The Global Styles dialog box appears.
The New Style dialog box appears.
Style name list Lists all system and user-created global styles. Select the style you want to edit; its properties appear in the tabs on the right side.
New Opens a dialog box in which you begin to create a new global style.
Delete Deletes the style selected in the list.
NOTE: You cannot delete system styles.
Style name Sets the name of the style. Unavailable for system styles, available for user-created styles.
Use this style in new projects Makes the style available in new blank projects or projects that originate from imported files.
NOTE: Styles that are not set as default one need to be added manually in projects.
Description Notes about the style
Usage in print legend Specifies how the length of the objects in this style will be listed in the legend in a design frame. The options are:
Ignore The objects in the style are not listed in the legend.
Use with children The legend combines the lengths of the objects in the style and the lengths of the objects in its child styles.
Append to parent (Applicable for child styles) The combined length of the objects in a child style are added to the combined length of the objects in the parent style. The length of the objects in the child style are not displayed separately.
Use The legend displays the lengths of the objects in that style in a separate row. The following rules apply:
Color Sets the color in which the objects in the style will appear on the screen.
TIP: When changing the color of a parent style, to see its child styles in the new parent style color, after changing the color of a parent style, collapse and expand an adjacent parent style.
Line width Sets how thick objects in this style will appear on the screen.
NOTE FOR COMPOSITE STYLES: The line width set here is displayed on the screen when the visualization of the composite styles is not enabled.
Point size (points only) Sets how large points drawn in the selected style will appear. Value range: 0.10–15.00.
Pattern Sets the visualization of the style. In the first edit box, the line width is measured in units from 1 to 10. Its value only applies to the way the lines in this style will be displayed on the screen in the 1up, layout, print, CAM and 3D drawings: it does not affect the actual line width in printing and tool path generation in CAM samplemaking. The second edit box defines, in points, the actual line width. Changes in this edit box are not visible on the screen, but its value defines the line width of all objects in the selected style in printing and for tool path generation in CAM samplemaking. The value in this edit box is very important for CAM samplemaking: If the width of the respective CAM tool is smaller than the line width specified here, a different tool path may be generated, involving, for instance, the offsetting of wide lines for the cutting tool (for changes of the line width settings of a style associated with the cutting tool).
To create a custom pattern, scroll down until you reach the bottom of the list, and then click Custom. Then, in the dialog box that appears, create the pattern that you need.
TO EDIT THE PATTERN OF A STYLE
Click the segments of the line to create a new pattern, and in the box, enter a value for the line width.
In Sample, the current color is displayed.
Symbol The mark (image) that designates the style when the drawing is viewed on the screen or is printed. Style symbols are useful when in a printed drawing a legend is created of the styles that are used in the drawing. For easier reference, each style can have also its own symbol, which helps its visual identification.
NOTE ON APPLYING SYMBOL IMAGES: Optimal screen view of the style symbols is achieved when the height and width of the images are 60 pixels x 60 pixels. This guarantees that printing the symbols at 300 dpi will produce a symbol size of 5 mm x 5 mm, ensuring distinct and clear appearance. The style symbol is always visible — if for constructional purposes a section of an object is hidden from view, the symbol reappears on the visible sections of the object.
NOTES: To view style symbols properly:
Viewing depth (screen only) Sets the stack order of a style. Value range: –1 to 1. If multiple objects in different styles overlap, the object in the style with the greatest stack order is visible on the screen and the others are not visible regardless of when each object was drawn. Example: If the Cutting style has a stack order of 0.5 and the Axis style has a stack order of -0.4, when objects in the two styles overlap, the one in the Cutting style is always be visible and that in the Axis style is always not visible.
This applies also to selections: For overlapping objects, the object in a style with a greater stack order is always visible even if the object in a style with a lower stack order is selected. If objects in styles with the same stack order overlap, you see the one that is selected.
Line width Sets the physical thickness (in points) of the object.
NOTE FOR COMPOSITE STYLES: The line width set here applies to printing or exporting when the visualization of the composite styles is not enabled.
Production process Defines the technology that will be used for processing the object. Visualized in the object's 3D representation. See a list of the available production processes.
Bevel cut angle (V-Cut only) Sets the angle at which the bevel cut will process the media.
The Structure tab: Perforating styles
Overridden When the check box is selected, the structure of the style can be set different than that of the parent one.
Cut style Sets the style of the cut and, in the little field, the line width.
Blank length Sets the length of the empty space between the lines.
Minimum end Sets the minimal length of the endmost lines.
Allow longer ends Corrects incomplete endmost segments that result after the pattern has been calculated. Learn more about how to use the longer-ends correction.
Start with cut Sets that the object begins and ends with sections in the Cutting style. By default, the objects in this style start with sections in the Creasing styles.
The Structure tab: CutCrease styles
Overridden When the check box is selected, the structure of the style can be set different than that of the parent one.
Cut style Sets the style of the cut and, in the value box, the line width.
Crease style Sets the style of the crease and, in the value box, the line width.
Minimum end Sets the minimal length of the endmost lines
Allow longer ends Corrects incomplete endmost segments that result after the pattern has been calculated. Learn more about how to use the longer-ends correction.
Start with cut Sets that the object begins and ends with sections in the Cutting style.
The Structure tab: Composite styles
Composite styles only. Learn how to use composite styles.
Overridden When the check box is selected, the structure of the style can be set different than that of the parent one.
In Cut style, select from the dropdown list the style that will be applied to the knife shape structure.
NOTE: This is the style that will be visualized in the CAM and 3D drawings.
IMPORTANT: When the visualization of the composite styles is enabled, on the screen the visual properties apply that are set in Cut style.
In Knife shape, select from the dropdown list the shape for the composite style.
TIP: To view the shape, click Advanced and inspect the table that appears. If you need to modify the properties of the shape (its length, shape or angle), edit the respective settings.
NOTE: You can design knife shapes different from the ones available in the dropdown list. To do so, use the program's technology for designing parametric components. Then load the new components into the Prinect installation. By default, these components reside in \\EngViewWorkHDB21\Settings\TEMPLATES\CompositeStyles.
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