Result Group 1 the combined stripes Group 2 the arrow B Subtract This mode will allow you to remove one of two overlapping objects or groups of objects Depending on the order of selection the sketching will be different Examples Original drawing Group 1 the combined stripes Group 2 the arrow Results r E E gt 1 21 Cc 7 E BES EE E E SSS Order of selection GROUP 1 GROUP2 110 Seep Order of selection GROUP 2 GROUP 1 BS Uncommon By cutting the overlapping objects with the Uncommon function you will be able to separate the two objects at their intersecting point and therefore create a new object Select the objects and click on the icon Eazy Original drawing Result Example At first glance it seems as nothing has changed but under the shaping mode zoom on the intersecti
144. g the command Save as in the File menu Click then on the icon Create toolpath Two options for the creation of a TypeArt toolpath are available in the dialog box that is displayed on the screen double click on one of them The dialog box for the to select a tool Enter then the following parameters Tool name Default Machining characteristics Overthickness 0 000 mm Distance between steps 0 150 mm Sweeping angle 0 000 Machining mode Sweeping All these windows are described in the CAM section Tool path in 3D ISO view Machining of the TypeArt object Select the toolpath in the dialog box Toolpath list Click on the mouse right button In the context menu that is displayed on the screen select the option Machining In the corresponding Machining window select your machine then choose the output Test Port or File and click on Run to launch the machining 262 MAIN FEATURES OF THE TYPEART MODULE TypeArt Basic tools e The drawing The drawing is made under the CAD module with open or closed contours either with classical tools crayons predefined objects sketching tool squares circles texts from a vectorized image from a scanner from imported files or from all the creative possibilities of the CAD module Closed contours All geometries are allowed The contours can overlap and cross each other Open contours Open contours can be linked to a closed contour to cre
145. gle to draw a rectangle with chamfered corners numerically and follow the same steps as for the creation of a rectangle with rounded corners 61 Polygon O Polygon To trace a polygon click on the icon Polygon and enter the number of sides desired in the dialog box Draw polygons that is displayed on the screen E Lancel Side Example Remark You need to enter a value greater than or equal to 3 Trace while pressing the Shift key 2 opposite points of the included circle Star Starburst To trace a star click on the icon Starburst In the dialog box Draw stars enter the number of vertices desired x OK EN OK Lancel Draw a circle corresponding to the external size of the star then click on the left button of mouse Drag the cursor towards the inside of the circle and click again on the left button of the mouse to finish The closer you are to the center the thinner the vertices of the star will be Wertlicez 62 Sketching tool Sketching tool To draw lines or curves by free hand as well as shapes associating lines and curves click on this icon Sketching tool Click once on any point and drag Each time you release the mouse button you create a line Double click to stop 1 4 Trace while pressing the Ctrl key angular point segment Trace while pressing the Shift key tangent point after a segment You can use the F2 key to draw a segment with exac
146. gt bp degree s Cancel angle al el o degrees Z angle El gt lo degreels You can also use the following shortcuts to select the available views Ctrl 1 front view on the XY axes Ctrl 2 cross section view on the YZ axes Ctrl 3 cross section view on the XZ axes Ctrl 4 3D Engraver view on the XYZ axes Ctrl 5 3D Iso view on the XYZ axes Ctrl 6 Free 3D view on the XYZ axes through numerical values dialog box View point 42 CREATING TEXTS Composition tools A Text mode Click on the icon Text mode to display the toolbox for the creation of texts Description of the selector Rapido i Free text To create free text click on the icon Free text which is located in the toolbox for creation of texts The Rapido selector is displayed on the screen ttf Arial All E Al 2000mm JA poooz afomo Menu selection The circular selector on the left side of the screen named Rapido allows you to access quickly with a simple click on one color one of several menus layout styles character and line attributes Validation of the parameters Click on the left button of your mouse with the cursor on the active surface to validate the parameters You can also validate your choices by pressing Enter 43 Yellow Rapido Simplified Palette Poy Gi foo amlfiooooz ajfon aj wif te ES af fm mf wl hoo e Transforming automatically into uppercase letters Automatic C
147. h of the ruler 100 mm in the example shown below as well as its skew angle 45 degrees in the example shown below The biggest square represents the starting point of the drawing Example li 00 000 mm e Select the option Circular shape to make a dial Define the position of the drawing support s circle or arc of circle center in the numerical fields Centre X and Centre Y Define also the radius 100 mm in the example shown below the positioning and the length of the drawing through its starting and ending angle 180 and 0 in the example shown below Define this angle in the top field to obtain an arc towards the top like in the example or in the lower field to obtain an arc towards the bottom Both angles are defined in relation with the horizontal axis The biggest square represents the starting point of the drawing Lye 5 Example 180 000 deg The Offset checkbox allows to add a parallel line to the support curve with an offset you specify Remark Whatever the chosen shape the preview window situated in the right bottom corner of the dialog box Basic definition gives you an instantaneous view of the created support drawing before validating The big square represents the starting point Click on this zone to immediately refresh the view Once all parameters are set click on Next to complete the next steps Remark Without having defined the graduations until now you may be unsastified with the final res
148. he result of course Be careful with this setup because the demanded precision has a direct influence on the number of points generated The points can be overabundant and slow down the display on the screen the manipulations and the calculations Noise filtering aH aan from 0 to 3 This parameter determines how to treat the small noise pixels that appear in an image A small value results in a more detailed vector image A larger value leads to a smoother image less faithful to the original raster image This option is very useful for avoiding future corrections on final curves Smoothing Ds This parameter determines the choice of vectorization using either a conversion in splines or segments or favoring the former more than the latter or vice versa 1 all in splines 1 all in segments from 1 to 1 At 0 all the angles under 90 become sharp Centerline Selection of the type of vectorization contour or skeleton Bitmap Contours Skeleton Centerline Maximum thinning Maximum value allowed for thinning contours for the vectorization in centerline mode The calculation is made in pixels in function of the image resolution and of the width of the original tracing of the drawing This parameter should be approximately equal to half of the number of pixels relative to the widest tracing of the original drawing to be vectorized Spot filtering Periphery in number of pixels of the spots to be deleted
149. he upper half of the surface of revolution will be generated Click on the desired button of the dialog box to generate the lower the right or the left half or also the whole surface of revolution this complete rotation represents 360 You can also make a partial rotation by clicking on the 4 button of the dialog box enter then the Start angle and the End angle of the surface Example 1 2 concave 180 to 0 1 2 convex 180 to 0 SE TT Ve Mele te Tt AAA Wee TT pe HHH MUREN H TOC peee eee ey EA ARAN HILST W a Wey by A E n OA ESA ne eee He LE A Modifying the display of the surface step Default value 5 isometrics To modify this display parameter select Options in the Edit menu or hit the F10 key The dialog box Options is displayed on the screen click on the Display thumbnail You can now modify this parameter by entering the desired value in the Surface step field Creating a surface of Coons Draw a closed contour in the CAD module Permute to the Point mode Select the point s which altitude must be modified You can add points on segments to modify their altitude on accurate parts Double click on the points you want to modify The dialog box Point attribute is displayed Commute then to the 3D ISO view to visualize the shape of your surface of Coons Therefore double click on the icon KY WIEN located in the status bar at the bottom of your screen In the dialog box di
150. hen U You will need to perform some tests and sometimes invert the curves You can see where axes U and W are positioned often as a result of the way the surface was built by selecting the design with the modeling tool U is the thick red axis W is the thin red axis ana z U krae AAA hi eee AA yi A E AA Normal view View with modeling tool Activate segmentation Option regarding curve segmentation Activate this option for the mapping If activated you can define the accuracy of this segmentation by setting the max length of the generated segments and the max chordal error Generally the smaller the engraving the smaller the generated segments and the max chordal error must be so that they can be closer to the surface Max length Maximum length of any segment on the X Y plane This is the step of calculation before the mapping operation The smaller your value the more points you will get and the more time it will take 152 Yes Max chordal error Clearance between arc and chord for vectorizing operation in XY plane CUPYE chordal error The calculation is done automatically after clicking on OK A progression bar will indicate the status of the job To see the result choose 3D ISO view from the View menu 3D view before mapping 3D view after mapping Cylindrical Conical mapping REMARK We consider the mapping is applied to toolpaths though in some cases it is used directly
151. hen the profile chosen for the starting point of the curve and finally the profile taken at the other end of the curve Click on the Curves sweeping icon while pressing the Ctrl key Select Basic sweeping in the dialog box that appears marking also the Sweeping between two different profiles box You can use a compression curve to limit the height of the sections or to produce special effects In that case mark also the Compression of profile box The shape is then created taking into account the compression curve the last selected for its height Profile 1 Support curve Profile 2 Sweeping Viewer TypeArt 2 Sweeping between two section curves In the CAD module create one shape profile and two section curves or paths Both paths must have the same direction or TypeArt will generate a knotted curve In TypeArt select first the paths then the profile Click on the Curves sweeping icon de while pressing the Ctrl key Activate the option Interpolated sweeping You can also use a compression profile Click on OK to validate The current Combination mode applies TypeArt links the two sections with the shape profile 283 Examples of sweeping with two paths 2a Sweeping between two curves using two profiles Morphing effect In the CAD module create a start profile an end profile and two section curves Select the four elements and click on the TypeArt icon In the TypeArt module select first the section curves the start p
152. his complex type of sweeping you need to be very careful in managing the views Building the petal of a flower cross section marker mask optional lateral view top view Cross section it is the profile of the section as a cross section open or closed contour Top view the sweeping is done inside this contour section that must be closed The mask is used if you need only a part of the area to limit this portion Lateral view it is the profile of the section seen from the side The contour must be closed Warning top view and side view must have exactly the same dimensions and be aligned Use the vertical auto dimension i and alignment lio tools and pay attention to align the contours themselves and not their control points fis j i i y a E r k i i 4 p i k j g A y 4 A i fa A a fs e E 4 fd l LA A I A E de E ho A aw ae a a a I a i i fi Correct pa E a F _ 286 marker marker E marker lateral view lateral vie lateral views Z 0mm positive negative Selection order of the contours select first the top view then the lateral view the marker the cross section profile and finally the mask if needed Note when building the view above you must avoid inward shapes on the X axis because they could generate an error message For example 4 i E a Fi XA hs A i i ic Fi ka za a e is
153. his function allows to make an object rotate to align along the horizontal axis Select the object and strike the F3 key to choose a snap mode The dialog box Snap up is displayed Select the option Control point and validate by clicking on OK 93 Click on the icon to make work the function Aligning along an horizontal axis T Select the point around which you want to make the object s rotation to align it along the horizontal axis Select then the opposite point on the vertical axis This opposite point is automatically aligned on the horizontal axis The position of the object displayed with a dotted line shows that the operation went well S Z positioning This new function allows you to reposition on the Z axis any kind of 2D or 3D object shape or surface made in the CAD module imported or digitized surface or TypeArt object One of the greatest interests of this function is the repositioning of a TypeArt object before sending it to the machining Select the object to be repositioned on the Z axis and click on the icon Z positioning m The dialog box Z alignment appears on the screen Z alignement 1 O Cance 94 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL Select in the left part of the dialog box the reference point of the object to be positioned Enter then the new Z value in the field Move to right part of the dialog box Top The top of the object will be moved to the height defined in the field Move to Midd
154. ht hand side 191 After selecting the desired symbol validate by clicking on OK and position it on the active surface x E Symbols Library ATOME SYB CAFE SYB CARTIER SYB 1 ENVELOP S nn BIBENDUM SYB CALEND S YB CAR_ SYB gt Cancel 192 CAM MODULE 193 VETO 194 EYEE VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL bes STRUCTURE OF THE CAM MODULE sending to machining Click on the icon CAM module Pe to transfer the composition to the CAM machining module distinguished by its blue screen Remark When one or several elements are selected in the CAD module your selection is kept in the CAM module If you forget to save the vnd file on which you are working a message reminds you to do so To get back in the CAM module click again on the CAM module icon Tools and windows of the CAM module The CAM toolbar allows you to manage the toolpaths and the tool database ee UW EJ oh amp Click on the icon Create toolpath E The dialog box Create toolpath gets displayed on the screen There are two ways to access to the toolpaths Actually you can access to any toolpath through two different lists in the dialog box Available and Group The Available list gathers all kinds of toolpaths available including your own toolpaths The Group list groups all reference toolpaths in relation to their type 2D 2 5D 3D and cannot be modified 195 E S General fe Available 51 Group E o
155. ilitate access to often used texts or characters you can save the styles font dimension of the character slant etc To save styles use the Red Rapido e Creating a style Define the attributes parameters for characters or paragraphs in such a way that the text appears as desired font slant position etc Click on the Red Rapido and enter the name of the style in the field of the scroll down menu 92 This is the style like Delete Save Apply Click on Save to save this style The style includes all the defined parameters at the time when saved e Finding a style Choose a style from the scroll down menu validate your choice and type your text If the text is already typed select it choose the desired style from the scroll down menu and validate your choice Remark The last used style is always the one that remains active Text on a Curve de Text on a curve You can bracket a text on any shape a straight line a curve a rectangle an ellipse etc Trace your baseline with the help of the Sketching tool pl Then click on the icon Text on a curve The Rapido is displayed on the screen allowing you to define all the parameters styles positioning etc Create your text Orientation of the text The beginning point of the tracing defines the starting direction of the text The orientation of the text from left to right or from right to left depends of the direction of the tracing chosen
156. inally the guide section Creating skinned surfaces Skinned surfaces are defined by a certain number of cross sections 3 and more associated with as many guide sections with one or two paths optionally Consequently such surfaces can be very complex Remark The selection order of the different elements as well as the direction of the selected curves is of great importance Generally the direction of cross and guide sections must remain the same from left to right or from right to left but never both The way the guide sections are positioned is drastically fundamental Actually it defines the modification of the surface section On the contrary the way the cross sections are positioned is not important the only selection order will be taken into account 1 Simple skinned surfaces Such surfaces are similar to ruled surfaces The only difference is they can be made by using more than two cross sections and two guide sections First select the cross sections in their order of succession and finally the guide sections in the same order Click now on the Skinned surface icon A Example A 1 N A 5 2 6 3 E Guide sections Cross sections 141 LE EPIA IEEE IAS ME td te IA WA Result with a 2D view Result with a 3D Iso view The result would have been exactly the same if the cross sections would have been positioned otherwise but the selection order must remain the same The length of the gui
157. ing Cutter path inside text or graphics made up of a seres of nes and arcs based on the indicated cutter size Cutter lifts Up and simultaneously moves inward when engraving inside comers Use of conical tools 12 required This automatic function makes a 3D tool path the area clearance and finishing are carried out with the same tool See the section 2D engraving and the general parameter in the Overview at the beginning of the chapter Two cases exist when the tool path calculation is in 3D e to avoid tool collisions between 2 letters in relief for instance when creating sharp angles Inside each angle of a drawing the tool ascends in order to improve the 218 yes detail of this angle with sharp lines This function is called true angle at the top The same function exists to improve details of the angle at the bottom i e at the bottom of the engraving This function is optional and can be activated in the Options window Calculation parameters tab Finishing Automatic cleaning pass for removing any rough edges Use of conical tools 13 required Finishing with its sharp angles is the last phase of the engraving process The tool will follow the outline or contour of the design avoid collisions and ascend at each sunken angle like a relief See the general parameter in the Overview at the beginning of the chapter Sharp corner The tool rises within each angle 219 3D fin
158. ing direction from inside out or outside in Climb miling BO Po ie opbelle Conventional milling amp e 0 000 deg Overthickness fo 00 mm Senes of 3D cutter paths on a type art model to perform automatic and optimized roughing sern roughing and finishing cuts 223 You can see below a General tab with a sequence made of e A roughing with a conic tool e Asemi roughing with a rounded tool e A finishing with a conic tool x Type rt CONIC 20 T BALLA 40 CONIC 20 T List of tools CONIC 20 Tr 0 4 BALLA ZO CONIC 20 Tr 0 3 Overthickness Use the icons on the right to add delete or modify the tools included in the sequence Overthickness leftover material allowed for the finishing process here a value of 0 2 mm Approach specific value for the Z reference when the tool is above the material If the engraving is very low it allows the tool to move to this Z in fast speed Specific tab for each step For each step you define in the corresponding tab the parameters that determine the action of the tool with four possible options Action of tool Yy CONIC eUTrO4 e Slice C Slice and track i Track i Finition Width of pass 0 303 mm 75 861 Depth of pass 7 693 mm if Overflow 3 000 men Slice The object is cut into slices at the defined Width of pass the sweeping is constant in Z and stops at the limit of the object 224
159. is icon to display the Duplication toolbar see each corresponding explanation in the following sections e Pearling This function permits you to duplicate any kind of TypeArt object on a curve It is especially useful for the creation of pearling friezes or any decoration set along a defined contour The principle is to create a first TypeArt object and then a second one around the curve on which the copy has to be done First select the TypeArt object to be duplicated and then the curve Click then on the Pearling Ed icon The Combination mode dialog box is displayed on the screen allowing you to define the way the created TypeArt will be positioned according to the original one Validate this intermediary choice by clicking on OK The Linear duplication dialog box is displayed on the screen Linear duplication 300 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL In this dialog box enter the desired number of copies or define the distance between each copy Activate the Rotate option if you want to rotate the item Example i TypeArt Duplication curve Final TypeArt Special effects in TypeArt e Running special effects in TypeArt You can access to many special effects thanks to the Special effects in TypeArt icon Fx in the main left toolbar of the TypeArt module Click on this icon to display the Special effects toolbar see each corresponding explanation in the following sections x A AE er e Procedural texturing Make
160. ishing Automatic cleaning pass on 3D parts only sharp angles Use of spherical tools i required This function calculates only the tool path in 3D areas and take into account sharp angles and tool collisions With this function use only small tools and only in 3D areas The function allows you not to wear out small tools See the general parameter in the Overview at the beginning of the chapter Intaglio Automatic 30 cutter path inside text or graphics This automatic function allows you in a single operation to make exceptionally beautiful 3D engravings in recess It is especially adapted for 3D engravings in wood or Plexiglas The depth of your engraving is automatically calculated and takes into consideration the width of the path or traces to be obtained For that reason you must give the thickness of the material after having chosen the appropriate tool not the depth of engraving Toolpath parameters Material thickness In this function you do not need to indicate the depth of the pass since it will change and be dependent on the drawing but you do need to indicate the thickness of the material i e the thickness that should not be exceeded If the depth given to the tool exceeds the material thickness a message will appear on your screen In this case choose a thicker material or a larger tool Remark It is obvious that only conical tools can be used F10 Specific parameters One item in the Sp
161. l avoid the tool from dropping into areas already milled Remark Once the Use sensor nose option activated you can no longer define the hatching angle since milling is executed by concentric passes from the external to the internal contour Tangential entry exit Use this function if you wish to start or to end your work with a displacement tangent to the contour Sweeping or Parallel hatching Cuther path inside text or graphics made up of seres of horizontal or vertical lines The sweeping function allows you to program the removal of material by parallel motions according to the chosen angle The function thereby minimizes the number of times the tool has to ascend and to descend Sweeping is very useful for enlarging the engraving quickly and can be executed with a large tool either 213 cylindrical or conical By choosing various sweeping angles you can create different optical effects on the bottom of the engraving or minimize the size of the machining files by following the main axis of the drawing the number of ascents are minimized UY o 45 Angle AWW Toolpath parameters 0 000 deg Sweeping type f Bu area Island jumping Angle breaking e without Before Sweeping mode Forward and back Climb milling Alter Conventional milling Sweeping type By area The tool machines the whole zone zone A from beginning to end before starting on another zone zone
162. l port you don t have to configure the port On the contrary if it s connected to the serial port you have to configure the port according to the specifications given by the manufacturer of your machine Example Port parameters Bits sec 9600 Data bits 8 Parity none Stop bits 1 Input output control Xon Xoff Post processor characteristics Modifying the characteristics of the post processor is made from the dialog box Setup machine Select with the mouse right button the machine to be configured and choose the option Properties in the context menu displayed on the screen Click on More The dialog box Setup more is displayed on the screen You can now modify the characteristics of the processor within this box Perrone carrete IERE LIE EEEE Aristo 4650 Cancel NomMachines4risto 44 50 Signline TypeMachine 1 Farnilletd achine Wi hol SAIS TO DLL MACHPGL DLL DIMMACHINE 1 000000 1 000000 1 000000 7 Q00000 7 000000 1 0 gt TOPOINT 0 000000 0 0000000 000000 TrPESxE 0 Warning These parameters are optimized before doing any modifications of the characteristics of your machine post processor we highly advise you to contact your reseller 248 START OF MACHINING Starting of machining When the machine is ready you can prepare the machining program Select the toolpath in the dialog box Toolpath list click the mouse right button and select Machining from the context
163. l the desired settings are done validate the choice of your tool by clicking on OK Remark The created tool is automatically saved once you ve clicked on OK in the Select a tool dialog box after having closed the Tool editor through OK Then you can use this tool as many times as you want All dialog boxes being closed the software calculates the exact toolpath in 3D It is gradually displayed on the screen with a color different than the drawing 18 VY CLO Pep Simulating the toolpath When the toolpath is generated it is ready to be sent to the machine But before we will visualize it realistically Click on the Toolpath list icon Ts lor the CAM module toolbar The corresponding dialog box opens D x Delete Information Toolpath repart Modity computation Add a group Edit toolpath geometr Replace tool Replace path Machining Simulation Mc simulation Select the toolpath you want to visualize and click the right mouse right button to display the context menu Click on Simulation in the context menu The corresponding window opens E 10 x QQaer Depth i 0 000 mm At bottom By default the simulation window displays the created toolpath on the top of the cutting the machined plate In our example the height is Z 0 mm 0 000 mm Section of the tool at Z 0 Depth Section of the tool at Z 2 Neve
164. le The middle of the object will be moved to the height defined in the field Move to Bottom The bottom of the object will be moved to the height defined in the field Move to Z The point of the object with the height defined in that field will be moved Move to Nesting This function computerizes an automatic layout of objects in a simple bounding box a contour or in a bounding box with holes one contour with contours combined inside The room is optimized in order to save material Select the bounding box then all contours to be nested in the bounding box The selected elements have to be PHI closed contours neither opened curves nor text with single line font Click on the icon Nesting nor Alignment toolbar The following dialog box is displayed on the screen Mirror effect allowed T In hole nesting Rotation amp Free rotation Step angle rotation Step angle Angle list rotation Angle list C No rotation Cutter diameter 0 000 mm Clearance 0 000 mm Cancel Mirror effect allowed Enables the rotation of the object in a mirror when needed It requires that the objects haven t any distinctive sides In hole nesting The remaining material of each object can be used to nest another object inside the hole 95 Example Gg e Z m g Objects to be nested Result of the nesting by filling the holes Rotation Free rotation Optimized nesting without any rotation angle to
165. le click in the field enter the desired value and validate by clicking in the other numerical field of the dialog box Simulation The toolpath visualization will be automatically refreshed View from the bottom To see what happens at the bottom of the engraving or on the other side of the object when using the cutting function use the depth cursor or double click in its numerical field enter a negative value which is 2 mm in our example and which corresponds to the depth of cutting previously set and click elsewhere to validate Depth h k 2 000 mm This option is especially useful to check the machining at the bottom of the engraving f Remark The simulation appears thinner at 2 mm depth than at 0 mm because the tool used is a conical one Simulation at Z 2mm 234 Surface density To increase or to reduce the display density of the tool cursor move the cursor Accuracy of the dialog box Simulation or double click in the numerical field below enter a value and click in the other numerical field to validate it View angle of simulation To modify the view angle of the toolpath simulation click on the icon of the dialog box Simulation The toolbar of the view options is displayed on the screen fron deg Double click on the desired option The visualization is automatically refreshed Remark If you choose like in the example shown above the Free 3D view symbolized by the 3D icon you must e
166. lect the contour to be filled with a texture if you don t the whole TypeArt object will be filled Click now on the Fill area with texture icon ta The corresponding dialog box appears on the screen 304 Resize element Default size Offset 2 000 mm wae E niar A E rr 5 Offset or li 000 mm e Rotation 25 000 deg Position G Center Comer Load Click on this button and select the texture with the vna format in the displayed dialog box Fill Click on this button to apply the texture on the TypeArt object partially or globally The current Combination mode applies Select the desired mode and validate by clicking on OK The TypeArt object or a part of it is filled with the texture Parameters Fit activate this option to fit the size of the texture element to the dimensions of the selected contour Default size activate this option to keep the dimensions of the original texture Keep ratio activate this option to keep the ratio of the original dimensions in case you modify at less one of these dimensions Height width or Z each of these parameters has got its associated numerical field to be filled Offset X Offset Y activate this option to define a spacing in X and Y between the copies of different texture blocks Rotation activate this option if you want to rotate the texture pattern and enter the angle Center corner select one of these two options to define the Starti
167. les will be generated If the box is checked each selected contour in totally machined one at a time creating as many toolpaths as items If the box is not checked the computation is done globally and generates only one toolpath irrespective of the number of selected items Example 200 bes without grouping one generated file grouping two generated files Pass parameters tab General Pate parameters 0 000 mm 2 000 mm Pass depth Number of steps Pass a Total depth f Climb milling Conventional milling Pass From top to bottom you can specify the following parameters Reference Z for this toolpath Useful in particular in the case of a uneven material on which you realize several machining Pass depth automatically adjusted according to the number of steps similar to the parameter defined in the General tab discussed above Number of steps or number of passes automatically adjusted if necessary Total depth of the engraving cutting pass depth if there is only one step Remark If you use a conical tool the width of the surface will depend on the depth required A simulation display mode would be useful to control collisions Climb conventional milling Climb milling The tool is always on the right side of the material meza Conventional milling The tool is always on the left side of the material 201 Distance between steps For toolpaths that need several step
168. m A entatior 5 860 mm Rotation around Angle 45 000 deg Te T Rotation around Y Angle 45 000 deg Te Rotation around Z Angle 45 000 deg T a 135 800 dey Ste 30 Random generator j 40474 P 35 000 deg 135 000 deg 302 Example of a spread type texture e Laying a TypeArt object on another one It is possible to lay a TypeArt object on another one using three methods Select the TypeArt object and click on the Lay icon BB iom the Special effects toolbar The TypeArt laying dialog box appears on the screen TypeaArt laying Activate one of the three options The dialog box picture changes automatically Activate the Z min and Z max option so that the lowest point of the TypeArt object to be laid won t exceed the highest point of the other object Activate the Base plane and Z max option so that the base plane of the TypeArt object to be laid won t exceed the highest point of the other object Activate the Skew of 0 plane option so that the base plane of the TypeArt object to be laid will fit the skew of the other object VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 303 e Warping grid This feature allows you to deform a TypeArt in a defined envelope It is particularly useful to create a 3D decoration flat and then to deform it in 2D in order to use it for boards decorations etc Principles First create a TypeArt Example Create then the envelope in which you want to create
169. machined VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 307 Fl You access this function through the Test for a tool icon ue Once you ve clicked on the icon the Theoretical TypeArt and machining is displayed on the screen Example Yy CONIC 20 Tr 0 2 2 0 535 mm 0 000 mm OF Cancel Click on the AY icon in the upper part of the dialog box to select a tool for the simulation In the displayed dialog box select the desired tool and validate your choice by clicking on OK The vertical blue bar in the right part of the dialog box corresponds to the differences scale between theoretical object and machined object cf third displaying mode that is to say the remaining material You must now activate one of the three displaying options see below This is the default displaying option It corresponds to the theoretical model i e TypeArt object This displaying option corresponds to the machined object This displaying option corresponds to a kind of radiography of the differences between the theoretical model and the machined object The display changes from dark to clear Clear parts correspond to the ones with most of the remaining material Dark parts correspond to the ones with less of the remaining material Black parts correspond to the parts totally machined in that case there s no difference between theoretical and machined objects 308 typee e Modifying a TypeArt object according to the tool This fea
170. mbine surfaces to correct this This operation will need a longer treatment 274 Example 3D surface Transformation into TypeArt e Erasing part of a TypeArt area This feature allows to erase particular areas of a TypeArt object while keeping remaining areas First of all select an area of a TypeArt object Click now on the Erase TypeArt area icon Only the selected area will be kept What remains is erased Example pene Select only the anchor Click on the icon You can also push the Ctrl key while clicking on the Erase TypeArt area icon The selected area is erased Remaining areas will be kept Example ae ee Select only the ancho e Extracting an area from a TypeArt object This feature allows you to cut and paste an area from a TypeArt object in order to create a new object using the extracted area This feature is especially useful to get back specific parts from a TypeArt object to embed them in another TypeArt object First select the part to be extracted Click then on the Extract TypeArt area de icon Place your pointer on the area to be extracted and click on the left button of your mouse Keep the mouse button pushed and drag your pointer until the desired point Release then the mouse button The TypeArt area has been extracted and hy pe 275 displaced Example Sa ea a ae etary ie aae First select the leaves Drag then selected area e Creating a non symmetrical section
171. menu Copy or Cut Paste from another software You can also copy an object issued from another graphic or word processing software Select and copy the object open the document in which you want to insert the copy and click on the Paste icon a iQ Automatic duplication ooo ooo 224 Duplication tools 4 different duplication modes are available one by one in rows on a circle or on a curve a Ga Duplicating one object Select the object and then the icon The duplicating symbol appears close to the cursor Click on the contour of the object to be duplicated and drag the mouse towards the desired position Release the button Repeat this step as many times as necessary Ctrl To move the copy on one axis F2 to enter an accurate position of the copy This function can be associated with the snapping mode of F3 Example duplication with a reference marker Select a reference marker in your drawing and position the marker Press the F3 key and select the option Marker Select the whole drawing the marker included and click on the duplication icon Position the cursor of the mouse on the marker and start to move your drawing on the screen Check that a circle is drawn close to the cursor This means that you are in the magnetization field of the marker Without releasing the button of the mouse press the F2 key Enter in the window the desired position for the reference point of the object For our example the X and Y
172. menu that gets displayed on the screen In both cases the dialog box Machining is displayed on the screen Choose the machine in the list and enter the parameters according to the type of machining to be done and according to the material at your disposal Ansto AG 50 Signline Aristo 44 130 Signline Cielle Cyl ICN TERA SX Collate x Tool path sel Pelada Z oleo Coen Mini Midle Mansi Delta E 263 054 mm 253 366 mm 443 678 mm 80 624 mm y 344 335 mm 293 1 03 mm 441 fe mm 37 537 mm E O00 mm E O00 mm E 00 mm 0 000 mm Aun More Cancel About The Spooler button allows to display the Windows Spooler queue Be careful before clicking on this button it is of the utmost importance to check the Windows Spooler option in the dialog box Setup port The More button opens the dialog box Other parameters which concerns the characteristics of the post processor You can find the same button in the dialog box Setup machine 249 Choice of the machining file output Test To display only a part of the file on the screen Nothing is sent Port To send directly on the connected machine see Setup machine for configuration File This command creates the machining file that you will be able to use according to the installation of your machine To make the search easier the name and the path of the file are written on the front Change Use this command button to
173. metal effect m Push this button if you want to display the box Definition of material in order to define the parameter again Push this button if you want to transform your object into a TypeArt object By clicking on the left mouse button you can rotate the 3D view The right mouse button allows you to zoom the object in or out Material definition To define the material before launching the simulation push the Ctrl key when you click on NC Simulation The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen x 153 753 mm 234 117 mm 0 000 mm 102 805 mm Clip to zero Cancel e Click on Box of paths if you want to machine the whole object e Click on Clip to zero if you want to put the origin of the Z axis to zero Z O corresponds to the upper part of the material Then click on OK The Simulation box is displayed on the screen 238 gt CALCULATION PARAMETERS OF THE TOOLPATHS It is generally needed to restart the software so that the post processor applies the modifications made in the Calculation parameters Calculation parameters You can reach these parameters by hitting the F10 key in the CAD module In the Options dialog box select the tab Calculation parameters O prions M annia none 0 000 mm M 135 000 deg 0 100 mm 0 050 mm Machining order Order of contours section The software has been configured by default to reduce the time of machining For certain j
174. mirror image along the X and Z axis for molds or recessed parts of embossing Example i nee eee A td Relief Recessed You can also do a 100 drop along the Z axis only E Ctrl Mirror in Z The icon Mirror used with the Ctrl key of the keyboard allow you to create a mirror image along the Z axis While pressing the Ctrl key click on the icon Example Fa E a a r not mur Peat a Be re oe re nh LAIA oe a elem ear a ds a met ES o eee Raised Recessed In 2D YZ view the object is automatically positioned below Z 0 10 A O e Dies and stamps This new function allows to transform a TypeArt object into a die a stamp or both in that case it consists in keeping the original object Moreover you can insert an offset between the created objects in order to take into account the surplus material needed for stamping LV POD 297 Select the TypeArt object In the TypeArt toolbar click on the Die Stamp icon al The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen Die and stamp Select the desired option s The dialog box immediately takes the selected option into account Example with Stamp as selected option 0 000 mm Remark Enter the desired value in the numerical field to create an offset Leave the value 0 if you don t want to create an offset 298 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL Yes The interest of this function is
175. modify the name path and number of the file U00 to UO1 for instance Positioning the piece e Maximum X Y and Z Middle X Y and Z Minimum X Y and Z The above coordinates are those of the tool path the lowest point of engraving the center point and the highest point e Delta X Y and Z These coordinates correspond to the difference between the Max and Min coordinates Actually they correspond to the real size of the engraving e Locking and unlocking of the coordinates ri Locked If this function is activated X Y and Z coordinates are determined by the reference point defined in the CAD module In this case you cannot change these values ar Unlocked If this function is activated you can modify the X Y and Z coordinates minimum maximum and middle in order to reposition your engraving If you modify one of these values the others will be automatically recalculated Four predefined piece positioning models are available REMARK In the four next examples the technical word Plaque refers to the working area in the CAD module 2 3 Plaque origin at the upper left corner If you click on this icon the plaque origin will be positioned at the upper left corner of the engraving area ca Plaque center at the center If you click on this icon the plaque center will be positioned at the center of the engraving area Free plaque origin If you click on this icon you can position the upper left corner of y
176. n Remark Check that all the objects to be selected are completely included in the window Handles appear around all selected objects Click on one shape to move all of them together i lt gt E E m E Click on the tracing of each of the objects while pressing the Ctrl key Multiple selection one by one Click on the tracing of one selected object while pressing the Ctrl key De selection 78 bes COPYING AND DUPLICATING OBJECTS Copy Paste objects Copy Select the object to be copied then click on the icon Remark Before pasting the object and if you are working in the same document remember to deselect the objects to be duplicated Quick tip Ctrl C E Then click on the Paste icon If working on the same drawing the copied object will be exactly on the original If you wish to paste the object on another page open the document and click on the Paste icon The copied object will be positioned at the same coordinates as the original Quick tip Ctrl V Remark To see both objects under the View menu choose Redraw and move the second object to the desired position Quick tip Ctrl W Cut Paste E Cut Select the object and click on the icon the object disappears Open the file where you want to insert it Click on Paste icon The copy will be positioned at the same coordinates as the original Remark You can find these functions Copy Cut and Paste in the Edit
177. n alphabet of 36 signs You can also chose some formatting for display to have a constant width whatever are the actual values in the series Check the Constant number of digits box and edit the suggested format each character will be replaced by a sign Added text The dialog box Series allows you to add text before and after the variables Enter the text in the Text before and Text after fields of the dialog box 168 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL Text before Before Text after After Remark To include a space before and or after the variable value you must type this space when you enter the text in the fields Click on Preview to display your series before quitting the Series dialog box Before O After m Before 1 After Before 2 After Before 3 After Before 4 After Before 5 After Remark You can enter as many different series as you wish in the same data base Example the row 1 corresponds to room 18 Remark For the variable text you can also use the copy paste function of Windows 169 MULTICOPY AND MULTIPLATE MACHINING Introduction The multicopy function on the toolbar generates automatically copies of graphics texts and variables Multicopy Two modes of multicopy are at your disposal e several copies on a plate e one copy on several plates Select the objects you want to reproduce several times and click on the Multicopy icon Matrix Leometric parameters Advanced paramete
178. n of the curve direction and their selection order The instructions mentioned below must be followed gt The curves must have the same direction vertical or horizontal gt The curves must be linked together by using in the Snap up mode the Control points or Along the contour F3 key gt First of all select all horizontal curves from the one which starting point is linked to the starting point of the first vertical curve See figure above first left bottom point gt Then combine the curves before exporting them in the symbol library format syb Reversing the direction of contours rn El Reverse direction tool With this function the direction of the contours can be reversed Select the contour to be reversed and click on the icon Show the direction of the closed contours The direction of the closed contours is indicated by the color blue for clockwise contours and green for the anti clockwise contours Show the direction of the open contours The open contours appear in black whatever their direction may be In the Shaping mode b you will notice that the starting point of the contour is indicated by a bigger square open contour or by a double square closed contour Remark The direction of the rotation can modify the machining order for the cutting or the extrusion of the material The starting point of the contour the starting point of the machining Welding 4 different ways of welding overlappin
179. n the directory Vision Rtrace lmages Map The TypeArt material which is the colored drawing of the TypeArt can be imported You can use all effects of transparency brilliance relief color etc You have to import the image and send it to the TypeArt module Use the Pa tool to convert the image into a color bitmap Select the colored image right to the original bitmap and send it to TypeView Open the dialog box Material affectation The TypeArt material appears in the Material data base To work and use this material select the TypeArt Material with the right mouse button While holding it down drag it to the Custom directory Release the left button of the mouse The contextual menu is displayed on the screen Choose the command Copy in order to copy the material in Custom You can rename your image By default the image is called New import 326 DeD Ring mode in TypeView The Ring function allows to produce realistic renderings of rings The principle is easy you only have to make a TypeArt object to send it in the TypeView module that will map it following the Z axis To realize a ring the TypeArt object has to be made following some rules It must be a flat object The profile has to be edge to edge to the bounding frame if the mapping must be complete Example Flat TypeArt Ring rendering e Launching of the Ring function This function is available in the dialog box Material affectation in
180. n the icon Text below the baseline and validate 45 AB Text above the baseline Rapido AB Text below the baseline ttf Arial All E Al 2000mm JA poooz f e Choosing the text font The library of fonts includes TrueType and Vision Numeric fonts Other formats are available x Click on the arrow of the scroll down menu to see a list of fonts in the library 5 TrueType fonts 5 Vision Numeric fonts Baublys fonts ABCabc123 Use the scroll bar to select the desired font and click on it If you know the name of the font you can rapidly access to it by typing the first letter of its name To facilitate the selection of fonts frequently used the 5 last fonts used are displayed at the beginning of that list 46 e Size of characters Al Height of the character in millimeters or in the chosen unit With the mouse select the text or characters to be raised or lowered enter the desired height in mm in the corresponding field and validate Example on the first letter of the word Rapido apido The height of R is 25 mm whereas the height of the other letters is 10 mm A Width of character in percent With the mouse select the text or characters to be widened or shortened enter the desired width in percent in the corresponding field and validate Example on the first letter of the word Rapido C Rapido Widening of R by 500 e Modifying the height of the character Al Numerically Wi
181. n the screen the same dialog box can be accessed from the contextual menu of the CAM module t x Kind of mapping Top C Eottom TT Vectorization of segments in Bezier Curve accuracy Surface accuracy 0 100 mr 0 100 mm 4 Cancel Top Activate this option to do a convex mapping Bottom Activate this option to do a concave mapping Vectorization of segments in Bezier Activate this option to directly brace or map Bezier curves The amount of points will be extremely decreased Curve accuracy Surface accuracy Define in both fields the accuracy of the mapping surface The smaller the chosen value the finer the surface mesh and the more accurate the projection will be The computation will also be longer 150 The calculation is done automatically after clicking on OK A progression bar will indicate the status of the job To see the result choose 3D ISO view from the View menu 3D ISO view Basic mapping REMARK We consider the mapping is applied to toolpaths though in some cases it is used directly on curves and patterns see above Methods and tools for projection and mapping If the pattern to map is a text you should first transform it into curves and combine these curves Mapping of toolpaths Position the toolpath s anywhere you would like on the surface on the X Y plane and place a reference point with a marker on the center of the design to be mapped UNUI A
182. nd 1 Push the Preview Click on the box which is now active This allows you to button to see the resulting effect open the database of images Choose a pattern and click on Load You can have an idea of the rendering with the Preview button Both of the color and specular effects can be combined The exponent value between 1 and 10 000 allows to parameterize the size of the luminous spot The higher the value is the bigger the opening and the lower the light intensity gets 320 Seep Example Ground f Sphere Box Preview Color Specular oe Esponent 15 e Transparency A transparency effect can be assigned by using this function Box not ticked even rendering Box ticked off uneven rendering Enter a value between 0 and 1 0 for an opaque object Click on the box which is now active This allows you to 1 for a total transparency Push the Preview button to open the database of images Choose a pattern and see the resulting effect click on Load You can have an idea of the rendering with the Preview button It is possible to vary the index of refraction of the material The latter corresponds to the deformation of the image through a transparent object Enter a value higher than 1 NOTES 1 The resulting effect depends on the original material 2 Itis advised to tick the box Ground to notice the transparency 321 Example Material Editor defaul Diamond
183. ng area You will notice that at each intersecting contour two cutting points are perfectly superimposed Separate the points by dragging one of them away from the other This allows you to see the full effects of this mode Remark Uncombine the whole group to have independent elements Offset Offset This function automatically generates the inner or outer tracing of the selected contour The offset and outline angles can be defined depending on the desired result Select the contour or the object and click on the icon Offset The dialog box Offset is displayed 111 Remark To maintain the original contour select the option Keep actual curves in the dialog box Offset parameters Offset Enter the offset distance required Outer The outline is executed outside the contour Inner The outline is executed inside the contour AN Rounded The angles of the outline whether interior or exterior of the contour are rounded Outer Inner 112 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL ZN Sharpened The geometry of the traced angles is kept Outer Inner ior Chamfered The traced angles are chamfered Outer Inner Converting curves ZO 2 Conversion of curves By using this function you can transform a curve into a circle an ellipse or a rectangle closest to the original shape Select the shape to convert and click on the icon Conversion of curves The dialog box Conversion of curves is display
184. ng point of the duplication of the texture blocks on the TypeArt object that is to say from the center or from the lower left corner You can see below what you can get from an original TypeArt object Original Object First step 305 Second step Third step e Polishing To erase imperfections you can effectuate polishings especially on very rounded shapes ES Polishing tool Click on this icon to activate the polishing function You can polish several times in a row or you can enter in the field a predefined number of passes Mean filter E4 Mb pass The polishing is executed on the whole TypeArt object or only on a selected area Remark Do not use this tool too much otherwise you may loose some details e Gray level texture This feature allows you to increase or decrease the contrast of a bitmap picture that has become a TypeArt object Click therefore on the Gray level texture icon Ls The PhotoArt dialog box is displayed allowing you to play with the sampling of gray levels to create a section automatically adjusting the depth dynamic according to the gray levels that exist actually in the image The sampling can be linear that is to say the Z value is constantly increasing without contrast If the Linear look up table option isn t activated a concave section smoothes the high areas meanwhile a convex section smoothes the low areas This function is often used to emphasize the contrast on a
185. nge feed rate is the vertical job speed the descending feed rate is the speed of 3D machining In some cases the right side gives the possibility to enter technical parameters of the tool in order to compute the speeds The flying angle is used for the cutting The tool will descend with an angle and will apply a lower stress on the material Spindle speed Mominal 228 2000 RPM TOOLPATH INFORMATION Display You can see the file of a tool path at any time Select therefore the desired toolpath in the dialog box Toolpath list Click on the mouse right button to open the context menu select Information and click the mouse left button The dialog box Toolpath information is displayed on the screen Toolpath information Select the tool path desired to see the following information Path name Directory and file name of the tool path This file has the same name as the document with the extension xxx XXX numbers corresponding to the order of creation of the path Name Machining mode plotting 2D engraving etc VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 229 Machining distance Total distance machined by the tool Distance of fast displacements Distance of fast displacements executed by the tool above the material ascents descents etc Machining time Total time of machining in accordance with information given in the tool data base command Min X MinY Min Z Minimum coordinates of the tool path M
186. nter the values that define the view angle in the corresponding numerical fields 235 NC SIMULATION Introduction to the NC Simulation It is possible to display the toolpath accurately on the screen You can therefore have a good representation of the machined object In the toolbar of the CAM module click on the icon Toolpath list Ts The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen Ey Layer 1 Milling 2D 015 Sweeping 011 6 Engraving 301 01 7 Select the toolpath to be simulated and in the context menu click on NC Simulation The Simulation box appears on the screen 236 Rendering The rendering happens the first time you enter this dialog box and each time you modify an option NC Simulation tools Push this button to launch the physical simulation with the visualization of the tool and the toolpath Push this button to launch the physical simulation without visualizing neither the tool nor the toolpath A Push this button to launch the physical simulation with the visualization of the toolpath and without the visualization of the tool amp Undo Pause Stops the simulation and displays the part already calculated If you ask for a new simulation it will start from this breaking point 231 Precision level of the NC Simulation 1 for the best result 3 for a quicker one Realistic rendering of the part in grayscale or in 2 colors gray and yellow
187. ntour Driven cutter the cutter follows only the contour When it reaches an angle the cutter moves up changes orientation and enters again into the material The range of angles for which the cutter goes up is set in the advanced parameters Floating cutter the mobile cutter follows the contour in a tangent way When it reaches an acute angle it makes an external curve tangent to the trajectory in order to be properly positioned for following the cutting The range of angles for which the cutter does a curve is set in the advanced parameters Rounded inner angles non implemented Tangential entry exit the entry and the exit of the tool are done externally to the contour in a tangent way which produces a result of a better quality 207 e Advanced tab General Advanced Driven and floating cutter parameters a Transition radius Minimum side angle 0 500 mm 30 000 deg x Masimum side angle li 20 000 deg Minimum length hor sides 1 000 mm 0 01 0 mm Input ouput length Check intersections Driven and floating cutter parameters Minimum Maximum side angle for any angle contained between the chosen values the tool does a curve floating tool or a move up and positioning driven tool Minimum length for sides below the chosen value the tool does a tangent move Transition radius and Input output length Only applied to the floating cutter these parameters allow to set the size of the cur
188. obs like cutting you have at your disposal a second level of sorting where you can modify the order of contour management Manual When sorting in the manual mode the starting point and the order of contour selection creation defined in the CAD module will remain the same VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 239 Minimum distance Default mode the machining of contours is done by the order of proximity X min to X max in order to minimize tool path time Surface min gt max In this mode machining of the small surfaces is done first inside the letter for instance This mode is automatically selected when you choose 2D or 3D cutting Surface max gt min The large surfaces are machined first Warning none Function not implemented True angle at the bottom Select the option True angle at the bottom to generate a sharp angle at the bottom in 3D machining for the angles included in the range This option is useful in manufacturing dies because the angle at the bottom of the die produces the angle at the top of the final part True angle min Minimum value above which a true angle is made True angle max Maximum value under which a true angle is made Multipass OpO Op0 3 Multipass or multi step in Z is not active Op0 17 Multipass is active For the Sweeping toolpath a rotation of 60 is done automatically between each pass Op0 19 Multipass is active For the Sweeping toolpath a rotation of the
189. of the starting and ending angles are changing according to the distance between the contours To obtain a starting ending angle identical to the profile ones the length of the profile should be equal to half of the distance between the contours This applies when the distance of a contour is constant Example with a drawing i Type the number 0 on your screen and select a font such as Times New Roman Bold in order to have a variable distance between the contours and to illustrate better our example Give the number 0 a height of about 50 mm and position it at the lower left corner of your screen Trace the median curve to the contours with the Sketching tool and be careful to leave the contour open For more convenience close the curve on the last point and then use in the shaping tool box the Disconnect icon to open the curve at this point Trace the profile of the section arriy al a departure For practical reasons we advise you to position the profile close to the drawing Select the median curve and drag it with the mouse Without deselecting the object press the F2 key In the window Move to enter the following values X 0 mm Y 0 mm Z 4mm 279 Median contours of 0 3D view The median curve is an open tracing black contour the contours of the number 0 are closed tracings in green or blue Check in XZ view that all the points are located at 4 mm and then return to XY view a nN You
190. on D In the TypeArt module select the section curve first and then the profile shape Click then on the Curves sweeping icon while pressing the Ctrl key The following dialog box appears 281 Sweeping type kind of corner Exterior angle e o H Basic sweeping C Interpolated sweeping Nx C Tube gt Fit a 00 Compression of profile Inner angle i Thin segmentation Order of selection Extrusion path Profile Optional mask Validate with OK The current Combination mode applies TypeArt fuses the profile through its leftmost point and the section curve The shape is created on the inside or outside of the section curve depending on the startpoint of the section a Support curve Profile shape Curve sweeping Viewer TypeArt 282 REMARK In the dialog box Sweeping TypeArt you have an active control on the way the angles will be generated When the angles of the initial curve are to sharp it becomes impossible to create a shape on these angles The solution is to open a little more the angles or to round them in order to create a profiled shape la Basic sweeping with two profiles In the CAD module create two profile shapes and one support curve The geometry of the resulting section is determined by the sense and the selection order of the profiles Select those three objects and click on the TypeArt icon D In the TypeArt module select the support curve first t
191. on curves and patterns see above Methods and tools for projection and mapping If the pattern to map is a text you should first transform it into curves and combine these curves You ve got a surface a drawing and its corresponding toolpath that is superimposed on the drawing displayed on the screen types Drawing and contourning toolpath Revolution surface Example Before mapping you ve got to place two markers defining the cone or cylinder axis Both correspond to the markers that were used to create the surface hypo 153 Remark The surfaces Cylinder and Cone created with the surface tools are not adapted for mapping If you create a revolution surface select both markers defining the axis that must be perfectly aligned at the same time keep pushed the Ctrl key therefore and click on the Copy icon you can also hit Ctrl C before clicking on the icon Surface of revolution ad actually this last operation will suppress both markers You only need then to paste the markers on their original place by clicking on the Paste icon a or Ctrl V Example 1st marker 2nd marker Place then another marker for the cylinder radius two markers for a conical mapping one for the greatest radius and the other for the smallest radius Select therefore an XZ or YZ view from the View menu This marker or the one of the greatest radius with a cone will also be used as the center of mapping and will define the
192. only select the grapes by creating a selection window with the mouse and combine them Remark You can perform all these operations group ungroup combine uncombine under the TypeArt module with the same icons as in the CAD module 257 saving your work Before going to the TypeArt module save your drawing under the name grappe and verify the directory C Vision draw Running TypeArt module Click on the TypeArt icon Dl The window for creating a TypeArt object will be displayed on your screen Create Type rt Object e e 0 000 mm 0 000 mm 30 000 mm B 50 000 mrm 0 100 mm Choice of the parameters of the object For the time being we advise you to keep the default value at 200 for Nb X and Nb Y for a virtual test Later in order to get a better result in machining choose a higher value 500 for a size of 50 x 50 mm that will give you a resolution of 0 100 mm versus 0 25 mm for the default value In this example maintain the default parameters and click on OK 258 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL Seep The TypeArt screen is displayed and the 3D ISO view is automatically selected Remark If your drawing goes outside the guidelines go back in the CAD module by clicking on the Select icon k land resize the drawing To go back again into TypeArt select the square around your drawing it becomes red and click the TypeArt icon art If your square is not selected the window for creating a TypeArt o
193. onto the already existing one 289 MET Example According to the principle that dark parts are lower than bright parts then the mane of the lion will be in other words less elevated compared to the body of the lion bright parts Select the picture click on the TypeArt icon and enter the following parameters Dark elevation Omm Bright elevation 3 mm gt eS ea tar tile on oa at lt n SS A A A AAA N A AA ya a thy ve haat art tow nat 2 A ATA In the CAD module XY view select the Sketching tool land redraw the contour of the mane Sketching of the mane Remark To draw on the picture we advise you to remove the mane from the drawing Reposition again the mane on the drawing select it and then click on the TypeArt icon a Select the mane and click on the Section icon Enter the section parameters of the mane and select the Add option in order to add the volume ae a ie te Ra pte A ea A one Me ee ms E E an LaF ee gt ae 8 ya tata a ey Fata ha A e Sl mt _ ae ANS ae as A A A ee a wet a et dated A a hw ee ata AR a ae et oat orate Ce 52 TERA ESOS a dr Siete bats Sa a as a pte pa lt da E AAA AS TA A A soe a a aS O Fe rere a eS ee tga haha meets oe Bee Sane eee FON en 290 recessed Maskin Principle It consi
194. or tool Specify the maximum angle for tool plunging from 1 to 89 2D Milling Cutter path inside text or graphics made up of a series of lines and arcs based on the cutter size indicated Filling i total Toolpath parameters Engraving mode Center line 2D on surface i 20 on bottom Tangential entro test Entry Island fill f Hatch fil Exit 0 000 deg Use sensor nose 212 Engraving mode Center line The centerline filling in is the same as the toolpath of the Plotting mode see this section 2D Milling The milling of an engraving in this mode is executed by successive passes hatching or contouring Two fillings in styles are available 2D on surface The 2D engraving path executed by the tool reproduces the theoretical contour of the drawing on the surface The closed contours are milled first then the opened contours 2D on bottom The 2D engraving path executed by the tool reproduces the theoretical contour of the drawing on the bottom of the engraving Example 2D on surface 2D on bottom Hatching angle It can be used either to obtain a visual effect on the bottom of the engraving or to minimize the size of the files by using the main axis of the drawing as the hatching axis it can minimize the clearance for instance Use sensor nose Select this option if you are using a flatness sensor the spiral area clearance will be automatically set You wil
195. ore and after the letters Then draw you letter with the modeling tools or all other necessary tools 56 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL on Select the whole letter and push the A button Whatever is in Layer 1 of your vnd file will be included in the character so you have to position the lower left corner of your character at the origin of your layer Also note that your character should be 100 mm high in order to keep a 1 1 scale when choosing the size of your font The following dialog box appears on the screen Cancel In the right box enter the letter you ve just created be careful with the small and capital letter Nothing appears on the screen However the letter code appears in the left box and allows you to identify the character you saved Confirm with OK If you wish to save your character push the button Do the same for the other letters of the alphabet Don t forget to save your work after having created a letter To erase a letter push the button Select the letter you want to erase and close the dialog box Push the button to save your modification The icon allows you to visualize the list of available characters The icon allows you to close the font editor The icon allows you to define the kerning between letters S Yisual kerning alela Char 1 and Char 2 allows you to define the letters between which you want to define the kerning Click on the icon Char 1 El to choose the first ch
196. ostScript eps Adobe Illustrator ai Plotters hpg plt IGES igs ISO iso Tool path u Window Metafile wmf JPEG jpg This function can also be reached through the File menu and Import Select in the File import dialog box the directory the name of the drives A B C etc the format the file name and then validate Exporting a file a Export This function is available in the menu File gt Export You can also export a file in several formats Autocad 2D and 3D dxf PostScript eps Adobe Illustrator ai Plotters hpg plt ISO iso Symbols syb Tool path u STL ASCII Files ou STL Binary Files stl to transmit them to other applications completing the symbol library for instance Choose the directory where you want to save the file then select the format dxf eps ai etc in the scroll down list Enter the file name in the field File name and validate 34 Finding a file To find a drawing you can ask for a list of files sorted by either the name of the drawing by the date of creation or modification or by the creator s or customer s name Click on the Find command under the File menu and select the searching parameters name date of creation or modification then choose the document on the screen You also have at your disposal a general preview of the selected drawing Copying This function copies the document selected and all the associ
197. ot possible to combine a text with a curve rectangle circle etc for instance To do it you need to convert first the text into a curve 118 SHAPING MODE shaping This mode also called modelling mode is useful to modify the shape of an object or of a character font when converted into curves working directly on the points of construction along the contour Converting into curves This function is used especially with texts It is useful to create mirror effects to retouch letters under the shaping mode etc 5 Convert into curves Select the text with the selection tool and click on this icon Shaping tool LA Shaping tool When clicking on the shaping tool the outline displays the following e points located on the curve indicated by little squares e control points of the curve indicated by little circles O E The new toolbox for shaping has different options permitting to add or delete a point to connect or disconnect a contour to modify the shape of curves and to change the starting point x Pe OTR EO YR EO BYE OS ONE Remark You can put any selected tool back down by hitting the space bar 119 selecting points Two methods can be used to select several points under the shaping mode Selecting several points one by one To select several points click on each point while pressing the Ctrl key The selected points appear in a black square Example
198. our plaque on any defined point of the engraving area You just need to enter the desired values in the fields displayed at the right side of the icon 250 Free plaque center If you click on the icon you can position the center of your plaque on any defined point of the engraving area You just need to enter the desired values in the fields displayed at the right side of the icon Remark The 2 latter options allow to position the active and the machine surfaces and as a consequence to avoid eventual possibility of overflow when machining These problems can be solved by 3 ways Redefining the position of the piece in the Machining dialog box Changing the dimensions of the engraving surface Properties option Redefining the dimensions of the active surface in the CAD Module Modify menu gt Selection Positioning the toolpath The Machining dialog box allows you to reposition the tool paths without having to recalculate them ABC is the default option ABC Activate this icon to position the tool path like it has originally been conceived JAA Activate this icon to make a centered rotation of the tool path in relation to the plaque E Activate this icon to make a centered rotation of the tool path in relation to the plaque and then a 90 anti clockwise rotation T e Activate this icon to make a 90 clockwise rotation of the tool path YEL Activate this icon to make a centered rotation of the tool
199. ours el Deleting a contour You can delete a contour independently of other contours of a drawing Using this function you don t need to uncombine the contours to delete one of them Click on the Deleting a contour icon and select then the contour you want to delete Moving a contour You can move a contour without having to uncombine it from others Click on the Moving a contour icon Select then the contour you want to move and drag the mouse Linearization tools The following tools are useful to modify a part of a vectorized contour yA Linearize Click on the Linearize icon Then put the cursor on the contour and click on the segment starting point Put the cursor on the segment arrival point and click to end this operation The line between both points is automatically transformed into a straight line 126 Linearize in arc of circle Click on the Linearize in arc of circle icon Place the cursor on the contour where you want the arc starting point to be Put the cursor on the arc arrival point and click on it to define the conversion area Drag then the mouse to define the arc When the desired arc is obtained click a last time to end the operation The area between both points is automatically transformed into an arc of circle D Linearize in curve Click on the Linearize in curve icon Place the cursor on the contour where you want the curve starting point to be Put the cursor on the curve arrival point and
200. page between the left and right margins fo o00 dela This distance corresponds to the real size of the text before compression when the percentage of compression is equal to 100 Therefore since the length of the text cannot be superior to the length of the baseline the characters will be squeezed and the percentage of compression will become inferior to 100 when the length of the text is increased li 00 00 lt Percentage of compression of the text on the baseline This value is at 100 before compression and decreases when the length of the text is larger than the distance of the baseline e Parametrical line spacing bel act Parametrical line spacing Use this function to set the space between lines The interval expressed in the default value defines the distance between the two baselines without taking the height of the characters into account e Proportional line spacing The spacing between the lines is expressed in percent and depends on the text font 2 4 This line spacing parameter takes into account the height of the superior downstroke i e the characters above the base line By default it is 75 of the height of the text Example 91 at 75 at 0 ag The typographic line spacing takes into account the whole height of the characters superior and inferior downstrokes included By default this parameter is 100 of the height of the text Example at 100 at 0 Red Rapido Styles To fac
201. path in relation to the plaque J347 Activate this icon to make a 180 rotation of the tool path a Activate this icon to make a 90 anti clockwise rotation of the tool path 5 Activate this icon to make a centered rotation of the tool path in relation to the plaque and then a 90 clockwise rotation Z between contours If you click on this icon you can directly access to the height Z value of the tool between contours This can also be done within the Machining parameters dialog box therefore see the Parametrizing positions and machining limits section in the same chapter 251 selecting the toolpaths to send Click on the button Tool path Sel in the Machining dialog box to choose in the list the tool paths to be machined Collate You have 3 possibilities to group or collate the tool paths Therefore click on Collate in the dialog box Machining Collate None If you don t want to collate you ll get as many machining files as toolpaths By layer All tool paths of a same layer are sent in a same file All All tool paths and all planes are regrouped and become one single operation on the machine Remark Be aware that by choosing this option the machine will stop after each machining so that you can change the tool 252 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL Parametrizing positions and machining limits Output curves as segments To send only linear elements to the machine circular
202. phic displayed in the dialog box represents the way the gray levels are divided up in the image The vertical axe shows the percentage of pixels of which color corresponds to a gray level quoted on the horizontal axe Select the histogram treatment you want to apply Three are available Equalization This function adjusts the luminosity by dividing up pixels equivalently between different gray levels Specification This function allows the user to select a bitmap image of which the gray levels dividing will be applied to the current image Stretching This function adjusts the luminosity so that the histogram contains the whole gray scale 184 Choose then between a classical view and a cumulated view You can preview the result of your modifications by clicking on Apply and cancel it by clicking on Reset Half tones EN Half tone Click on this icon to reduce the colors of a black and white image ES Half tone with diffusion Click on this icon to reduce the colors of a gray level image and enter the number of gray levels between 2 and 64 Click on OK to validate Correction of colors Correction Click on the icon Correction The dialog box Correction of colors is displayed on the screen Select one of the pages of the dialog box regarding the kind of correction you want to apply RGB Correction red green blue A color is reproduced on the screen from the three primary colors which are red green and blue For
203. ping onto geometrical elements of another layer if it is visible A layer is also useful to separate some elements of a drawing into several different layers with the copy paste function for instance you can keep all the recessed contours of a complex machining on one layer and all the relief contours on another layer Example Base for the digitalization of a logo Display a scanned logo for example This display is called layer 1 In order to register it in a fixed layer which will serve as the basis for reconstruction you have to create a second layer where the tracing will take place Adding Deleting a layer Adding a layer To add a layer click on the symbol located in the lower status bar of the screen iss Z Layer TAKI The status bar confirms that a new layer was created gt Layer 1 Layer 2 A al You can modify the name of a layer by clicking on the corresponding tab of the status bar Double click then on this tab You can modify now the name of the layer Layer Drawing i a 189 Validate the new created name by clicking outside the status bar I Layer Layer 2 Drawing we al Deleting a layer Select the plan you want to delete by clicking on its corresponding tab in the lower status bar Click then on the symbol in the same status bar Example deleting the second layer Laver 1 ayer MA In the example shown above the second layer is sel
204. played in the View of the file section between brackets 0 and 1 in the example below Example View of the file 0 gt gt Cotes du Rh ne Rochegude 1398 1 gt gt Bordeaux Ch teau Lon 1996 The choice is made in the Begin on line menu jo EJ E In the example shown above the extraction begins at line 0 C tes du Rh ne Rochegude 1998 Separator This mode is the most common and allows fields in which the size of the values changes a lot between different variables Of course you must have defined characters or instructions that will separate the different fields Click on Separator and select the column separator using the first scroll down menu in the Separator mode section For the example used in this section must be selected Space Select then the line separator using the second scroll down menu For the example select Return Return Tabulation Constant width Selecting this mode you define the width of the different columns containing the variables Click on Constant width and fill in the Format of columns field The numerical value you enter in that field corresponds to the number of characters contained in the column In case fields have different widths enter the values for each of them respecting their order of display In that case separate all the values with comas f 214 1310 In the example the first column can contain 12 characters the second column 14 the thi
205. plied to the side of the surface Starting points as well as ending points have to be positioned on the paths very accurately For this positioning operation use the snap options Control point or Along the contour You can access these options by hitting the F3 key or selecting Snap mode in the Edit menu Example 143 COS TA section 4 Cross HERA AAA section 3 ki Fath 1 e Cross A 7 section 2 k Cross Pa a S section he Guide sections po First select both paths then the cross sections and finally the corresponding guide sections Click then on the Skinned surface with two paths icon el Your surface is created Coons network surface The Coons network surface is a complex surface the structure principles of which are those of a Coons surface i e gt The curves have to have the same direction vertical or horizontal gt The curves must be linked together by using in the Snap up mode the Control points or Along the contour F3 key gt The selection order is similar to the one of a complex envelope Select first all horizontal curves from the one which starting point is linked to the starting point of the first vertical curve See figure point at the left bottom gt Click on the icon 144 Yes Examples Curves for a network surface with curve direction and their selection order Result Coons network surface Extending a surface This feature allows you to e
206. r of the CAM module click on the icon Toolpath list Ts The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen f3 Toolpath list x Ey Layer 1 Willing 0 015 Sweeping 011 6 Engraving 301 01 7 232 fype Select the toolpath to be simulated and click on the mouse right button to open the context menu belete Information Toolpath report Aodity computation Add a group Edit toolpath geometry Replace tool Replace path Machinina Simulation Mc simulation Cylindrical mapping Conical mapping Planar mapping In the context menu click on Simulation The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen i 0 000 rrr T Bottom A T be ae CMU by ll A Qi i E raf li O00 mm Exit A Ll a T TE A A ea Pers p Hohi z hey Po a AA 2 a Le E rpc aT 10 x Ly i LP A A By default the dialog box Simulation displays the toolpath at the top of the cutting in the example shown above the height is Z 0 Nevertheless you can modify the visualization height by using the view depth cursor or by entering the desired value in the numerical field located below Depth l 0 ano mrm Remark You can set the viewing depth using the cursor the numerical field value will be automatically updated and the view will be refreshed In case you want to set the depth numerically doub
207. rd column 13 and the fourth column 10 Example Preview of extraction You can check if the setup of the extraction was properly carried out before validating it and quitting the Import variables dialog box Therefore click on Preview The result is displayed in the Preview of extraction field Once the extraction setup is made click on OK to validate 167 Creating a serialization You can automatically create an automatic set of numbers in a variable text the serialization Iv Variable text Yellow Rapido Enter the variable at the desired place in the composition The variable Var appears between two bars Entering a serialization Click on the icon The Variables dialog box appears Click on the Series button after having selected the column you want to apply this function to a po E E Enter in the Parameters field of the Series dialog box e the starting number e the step between each series e the end value or similarly the total number of values size of the series Example Numbering of hotel rooms even numbers only from 18 to 26 e Starting number the first room will have the n 18 e Number of series 18 20 22 24 26 in other words 5 series or ending value of 26 e The step for a numbering in even numbers 2 Format The software considers by default that you create a numerical series The Format section allows to chose other data types letters Alphabetic or numbers letters Alphanumeric a
208. res a powerful configuration processor 350MHz RAM 128 MB recommended Examples Touched up TypeArt Before After Creation thanks to the Brush tool Artt Pida a A 294 You ll see that this tool can be used in an intuitive way and is totally dedicated to the artistic creation Make many trials and have a lot of fun e Use Select the TypeArt object and click on the SculptArt icon a Two windows appear on the screen a visualization window and the following parameterization window fal al Brush pat YI e Effects By clicking on these different icons you will obtain the following effects Allows to add or subtract material according to the fact that or is selected see further Allows to smooth material Allows to push material Allows to add noise on a TypeArt object Allows to attract material like a magnet Allows to twist material rotative movement Y 6 Y AC e Parameters All tools can be parameterized Tool radius Move the slider or enter a value between 2 and 64 unit pixels This 295 radius is shown in the visualization window can be applied to the 6 actions Profile height de te J Enter the desired height of the profile can be applied to the actions 1 and 4 Recessed or raised O Tick the box corresponding to the effect you would like to produce to add or subtract material can be applied to th
209. rinter Acrobat POF Writer Distiller Assistant 3 01 Brother HL 320 series Imprimante couleur MS Publisher Photocomposeuse MS Publisher C On one file Cancel Select the option Series of files of the dialog box Setup port and click on OK to validate your choice Machine parameters For now just validate the default parameters of the second Setup machine dialog box that appears once you have clicked on OK in the Setup port box Once you ve completed all these operations click on the Exit button to go back to the CAM module Verifying the output codes In order to display the instructions sent to your machine select the toolpath in the Toolpath list dialog box and click on the right button In the context menu choose the option Machining 23 The Machining dialog box is displayed on the screen x ee Demo machine gt Tool path sel Muli a f Test f Parl File y ic Collate Parameters g a E BC JHA JAY ABC BC Mini Middle Maxi Delta se 0 353 mm 42 253 mm 84 153 mm mn CEI D spooler 0 941 mm 22 477 mm 44 01 4 mm i Zo o 200mm 1 000 mm 0 000 mm More Cancel bot Select the Test option in the upper part of the dialog box and click then on the Run button The corresponding dialog box is displayed on your screen Z 6601 14469 2 331711215 2 A E EA 3205 diag 2 3241 11259 2 3230 113032 This
210. rofile and finally the end profile Click on the Curves sweeping icon meanwhile you strike the Ctrl key In the dialog box Sweeping TypeArt that is displayed on the screen activate the options Interpolated sweeping and Sweeping between two different profiles Select angle options if needed You can also make use of a compression profile Click on OK In the displayed dialog box select the desired combination mode and validate through OK TypeArt makes a morphing effect between the two section curves US AS Sections 1 and 2 Start profile 3 End profile 4 Sweeping with morphing 3 Tube Sweeping Allows to define a tube that will have the winding of the path and the smooth shape of the profile all along In TypeArt select the path then the profile Click on the Curves sweeping icon de meanwhile you strike the 284 yee Ctrl key Select Tube in the dialog box that appears Click on OK to validate The current Combination mode applies uP Original path and profile Resulting Tube sweeping TypeArt Viewer Example producing the links of a chain Build the chain with three ellipses having points at different heights and a profile in half circle shape Point height 1 mm O mm 1 mm profile C5 d Select the first ellipse then the profile and click on the Curves sweeping icon Chose the Combination mode Max to intertwine the rings properly Do the same for each ellipse 285 4 Fit sweeping For t
211. rojected on the TypeArt object every marker has its own height The plan represented by these three markers is aligned horizontally It became the reference plan Example 4 a ge aa a hin remain ore a Sa eS eS ae a gip r Mn Ls ra Ja E Ee A a hEN Before alignment 292 tpg 1st marker 3rd marker 2nd marker After alignment e Canceling the machining of the TypeArt box for recessed engravings To avoid the machining of the creating a TypeArt object box especially for recessed engravings under the Machining menu click on the Cote command YZ plane 3D engraving view Recessed object External part Visualization of the TypeArt tool path Modifying the Z beginning of machining In order that the tool path made by your machine will begin only inside the recessed part of your TypeArt enter 0 01 mm in the Z security start of machining field found in the Machining parameters box that you can access through the icon Parameters in the dialog box Machining 293 lype Result sent to the machine cn ae Pi e Pa voy a o Fa e e mada dada a Ps eee i al 0 E r a T D F r nore wf f I r YZ plane view of the machining path 3D ISO view of the machining path e SculptArt The SculptArt module is made of brushes that allow to add material to push it to attract or to twist it with the mouse Be careful this option requi
212. rs Format Total width 210 000 mm Total height 297 000 mm Marge Skip external 5 000 mm o 25 815 mm f 5 000 mm Repettions M Limit number of duplications Total number Repetition on s Repetition on r Layers number 170 LETS BPE Multicopy geometrical parameters Dimensions of the plate In the Total width and Total height fields found in the Multicopy window enter the dimensions of the plate to be machined or the dimensions of the machine engraving surface Remark In order to see the preview window for the copies the dimensions of the machine engraving surface have to be greater than those of the active surface According to the given information the display of the field to the right of the window determines the possible number of copies The white square situated at the top of the preview window corresponds to the area of the original object on the plate The gray squares indicate the possible number of copies according to the dimensions of the plate to be duplicated and to the dimensions of the machine engraving surface interval between the border and the spacing between the copies included Geometric parameters Advanced parameters Format Total width 21 0 000 mm Total height 297 000 rrr ammm E kip esterrnal 1 000 rm 1 000 men we EE 000mm 4 Bomm 26 113 mm 4 1 000 mm 5 000 mm 47 886 mm M Limit number of duplications Repetitions
213. rtheless you can modify the visualization height Use therefore the view depth s cursor or enter the desired value in the numerical field located below Visualization at the bottom of the cutting Checking the Theoretical box the theoretical contour of the drawing is shown in red color allowing you to compare the machining to the original design 20 bes Viewing angle in the simulation module To modify the viewing angle of the toolpath simulation click on the icon of the dialog box Simulation The toolbar of the view options is displayed on the screen 0 000 deg Double click on the desired option The visualization will be automatically refreshed Remark If you choose like in the example shown above the Free 3D view symbolized by the icon with arrows you must enter the values that define the viewing angle in the corresponding numerical fields Zooming You can enlarge the drawing by positioning the cursor on the drawing and by clicking on the right button of the mouse You can also click on the a icon To go back to the original view you can either click on the al icon with the mouse left button or double click with the right button Leave the simulation window using the Exit button sending the cutting to the machine Setting up the machine Before sending the cutting to your machine you need to install the machine itself 2 File Edit View Change machining Vee a Fi Setup machines E
214. s To quit this screen click on or on OK 339 Appendix 4 Tool box Each tool available in the software is represented by an icon symbolizing its function The icons defined with the mention Tools and marked with a little arrow on the bottom right corner are launching a new box with icons described on the following page When the function is available the icon becomes darker LA The shaping tools Ol Geometrical shapes tools El Alignment tools E Duplication tools El Transformation tools Fs Special effects tools 340 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL A Text mode A Surface tools El Measuring tools D TypeArt tools The icon shown above allows you to switch to the TypeArt module Permanent toolbar of the TypeArt module Click on the Ed icon to display the Transformation tools of the TypeArt module Click on the EH icon to display the Duplication tools of the TypeArt module Click on the Fy icon to display the Special effects tools of the TypeArt module click on the 2 icon to display the Visualization tools of the TypeArt module VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 341 Appendix 5 Tool bar 342 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL Appendix 6 Shortcuts The Function keys F1 Help F2 Numerical coordinates F3 Snap mode F4 Preview F10 Options The tabulation key Automatic centering of text justification left right center The arrow keys gt A
215. s contouring sweeping 2D and 3D engraving the Distance between steps is also shown in the Pass parameters tab Distance between steps 0 700 mm 50 000 ES It is the distance between two consecutive steps measured at the center of the tool You can directly enter the value in the unit you have chosen or a percentage the other value is automatically deduced NB the percentage is indicated for the diameter of the tool but according to the shape of the tool different active parts are considered spherical toll radius flat end tool tip By default the value is 50 which is the usual value in order to leave no material between two steps The difference between this value and 100 is the overlapping distance of the pass or overlap Example 20 of overlap 50 of overlap Distance between steps of 50 Distance between steps of 80 Skip external For 3D toolpaths using with true angle 3D engraving finishing 3D finishing intaglio the Pass parameters tab includes also a check box called Skip external frame The finishing tool does not engrave the external frame which saves time and avoids unnecessary usage of the tool Skip external 202 Projection tab A Projection tab appears when a TypeArt object or a surface as well as a curve are included in the items selected for engraving in order to specify the conditions for projecting the curve on these surfaces Specify here the Accuracy for
216. s and without releasing the left button of the mouse drag the cursor towards the active area Press the F2 key enter the position of the guideline and validate You can have an unlimited number of guidelines To delete add or move guidelines go to Change gt Guide layer The modification of guidelines dialog box allows for accurate positioning of the guidelines Edit guide lines You can also add a guideline by choosing the axis and the position Then select Add To move a guideline enter the new numerical values in its field and click on Change 86 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL SD AS Quick tip Double clicking on a guideline will display the Edit guide lines dialog box Snap on guidelines Press the F3 button and select Grid and Guide As soon as the displaced object enters into the magnetization field of the guideline it is snapped onto it Magnetization field You can reduce or increase the magnetization field in the menu Edit gt Options The dialog box Options is displayed Choose Display and enter the numerical value of the magnetization field in Snap distance The default value is 8 Aligning against a grid Like the guidelines the grid helps in the positioning of objects The grid creates magnetic points with an adjustable distance Displaying the grid To display the grid go to Change gt Grid and select Visible The default value is 100 mm on the 3 axes and the point of origin is O
217. s in the right part of the dialog box permit to define the distance between each slice the Z start from top to bottom and the number of slices to be created lower numerical field of the dialog box Example if you ask for space by 0 01 mm you obtain the contour of the TypeArt object q Y ee a ae na Y a ty es y FT a a Y 4m E z z TEE le ar Wirt it 20 ws cate ete r Plenary faeces airs ate e A AA nl a e AP I a a dara etn Ey an oi at ry A TH tra je te pa Eq CAm a A oe E nds Ste ea oe a ad ee a a a Lat Po I in pe 4 a 5 1 m 1 1 FOF 1 A e Ho 4 LOE A I aa r y Te mu a m Tim pul a e _ A Tok pa pr A a p a E m r 7 q m un En y A iy s T Ly S 4 A T Fi a o A co e ri a e Mer a EA e r T A A rr al I as F s e hy a 310 e Creating a flat skin around a TypeArt object This feature allows you to extend a TypeArt object Select the TypeArt object around which you want to create a flat skin and click on the Flat skin icon we The corresponding dialog box appears on the screen Angular skin 0 000 deg Cancel Three different methods can be used to extend a TypeArt object It can be extended e According to a defined angle activate the Angular skin option clearing the field and allowing you to enter the angle value e Ina flat way at specific Z position activate the Constant Z option clearing the field and allowing
218. s non numeric characters Start Enter in this field the starting value of the numbering Step increment Enter in this field the value defining the step of the numbering Nb of decimals Define there the number of decimal places if the start value or the incrementation step is not a whole number Modification of the number of significant digits If your digit includes decimals you can choose the number of digits after the points by ticking Delete non significant zero and then by entering the number of decimals truncated figures Once you defined all these parameters click on Next to validate The dialog box First kind of ticks appears on the screen 76 es Once you ve defined the labels and validated by clicking on Next the dialog box First kind of ticks is displayed on the screen This dialog box allows you to parameterize the shape the height the width and the position in relation to the support drawing of the first kind of parameters red ticks Graduation parameters Shape of the first graduations Select the shape of the first kind of graduations by clicking on Dg A or Dimensions of the first graduations ao Enter the height and the width of the first kind of graduations in the two fields containing values in mm Defining the number of the first graduations Number of spaces There is one space less than the number of graduations Enter the desired number Click then in the other field Number of ticks
219. s plain that the length of the dimension line must be entered only when it is outside the extension lines Extension line In the same way you can choose which extension lines are visible or not and their color qe aie ae e 123 123 123 123 4 Line extension Enter the length of the extension line above the dimension line Line offset Indicate how far from the first two dimension points the extension lines have to begin in general side 159 of the measured object b mrm offset 45 cm 12 mrm line extension Text properties Text properties Dimension test apparency ttf Arial gt O Height 5 000 mm Text position Text onentation Additional text Pl Precision Unit sit o oo mm Sut Dimension text appearance Here you can select the font the color and the size of the dimension text Text position The dimension text is positioned either on the line or shifted in relation to this line the entered value is applied to the baseline of the text Text orientation Choose the orientation of the text enter an angle value if the text is neither vertical nor horizontal pn 123 123 A Az j Additional text Enter the text of a possible prefix or suffix to the dimension text Please note that the unit chosen in the drop down menu is already displayed next to the dimension figure as a suffix The number of significant digits number of zeros after the
220. se 3 While pressing the Shift key move the cursor in the angle you wish to measure The value is shown on the bottom status line Angle 37 170 degree Remark Used in conjunction with F3 the measurement tool will be more accurate regarding the measured angle Measuring a size Size Click on the Size icon Then place the cursor on the periphery of the object and drag it to the opposite corner including the object in a crossed square The different values are shown on the bottom status line 157 Bounding box This function allows to measure the real bounds of one curve or several combined curves even if there are points out of the curve far from the line A frame which has the dimensions of the object is added The dimensions appear in the status line 5 Select the object s to be measured and click on the icon Bounding box al in the Measurement tools toolbar SS Pa Curve with bounding box This function enables to apply precise transformations on the object Dimension This function allows to add dimension lines to the object and to parameterize their appearance Click on the icon Dimension Zi Click on the location of the first point of the dimension line then on the second one Move the mouse in the direction of the dimension lines and click once again when the right position is reached It is highly recommended to use the control points in the Snap up mode F3 to obtain a precise measure
221. se or the F2 key o El Convert the marker into a curve 217 A With the shaping tool double click on the marker which becomes encompassed by a square The dialog box Points attributes is displayed Enter a value of Z 3 and validate You can also place the marker with the F2 key Check in the YZ view that the point is accurately located at 3 mm DJ i O PI _ L e Creating a constant height section with the aid of a curve In the simple functions of TypeArt the height of the embossment depends on the Z max height and Max Distance distance between each contour parameters It is therefore difficult to obtain a section with a constant height when for instance a drawing is thinner at some extremities Principle It consists in limiting the maximum height of the section by a curve whose points of construction have a preset value in Z The starting and ending angle varies depending on the height of the section limited by the points of the curve and the distance between the contours Its shape is defined by a tracing the profile In this drawing the construction points of both median curves are in Z 5 mm eo The profile is an arc leveled out at the end 278 bes Embossments obtained in TypeArt for each of the drawings in XZ view The starting and ending angles are different Different starting ending angles Z constant at 5mm o l Pr mmabirra The geometry
222. sed in particular to evacuate material Multi step without Z up drilling is made in several steps with an optional move in the Z position specified by Z up position Drilling depth drilling depth Z up position Z coordinates for movements outside the material Dwell when the tool is at the bottom it can be useful to add a short waiting time before moving up Selection filter Allows to indicate which elements among the selected contours will be the object of the drilling The points defined by the Draw holes tool are considered as special markers Markers a drill is made at the position of each selected marker Start point a drill is made at the position of each selected curve starting point End point a drill is made at the position of each selected curve ending point Start end point combines both previous choices to take into account closed contours Braille a drill is made at the center of each closed contour High speed in clear move by default the move up is done in working speed By checking this box the fast speed defined in the Technologies tab will be used Remark No toolpath is generated for the drilling visualization must be done in 2D or 3D 209 2D cutting Single cutter path positionned outside the original shape and based on the Indicated cutter size The tool will cut outside the first contour of the drawing no true angles Toolpath parameters T Internal cutting Tangential entr
223. seful to apply the following treatments to the image e Effects e Color reduction e Soften e Sharpen Select Conversion in 32 bits in the menu Conversion to increase the number of colors Decreasing the number of colors You can only decrease images with 16 7 millions colors a Color reduction Click on the icon Color reduction The corresponding dialog box is displayed Click on Fusion for an automatic fusion Cancel or validate this operation You can select the colors to be treated in the actual palette while holding down the Ctrl key click on each color you want to select Click then on Suppression to suppress the selected colors or on Fusion to merge them You can change the parameters of the colors reduction by clicking on Options Click then on Color reduction to apply the reduction In case you are not satisfied with the result of your treatment click on Reset to get back the original image Once all the parameters are set click on OK to validate Gray levels Conversion in 256 gray levels Select Gray level 8 bits in the Conversion menu in order to reduce the number of colors of an image down to 256 gray levels Gray levels This operation reduces the number of colors of an image to an equivalent number of gray levels Histogram correction This option is only available with gray levels images El Histogram Click on the icon Histogram The dialog box Histogram correction is displayed The gra
224. size of the picture To go back to the usual display mode click on the Half zoom icon m Full page view Click on this icon to display the picture in a full page mode in that case the full page is the left window of the TypeArt Viewer To go back to the original display mode click on the Scalable view icon Modifying the size of a picture by free hand To modify by free hand the size of a picture displayed in the right window of the TypeArt Viewer click on the right button of your mouse While holding it down drag your cursor forwards to reduce the size of the picture or backwards to enlarge it Example 319 Rotating the picture by free hand To make a picture rotate by free hand in the right window of the TypeArt Viewer click on the left button of the mouse and while holding it down drag your cursor When the desired view is obtained release the left button of the mouse e Color map This feature allows to create a bitmap from the selected elements of a drawing This bitmap will then be used to color different parts of the drawing so that you will obtain a color realistic rendering In the TypeArt module select the different parts of the drawing and click on the Color map icon Pel A new bitmap is created next to the original drawing e Light direction This feature allows you to modify the direction of light for the realistic rendering of a TypeArt object Click on the Light direction icon 2 The dialog box Type
225. software from the Type3 family has post processors to drive most of the 3D engraving machines For the 2D engraving machines an adaptation kit for 3D is available CNC PC 2 for more information please contact us INSTALLATION Attaching the dongle Turn your computer off Remove any cable or any other dongle connected to your printer port LPT1 Plug the male side of the dongle into the parallel port of the computer Plug into the back end of the dongle any other cable or other security plugs that were previously connected to the printer port Turn your computer on e The printer must always be connected and On line Installing the software The software e Insert the CD Rom in the CD driver example d if your CD ROM driver is installed on d e Select Start then Execute and the Browse button e Open the Type3V42000 directory and double click on the Setup program e Follow the instructions of the installation program The dongle The software has been conceived to detect automatically the dongle whatever the system you are working under Windows 95 98 2000 or Windows NT Nevertheless in case you had some problems when the installation is complete e Select Start then Execute and the Browse button e Open the C Vision key directory and double click on the Setup program e Drivers are installed though nothing appears on screen Restart Windows For updating the software you will need to inform us of
226. splayed on your screen click on 3D ISO and validate Example 137 Disconnect then the points of the original contour by selecting them and clicking on the Disconnect point of the Point mode toolbar Once all the points are disconnected the contour becomes black It proves it became an open contour Select the whole contour and click on the Uncombine curves icon in the toolbox Each curve of the contour is now independent Contours direction In order to create a surface of Coons and to make then a bracing operation in the best conditions you must respect this requirement opposite segments must have the same direction Ensuring the contours direction has to be made under the point mode Example Pointed contours don t have the same direction To invert a curve direction this can only be made under the point mode select the curve and click on the icon Reverse contours Example Pointed contours have now the same direction Selection order of the contours This is also made under the point mode First select the upper contour and by pressing and holding down the Ctrl key select the opposite contour then the left one and last the right one Y Surface of Coons Once all contours are selected click on the Surface of Coons icon Example Your surface of Coons is created 138 Seep Creating a bilinear surface This kind of surface has to be drawn using 4 markers After selection these markers ar
227. ss option to be activated you must be sure that the parameter Op0 is equal to 19 To access this parameter choose Options in the Edit menu or strike the F10 key The dialog box Options is displayed on the screen Select the bookmark Calculation parameters to access Op0 Machining window option buttons Four buttons are used to activate options sometimes available with some post processors Nevertheless these buttons have no effect with most post processors Activated Deactivated button button Te i o Activates or deactivates the pin rotation lA A Activates or deactivates the spraying for cleaning or lubricating A A Activates or deactivates the automatic plate loader 0 D Activates or deactivates the tool loader if any 254 TYPEART MODULE gt 299 256 EYEE VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL bes GETTING STARTED WITH T YPEART Drawing importation Opening a new drawing Place two guidelines one vertical and one horizontal at 50 mm from the bottom left hand corner of the active area bd Retrieve a symbol from the symbol library for instance Grappe syb Layer 1 be 03 991 Y 66 85 0 000 mm ber VIEN 1z 0 10 i i MM al a a cn a rn aa a Pa _ sa ee pl e a Se A Pee a el ta a Decomposition of the drawing Uncombine the drawing by clicking on the Uncombine icon so you can work separately on each contour and give to each a different shape Then
228. strator The import of a file from another software can be done if some precautions are respected Before exporting your lay out you have to convert it into curves especially the text part It is a usual function of graphic software When a text has been converted into curves you cannot modify it anymore in the text mode but the geometrical manipulations can still be executed size deformation Choice of the format PostScript HPGL DXF IGES or ISO HPGL HPG Created to drive plotters this language is well known in CAD and in mechanics world in particular You will find it in most of the existing software This is a useful solution to import different contours However it generates a large quantity of vectors which can be an inconvenient in some case especially concerning the quality of the restored curves PostScript EPS PostScript is the natural format for the description of contours whether they are fonts or drawings Contrary to the HPGL which vectorized curves PostScript defines all the profiles in Bezier curves so there is a better quality at the time of the restoration Computation is faster and the treatment will be optimized because few elements have to be analyzed As for the HPGL you will need to vectorize the composition before exporting it to the PostScript format DXF DXF This is the Autocad format Often contours issued from this format are opened To avoid to close each contour manually the Au
229. sts in defining the limit of the working area with a tracing Example on a picture mi Or Scan or import the picture with a Bmp or Tiff format Position the picture on the page preferably in the lower left hand corner and adjust the size as desired E Trace the periphery of the area to be created in TypeArt with the Sketching tool or with the geometrical tools circle rectangle etc al mm a co a al J Run TypeArt and make sure you give the correct dimensions to the TypeArt object so that the mask fits into the box Ls Select the picture and then the mask Next click on the Grey level texture icon Enter the desired elevation values for the gray levels The volume is applied only on the surface of the masked 5 a aR ai Et A f Mites e Ara aie ral ery e ie ne PES l ty or rt iF E ds A on ry i EEE Ls E ath CUE ieee p a oe arity te fe dnt Ear ii ut i as i er ete ie E A A A o a de a o O gh CO A pa e rs ca te Leer i aT a J E E A ie y ets a ERL te rh y mate i cH hu A E E ing i aes tae te iy AAA se a ty F eae ne Ti Retina AA Mc ri i s F rp AE EII Me eta Se ne eA ARIAS teh AERIS Se Aa 7 ee rt EN T E i ae tie NE ct ER ember Sat ea ah 3 AT rer ie eas Pe iS Se td oe Pe eee IHUR a heey ity a A ea RL fi ae peor tae A A E ae RE EA de as Hates i an na te A T AE a E PL EEE te i hal tet i TTAF EN ds Po i it Spica Fe
230. t In machining this point will be the starting point of the tool Show control point To display the control points of the contours Hit F10 and check the option Show control point Show control point Jw For the points out of the curve For the points on the curve Remark In some cases the points on the curve can be indicated by circles This is especially the case when points have been manually added on an existing tracing 28 Render TypeArt in 2D view Activate this option to realistically render TypeArt objects in 3D but also in 2D because its is often much easier to work with a 2D view Arrow move 4 gt To modify the value of one move each time you move the selected item with the keyboard arrow keys Hit F10 and enter the desired value in the Arrow move field as shown in the example below Arrow move fi O00 mm Snap distance This value corresponds to the snap distance of the contours while using the Snap mode initiated by the F3 key Hit F10 and enter the desired snap value in the Snap distance field Snap distance E Remark The higher the value the more limited the snap distance will be The distance is given in pixels Surface step This parameter defines the accuracy of the display concerning imported 3D shapes in other words the number of isometrics for the display of surfaces of revolution or surfaces described in IGES format Hit F10 and enter the desired value in the Surf
231. t coordinates Select the Sketching tool and click on F2 Enter the X1 Y1 and Z1 coordinates for point 1 Then click on F2 to enter the X2 Y2 and Z2 coordinates for point 2 Finally click again on F2 and enter the same coordinates X2 Y2 and Z2 of the point 2 to end the operation Ea 1 2 Double line Gd Double line The interest of this function is to trace double lines as well as single line segments line segments can also be drawn by pressing the Ctrl key while tracing with the Sketching tool Drawing a double line To draw a double line click on the icon Double line You can set the parameters of this tool by pressing the Ctrl key while clicking on the icon Double line 63 The dialog box Creation of simple double line appears on the screen Creation of simple double line 3 000 mm First choose the kind of link and its dimensions Therefore click on one of the three icons A Creation of sharpened angles Creation of chamfered angles Creation of rounded angles Define then the spacing between each line of the double line and the median axis by entering the numerical values in the corresponding fields Remark In case you create an open contour you can also define the double line s aspect at its starting point and at its arrival point To define the double line s aspect at its start and at its end click on one of the three icons Ea Open double line El Closed double line with sharpened angles
232. t of it by stating its start and end angles 0 000 mm 0 000 mm Enter the values corresponding to the coordinates of the center of the cylinder s first side 25 mm in the example above of the second side s center 0 mm in the example and of the radius 10 mm in the example Validate with OK 133 Creating a cone In the Mapping toolbar click on the Cone icon a Position the cursor on the material where you want the center of the cone s finest end to be and click the mouse left button Drag the cursor until the diameter of this end is reached Validate by clicking once again the mouse left button Drag now the cursor until the cone has the desired direction and dimensions During this step the cone is pivoting around the center of its finest end Click a last time the mouse left button to validate the created shape Remark By default you will only create the upper half of the cone Hit the Shift key while you drag your cursor to create a whole cone or the Ctrl key meanwhile you drag the cursor to create the lower half of the cone Hit the F2 key once you clicked on the Cone icon to create the cone numerically The dialog box Cone appears on the screen 20 000 mm 25 000 mm 25 000 mm 0 000 mm 10 000 mm i 0 000 mm 5 000 mm es gt e Start angle 0 000 deg End angle 360 000 deg Cancel By default a whole cone is created Click on the desired icon of the dialog box to generate the upp
233. t of the dialog box or by entering numerical values for the RGB parameters It also allows you to edit a hue Click on it therefore or enter numerical values for the HSV parameters The result of your new setting appears in the field Current color Validate by clicking on OK Drawing Select the active color and click on the tool corresponding to the shape you want to draw ES Line Position the mouse cursor where you want your line to start and click Drag the mouse until your line is set Click a last time to define the position of the arrival point El Rectangle O Ellipse circle Place the mouse cursor where you want your shape to start and click While holding down the left mouse button drag your cursor until the shape is set Release the mouse button lt l Polyline a Polygon Place the mouse cursor where you want your shape to start and click Drag the cursor until the first angle position is reached and click then to validate this point Repeat the last operation as many times as you want to create angles Click on the right button of the mouse to validate the final shape E Fill rectangle M Fill ellipse The inside of the created shape is filled with the active color Painting Select the active color and then the desired tool Four different tools are available e Thin pencil the width of the created stroke is 1 pixel e Brush pencil the created stroke results of a succession of filled circles e Spray this tool
234. th the mouse select the text or characters to be raised or lowered enter the desired height in mm in the corresponding field and validate by clicking on the red button Remark You can also modified the size of the character using the mouse Li Selection tool Select the text or character with the selection tool and click on the handle at the top center of the text Without releasing the button on the mouse drag the mouse toward the top or bottom of the screen depending on whether you wish to raise or to lower the text Example 47 Remark You can give the accurate dimensions of the height you wish to apply by hitting the F2 key e Modifying the width of the character A Width of the character in percentage With the mouse select the text or characters to be widened or shortened enter the width desired in the corresponding field and validate Remark You can also modified the width of the character using the mouse see hereafter Li Selection tool Select the text or character with the selection tool and click on the handle at the right center of the text Without releasing the button on the mouse drag the mouse toward the left or the right of the screen depending on whether you wish to shorten or to enlarge the text Example Remark You can give the accurate dimensions of the height you wish to apply by hitting the F2 key e Slanting ca Slanting Select the text or characters to be slanted click on the icon
235. th the selected parameters oF 38 EYEE VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL CAD MODULE gt 40 EYEE VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL bes DISPLAYING TOOLS Tools for visualization The tools concerning the display of an object are always shown at the top of the screen Deh ccl BB AeanAoOal n 5 S E VER You can also find these functions under the View menu a Zoom Click on the icon and define with the cursor the area you want to enlarge If the zoom is not enough redo the operation To cancel click on the same point a Previous zoom To jump to the previous view h Zoom maximum To display all objects even if some of them are outside of the active area a Zoom on active area To display automatically the entire active area Zoom on selection To zoom automatically on the selected object If there is no object selected this function is not valid Y Quick tip Clicking on the right button of the mouse will enlarge the view x 2 without selecting an icon Double clicking will give you the maximum zoom 41 3D display The selection of the views can be done either under the View menu or by clicking on the lower status bar in the XY View point field 4 types of views are available on the XY axes in front view on the YZ axes in cross section view on the XZ axes in cross section view on the XYZ axes in 3D Iso view 20 xv 20 yz 20 xz 30 leo OK E angle al i
236. the original contour and the created segments as well as the segment length E Segmentation Select the text or the object Click on the Segmentation icon The dialog box Segmentation is displayed on the screen x Length max 0 1 00 mm Mas cordal error 0 050 mm Cancel Enter the values in the appropriate fields Length max maximal length of the created segments Max chordal error maximal distance between the original contour and the created segment 107 hax chordal error ms Wax length Remarks 1 In case of a text convert it into curves by clicking on the corresponding icon Sl Otherwise you could not use the Segmentation function 2 This function is very useful if you want to brace and map tool paths on skewed shapes It can be used during the calculation or before it so that you know in advance the number of created segments Creating an envelope You need to draw 4 open curves oriented as shown below to create an envelope F a Then select them in the following order 1 2 3 4 Combine these curves by clicking on the Combine icon Export this set with the Syb format by clicking on the Export icon a or with the menu File gt Export and save it in the directory Symbols gt Envelop You can create complex envelopes in order to customize the warping inside the envelope using 8 curves or more in the same way as for a simple one 108 Complex envelop with representatio
237. the button of the mouse press the F2 key Enter in the window the desired position of the reference point of the object 99 For this example the X and Y values are 0 T 5 dd 45 20 o 5 10 15 20 Ey diab ike ines licenciado o E E 2 Scaling With the mouse You can scale an object with its handles or with the appropriate icon Shift 2 sides at the same time Shift F2 2 sides at the same time with an accurate scale Ctrl To obtain steps of 100 by 100 Select the object and click on a handle in a corner The cursor changes to a sizing pointer drag the cursor in the desired direction to obtain the required size Then release the button Accurate scaling With F2 key Select the object and click on a handle The cursor changes to a sizing pointer Press the F2 key and give the numerical scaling factor or the exact dimension desired in the fields of the selected axis x width 36 305 mrd Scalex 200 000 Height li 3 414 mm Scale Y 300 000 zz Depth 0 000 il Scale Z 200 000 Proportional Cancel x 100 Scaling tool Yes Bl scale After having selected the item and this icon click anywhere in the active area and drag the cursor the transformation is centered Release the button on the mouse when done Ctrl To obtain steps of 100 by 100 Vertical and horizontal stretching You can use the handles or the Stretching icon With the mouse Select the object an
238. the codes of the dongle For this in the menu of the CAD module select the option About and click on the function Order Print this page after filling in the required information and fax it to us or to your nearest distributor We will get back to you the same way See Appendix 3 Installing True Type fonts To use the special fonts you must first install them in Windows after complete installation of the software Start gt Parameters gt Control Panel then Fonts In the File menu gt Install fonts select all True Type fonts in c Vision fonts ttf directory 10 Choosing the interface language To change the interface language choose Options in the Edit menu Select the General tab in the dialog box displayed on the screen and then the desired language in the scroll down menu Language English bd Click on OK to validate You need to restart the application Function keys Some function keys are used every day in the drawing module and you should know about them as soon as possible F2 to specify precise numerical coordinates during an operation F3 to select a snap mode when working on several elements Ctrl F or Ctrl D allow to change mode without changing the current tool Control point Enable grid View grid F4 to preview the transformation in progress keep pressed F10 to open the Options dialog box from where you change several working parameters On line help Th
239. tion Shift with Arc by 3 points Third point defined between first and second Shift with Copy Paste function Copy of selected item Shift with Scaling with mouse Symmetrical action 344 Es Appendix 7 Vision numeric fonts ABECDEPGHIIKLMN OPLQROTOVWXYZ 7be det ehipgfk_ElL my opgqgrsreuvwrery Z tm a7 g rut e e a a 1 123285 5 755 e E E E E CA A eee a ft 88 al leo Kh KR EDX BDSG aire TO J w Servez 9 Ce monsieur le vieux petit juge blond ass s et fond une bi re hollendatse et des kiwis parce quil y tient 345 e Din Filaire This font is made of 190 characters and 324 kerning pairs ABCDEFORIIKLMN N OPQRS TUVWXYZ apcaerqnijyKimr ODaGTSTUVWX Y Z AAAKAAAEEEEIITIOOOOODNBUY aaaqaawmeece eecii ss inoooouuuuyy 125450 89L BEBO 4 2 lt gt 2010 CUIDE Y IS O 0 A A OR SO Servez a ce monsieur le vieux petit uge blond assis au fond une biere Nnollanacaise et aes kiwis parce quil y tient 346 bes e VN Glass This font is made of 190 characters and 110 kerning pairs AbBUELDEF GHIIJTKLMN JIPOURS UVWXY Z abcdaefgnhtislJkil mn PGES TUVWXYZ AAAA AAAEEEEIIIIOOOOOBNBUY E aeceeee rl 1 I1N0D0O0O0UULU Y y 1234507 840 OO E EA AA ne LEHMY IE OF e7 BM 423 YT 10 Y KY AI Dee Servez a ce monsieur le vieux petit Juge lona assis au fond une biere hollandaise ot des kiwis parce gull y tient 347 e Vn Helvetica 1L This font is made of 190 chara
240. to connect function to connect the contours is available in the shaping mode REMARK The quality of the engraving depends on the quality of your composition The created engraving will be the accurate mirror of the composition supplied The smallest detail will be reproduced This performance will allow you mostly to engrave a drawing with delicacy Sometimes this accuracy will be the origin of imperfections A drawing which has not been created correctly will produce a mediocre engraving Whatever the lines are straight or curve they must be as smooth as possible 336 E Appendix 2 Choices for engraving recessed or raised The engraving choice recessed or raised is done at the composition and is very simple each contour is a barrier which delimits the material The software will interpret it as follows no material material 1st contour no material material 2nd overlapping contour etc Composition Result recessed engraving E Composition Result engraving in relief You just have to add a contour around the composition to create an engraving in relief 33 Appendix 3 Order Should you need to contact your dealer or should you wish to acquire an additional option please send by fax the details of your dongle after filling in your coordinates To obtain details of your dongle please follow the procedure hereafter Click in the menu on the icon E x o Types Authors C DUPUIS O
241. to create inclined plans on a design with the help of three markers Such plans are described as Facets e Plan defined by three points In the CAD module place three markers that will define the limits of your inclined plan on the design Example Choose then the Snap option Marker Select the option Snap mode in the Edit menu or strike the F3 key Click then on the Sketching tool icon and draw the contour of the inclined plan passing through the three markers You can modify the height of one or more marker to incline the plan Select the new created plan and click on the icon to switch to the Shaping mode Double click then on each marker which height has to be modified Enter the desired height in the Z field of the displayed dialog box Point attribute and validate by clicking on OK Example Switch back to the TypeArt mode by clicking on the corresponding icon Back in this module select the new modified curve contour and click on the Facet icon al The current Combination mode applies Remark In the example shown hereafter the same operation has been repeated as many times as there are vertices on the star 299 Example Operation executed once Operation repeated Duplication tools in TypeArt e Running duplication tools in TypeArt You can access to the different duplication and texturing tools thanks to the Duplication tools icon E in the main left toolbar of the TypeArt module Click on th
242. to update immediately the corresponding number of graduations Number of ticks There is one tick graduation more than the number of spaces Enter the desired number Click then in the other field Number of spaces to update immediately the corresponding number of spaces Position of the first kind of graduations lu bostad Activate this option to position your ticks graduations above the original shape du Activate this option to center the ticks graduations on the original shape Remark Activate this option to position the ticks graduations under the original shape The blue number on the right corner at the bottom of the dialog box First kind of ticks corresponds to the parameterizing level of the different kinds of ticks you may want to use In the example shown above we have chosen to use only one kind of tick In case we would have liked to use more than one kind of ticks we should have filled in as many First kind of ticks dialog boxes as used kinds of ticks EN SELECTING AN OBJECT OR A GROUP OF OBJECTS selecting an object Li Selection tool With this tool you can select move resize scale or rotate an object To select an object click on any point on its shape The selected shape is displayed in red with handles Selecting a group of objects To select several objects move the cursor above and outside of the first object Click and drag the mouse towards and outside the final object then release the butto
243. ture permits you to modify a TypeArt object according to the choice of the tool In case the TypeArt object is made of vertical sections these sections will be modified to take into account the cone shape used for the tool In case the TypeArt has some details that will be impossible to achieve because of the cone shape of the tool and or its half angles those details will be filled in Select the object and click on the Modify for a tool icon pu The Theoretical TypeArt and machining dialog box is displayed Theorical Type 4rt and machining The selected tool in our example has the following properties Conical 20 Half angle 0 4 mm Example 1 ace ies moe a BF ates eee ee ae nn et x Small details have been filled in Vertical sections and tools now have the same angle VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL 309 e Creating slices in a TypeArt object This feature allows you to create slices from a TypeArt object It is particularly useful for getting back the contour of a digitized object Select the TypeArt object and click on the Slices icon The Slices of TypeArt dialog box appears on the screen Slices of TypeArt From top to bottom From bottom to top Slice number 4 cos Choose among From top to bottom and From bottom to top to define the direction of the curves creation The numerical field in the left part of the dialog box allows you to define the maximum height of the TypeArt object The three numerical field
244. tywioods dark wood Select Scene Remove OO OJ Background image Edit New Material gt i ew Matera e To assign a material to a TypeArt object select the TypeArt in the CAD Objects window then select the a material in the database on the right and finally click on the icon By double clicking on a material in the database window or by the Edit button the Material editor is displayed on the screen It is possible to create a new material as well e The Ring mode checkbox allows you to enter parameters for rendering rings and bracelets e Select scene allows to choose a background environment Click on the Select scene button and double click on Socle or click once on Socle and then on Load Choose an environment and click on the icon Rendering to have an idea of the result e Background image gives you the possibility to choose a background Double click on after having selected the Background image in order to open the Material Data base You can select an image or load your own bitmaps 318 IY Preview asheen ashwood bague fleur MW benedet x b w Black W bordues w cldsmap A costa A evigreen W madaroze A manu W Masson A Siren Load W Tiss E Cancel Ww Tudirect Click on the icon Rendering i to have an idea of the result You can combine easily the Select scene and Background image options Material Editor This dialog box gi
245. ult In that case you don t need to redo all the steps one by one Simply double click on your composition The dialog box will be displayed on the screen again you can modify the parameters 2 The support drawing already exists Select the contour which you would like to be graduated and click on the icon Dial A The dialog box Wizard is displayed on the screen General parameters Once you ve created the support drawing and clicked on Next or selected an existing shape click on the Dial icon The dialog box Wizard gets displayed on the screen It will help you to define the general parameters of your dial or ruler Extract from the Wizard dialog box 74 VERSION PRO USER S MANUAL Kinds of ticks Define how many kinds of ticks will be used Labels Activate this function if you want the labels to appear on your ruler or your dial Keep curves Activate this function to keep the constructed original shape Ticks and curve color Use the scroll down menu to select the display color of curves and graduations As soon as you have defined these parameters click on Next to validate The dialog box Labels is displayed on the screen Defining labels Once you defined the General parameters and you validated by clicking on Next the dialog box Labels is displayed on the screen Use the Labels dialog box to parameterize the position the numbering and the size of the labels Height position and choice of labels Extra
246. use of this feature to create lifestyle textures on a part or on the whole TypeArt object Click on the Procedural texturing icon pe The current Combination mode applies The Procedural texturing dialog box is displayed on the screen in which you can choose among two kinds of texturing Fractal Spread The fractal type procedural texturing The Fractal type corresponds to a kind of depression of which the total height level and repetitions of details amplitude variation etc can be parameterized The evolutions of these depressions can also be parameterized on the X and Y axis Moreover you can assign a random factor called Random generator for the final result 301 Jural texturing A Fractal Spread Kind of fractal Stone ps Level of detail layers 2 2 A Height ratio for between bs Eo alcesalve layers Noise speed ratio between EE successive layers Amplitude variation 0 3 ami 05 Evolution ons and Y E E i ja Random generator j 40474 ER Example of a Fractal type texture The spread type procedural texturin The Spread type corresponds to the spreading of simple geometrical elements box sphere pyramid cone or selection i e any TypeArt object previously created defining the number of copies the rotation in X Y or Z of copied elements etc Fractal Spread Elements to spread TA Ab f 5000 mi r a ri Size 5 000 mm l GOT mim 000 mm four selection a 0 000 m
247. value of the parameter n 19 Options dialog Calculation allowances tab is done automatically between each pass By default multipass is active without any rotation between each sweeping step Op0 19 parameter n 19 0 240 bes Cutting mode for contours Op1 A If the proposed default mode sorting of contours is not sufficient for optimizing your tool paths you have at your disposal supplementary options which improve the time of machining Standard Op1 0 The smallest surfaces are machined first Enter in the field Op1 the number 1 or 2 according to the type of cutting you wish to do see below Cutting letters Opt1 1 All the objects are independent and will be cut one after another in each case the internal contour will be cut prior to the external one The calculation of trajectories is faster since the software does not execute the function concerned with the collision management of tools It is therefore necessary before beginning to leave enough space between the objects to avoid any possible collisions Cutting words Op1 2 The order of selection in the CAD module remains the same The cutting operation is made piece by piece in each case the internal contour will be cut prior to the external one with the collision management activated 241 This option is recommended to cut pieces that do not require a complete cut between objects Op1 3 The initial order given to objects
248. ve done at each angle radius and distance input output Check intersections When checked allows to verify that the curves done by the floating tool do no interfere with the original drawing In such a case the size of the curves and their orientation are automatically adapted to avoid collisions between the toolpath and the geometry to cut For open contour C Normal C Driven tool Arcs on exterior angles Arcs on inner angles f Arcs on all angles For open contours These options are used only for the floating tool and determine the behavior when changing direction Normal no curve is used for the tool The cutting is done in plotting mode Driven tool the tool moves up at each angle then enters back into the material Arcs on exterior angles a positioning curve is done for each exterior angle Arcs on inner angles a positioning curve is done for each interior angle Arcs on all angles combines the 2 previous options 208 Drilling or Boring Generation of hole cutting paths Toolpath parameters Mode 2 000 mm f Spot drill Up position 7 Multi steps with up 0 000 mm r Multi steps without 7 Cel up po Selection filter Markers End point Braile Start point T Startend point T High speed in clear move Mode Spot drill drilling is made in one step Multi step with Z up drilling is made in several steps with a move in Z reference position between each step Is u
249. veral sections 7 possibilities are available for merging or mixing sections on contours They are shown in a floating toolbar you use before launching several operations on TypeArt objects Combination mode P fel Es SEN 2 oli sls Note if the bar is not visible it is probably reduced in the lower left corner of the screen You might have to maximize the main window to see it Replace All Z values of an existing section Contour 1 will be replaced by the new ones Contour 2 Replace is the default option for the first shape 270 tpg E E Replace Hering area repizce existing section new section Liew of YZ plana Orang REMARK The option Replace is useful for deleting a section or an ensemble of sections without having to create a new TypeArt object Adding To add to an existing section Contour 1 the entered value Contour 2 In the merging area the two sections are added Example E BB aca Hering area Add existing section How section Drawing Example 5 sina RUMEN Setar w aiy ieia MEN o n ne A CARE RAI Beg ae Bes Reve eae ns ua e Drawing View of YZ plane 3D ISO view Subtract To remove from an existing section Contour 1 the entered value Contour 2 1 1 Subtract 2 1 Merging area Subiraci existing section 0 F z Liew of YZ piano REMARK If the height of the subtracted area is higher than the height of the existing shape
250. ves you the possibility to combine many effects to infinity e Color Box not ticked even rendering Box ticked off uneven rendering Click on the box in order to choose the color you want to Click on the box which is now active This allows you to assign to the object Push the Preview button to see the open the database of images Choose a pattern and resulting effect click on Load You can have an idea of the rendering with the Preview button You can combine both of the effects by assigning a percentage to each of them This percentage gives the color in proportion to the used material 319 Example Ground Sphere Box Preview Hox always active Ticked box Box becomes active In our example there is 80 of color and 20 of material NOTE Once the box ticked it is possible to click on the boxes corresponding to the different effects for instance so as to open the dialog box allowing you to define the mapping or tiling offset and number of repetitions of the object value must be between 1 and 1 It holds for all effects except for the Metal shininess Offset XT oO YT 0 Repte e Specular This option depends on the material property and allows you to parameterize the intensity of the luminous spot that appears on the object The higher the value is the bigger the spot gets Box not ticked even rendering Box ticked off uneven rendering Enter a value between 0 a
251. ws to geometrically position one to nine draw holes on the active surface So can you take into account the future positioning of the holes in relation to your composition Click on the Draw hole icon The dialog box Draw hole is displayed on the screen Drow hole Cancel First enter the dimensions depth and width in the two fields located in the lower left corner of the dialog box Select then the positioning of the draw hole s Remark The Draw hole function includes nine predefined positions that you may combine or no Example 1 L To center a draw hole on the active surface click on the icon You can immediately see the result in the dialog box Drow hole F000 mm OK Cancel The draw hole is automatically centered You can also combine several positioning patterns as well as suppress some holes simply by clicking on the ones that must be deleted Example 2 To position five draw holes first click on con then on i Click then on the point you want to delete PEO 71 AS The dialog box immediately reports your selection Drow hole 0 000 mm F000 mm coa Remark You can also position the points numerically in relation to the horizontal and vertical rulers Therefore enter the desired numerical values This function cannot be enabled in case of a single centered point Once the draw holes are defined click on OK to validate The selected points
252. x automatically groups the identical variables Example 2 Bordeaux Margaus 13955 1 Cote du Ah ne Chateau Grillet 1930 1 Bourgogne Roman e 1976 1 Champagne Dorn F rgnon 1932 The line numbers are not displayed anymore The number before each variable indicates its frequency Importing variable data You can get data from any word processor data base or CAD program ASCII or text only format in general with a TXT extension A single character is used to separate the values of different variables in general a semicolon or tabulation Records are usually separated by a carriage return After having created the variables choose the Import command from the Variables dialog box Search and select the file to import TXT then click on Open The data appear in the Import variables box x View of the file 0 gt gt Cotes du Rh ne Rochegude 1998 1 gt gt Bordeaus Ch tean Louis 1 996 Mode of extraction Separator mode le Separator Constant width Column separator E Begin on line p Line separator Return Y Preview of extraction oe The extraction mode The Import variables dialog box allows to define the beginning of the extraction and the mode used for extracting data The dialog box features two extraction modes Separator and Constant width Begin on line Select from which line in the file the extraction must be done 0 to start from the beginning The line numbers are dis
253. xtend an untrimmed surface on one if its sides Select the surface to be extended and click on the Extend surface icon M The corresponding dialog box is displayed on the screen UNE 145 In the example shown above U direction corresponds to the X axis V direction corresponds to the Y axis Start edge corresponds to the surface s left side for the U direction and to the surface s bottom for the V Extend surface options Distance to extend 20 000 mm Surface s edge C Start edge f End edge Extend direction C U direction t direction End edge corresponds to the surface s right side for the U direction and to the surface s top for the V Always in our example the surface is extended of 20 mm from the top of the surface Merging surfaces The CAD module puts a tool able to merge surfaces to obtain a single surface Select the surfaces to be merged keep pushed the Ctrl key meanwhile you click on each surfaces to be selected and click on the Merge surfaces icon l If the surfaces have intersection areas you can separate significant elements and keep interesting parts by uncombining the merged surface In the next example we merge a sphere and a cube positioned as follows l l T l You must now uncombine the merged surface using the kel tool You can now remove certain elements for 2D YZ view instance to scoop out the sphere using the cube shape 146 niin A ie
254. y exit Rounded angles 1 O00 mm Fit for tool E Added offset 0 000 men o 0 000 mm 0 000 mm Distance between links 0 000 mm Internal cutting by default the cutting is internal to the contour Rounded angles the angles are always rounded at the minimum taking into account the trajectory of the tool If a positive value is given for this parameter it adds another rounding as if the angle of the contour was a true rounded angle Fit for tool if checked the rounding is also adjusted to the shape of the tool Added offset the toolpath is moved with the specified value relatively to the contour For an external cutting a positive value will add an offset inwards For an internal cutting a positive value will add an offset outwards Tangential entry exit if checked the Tangential entry exit tab described above for the Plotting toolpath appears Add links Check this box to avoid that a total cutting make the part bend and maybe warp the cutting The toolpath does not make a full cutting but leaves some links for which you specify the Length Height and Distance between links Remark To cut with a sharp angle from the bottom activate the option True angle at the bottom in the Options dialog box tab Calculation parameters Hit the F10 key from CAD module to open this dialog box 210 Es 2D engraving Cutter path inside text or graphics made Up of a series of lines and arcs based on the indicated cutter si
255. you will get a negative value for Z in the merging area see example 1 1 Subtract merging area Subtract existing section greg under plana Z 0 Drawing View of YZ plane Leaf in relief Keeping the highest section Max Z maximum The higher section will be kept BB ma 212 tpg Horning areg exisiting gt yay Now section section Drawing View in YZ plane You must choose this function if the background of the engraving in relief is heavily accentuated in order to avoid reproducing it on above sections If you add the sections the letters above the background have the same properties as the background itself Look also at the intersecting area between letters ioe is om E SE oat We ria a mcr ee cee aie mp es a PA 3 ES te sei A cer cee 6 Bk Ip ae ry Seg ae Eiken y She A ee Meer sah rit e PI Py T a a eae O ie pee Seles cae ig ts ALE sije e eee Oyler D a rl A el pus eee ee en a lea Lae eae oe atte ah Wisse E E er ae tie Olean al ak A E a o hares ETTE sed pe oo BS cinta aera Se a cai sa mi ee Se epee ees a ie a RS AL WA ea Se Le oy BOS ss SERRE a at ae oa ny en ate Hers With the Z max option the letters as well as their intersecting areas have their own defined and perfectly smooth sections Max SS EEN a ees a aes Tie rt e rl gt E aie ae A Pps c ores O ere ee re al rr Pe ast
256. ze Hollowirng is total This automatic function makes a 2D tool path with complete area clearance The cutting width is the distance between two passes on the horizontal plane It is automatically calculated relative to half the diameter of the chosen tool You can easily change the value in the General tab Number of steps Number of passes to reach the total depth the depth of the first pass is automatically updated One depth Maximum depth in Z for one pass number of passes is automatically updated 2D on surface 2D on bottom You chose if the 2D engraving path executed by the tool reproduces the theoretical contour of the drawing on the top or on the bottom of the engraving specially useful when using conical tools 2D on surface 2D on bottom Example Distance between steps Quantity of material removed by concentric passes see the overview F10 Specific parameters Two items in the Specific parameters tab Options F10 are related to the work on angles for engraving Engraving 20 toolpath Max angle for extended penetration i 35 000 deg Iw Plunged angle of tool 45 000 deg e 211 Max angle for extended penetration In the case of acute angles the tool advances into each angle This prolongation of the path prevents from specifying narrower steps or from leaving empty areas Example 2 No angle cutting above the given value default angle 135 max 180 Plunged angle f

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