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Cutting and engraving wellLesson 17 of 19

Text

Put words on a part as single lines the laser can follow.

1

Decide the words and where they go on the part.

2

Each letter is drawn as a single stroke, not an outline to fill.

3

The words engrave in one quick pass, with no filling in.

Every setting

10

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

Words

Text to place

Starts at LASERAS
Start x

Left edge (mm)

Starts at 10 · 0 or more
Y

Baseline down the sheet (mm)

Starts at 10 · 0 or more
Size

Capital letter height in millimetres, 0 to use the Text panel's height

Starts at 0 · 0 to 500
Style

Cut the letters out, or engrave them with one line

One of: Cut out, Engrave
Font

Font to set the text in, blank for the one the Text panel is showing

Letter spacing

Extra gap between letters in millimetres

Starts at 0 · -50 to 50
Line spacing

Baseline to baseline. 0 works it out from the size.

Starts at 0 · 0 to 1000
Anchor

Which edge of the text sits on the point you picked

One of: Left, Centre, Right
Layer

Layer to put the text on

Starts at 0 · 0 or more

What it is

Places text, cut as outlines or engraved as single lines.

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