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Keychain

The rim round a keychain hole carries the keys. Too thin and it snaps off.

1

Pick a blank and type the word. Nothing has been drilled yet.

2

The ring hole is set in by a hole width, or half again the thickness.

3

The words take whatever room the ring left, fitted line by line.

Every setting

19

What each number in the dialog means, and where it starts.

What it says

What it says. One line per line.

Starts at Workshop
Font

A stencil font needs no bars when the words are cut right through.

Starts at plex-sans
Cut through

Cut the words right through instead of engraving them

Starts off
Text bridge

Bar that holds the middle of a cut O or A on (mm). Without one it falls out.

Starts at 2 · 0 to 20 · Shown only when it applies
Margin

Clear space kept round the words (mm)

Starts at 3 · 0 to 60
Space between letters

Share of the letter height. Negative closes them up.

Starts at 0 · -10 to 60
Line gap

Space between one line and the next (mm)

Starts at 2 · 0 to 40 · Shown only when it applies
Size spread

How much bigger the biggest line may be than the smallest. 1 draws them all the same size.

Starts at 1.3 · 1 to 6 · Shown only when it applies
Shape

The blank it is cut from. Pick 'selection' to use a shape you drew.

One of: Rounded, Tag, Circle, Oval, Square, Heart, Star, Hexagon, Shield, Arch, House, Bone, Paw, Tree, Bauble, The shape I drew
Width

How wide the keychain is (mm)

Starts at 70 · 10 to 900
Height

How tall the keychain is (mm)

Starts at 26 · 10 to 900
Corner radius

How round the corners are (mm)

Starts at 5 · 0 to 200 · Shown only when it applies
Ring hole

Hole across (mm). A 25mm split ring wants about 5.

Starts at 5 · 1 to 40
Thickness

Material thickness (mm). Thin stock needs a wider rim round the hole.

Starts at 3 · 0.5 to 50
Extra rim

Rim on top of what the hole and the thickness already ask for (mm)

Starts at 0 · 0 to 40
Cut layer

Layer for the blank and the hole, which are cut

Starts at 0 · 0 or more
Words layer

Layer for the words

Starts at 2 · 0 or more
Left edge

Left edge (mm)

Starts at 20
Top edge

Top edge (mm)

Starts at 20

What it is

A keychain blank with a word on it and a split-ring hole set far enough in from the edge that the rim does not snap off.

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