GravoStyle 5 Introduction

SECTION 2
GRAVOSTYLE 5 INTRO
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INTRO
Gravostyle 5 is designed for use with the Gravograph Rotary and Laser Engravers. It has many new benefits
that makes designing jobs for your equipment much easier.
The purpose of this Section is to familiarize you with the layout of the Gravostyle 5 Software. You will
notice right off that the software looks different than anything you have seen in the past. Gravostyle 5 is a
true 32 bit engraving program that uses larger full color Icons and toolbars. It also allows you to select your
defaults in the program to optimize your setup time for setting up a Job. It also has many useful interfaces to
reduce your frustration with designing engraving Jobs such as, changing line weight, filling vector artwork,
lasering bitmaps, stamps and barcodes.
G5
Gravostyle 5
LS
Gravostyle 5
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II. SCREEN LAYOUT
The first screen that you will see will be the default screen. In order to make Gravostyle 5 easier to use you
can dock the toolbars to make them easier to access.
Windows Standard Toolbar
Dropdown Menus
Pinwheel (Text) Toolbar
Rulers
Timer
Graphic Tools
Pointer Display
Layer Toolbar
Work Area
DEFAULT LAYOUT
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Status Bar
Pinwheel Icon
Left Click on the Pinwheel Icon to dock the Pinwheel Toolbar to the bottom of the screen. This will allow
you access all the different views of the Pinwheel.
Pinwheel Docked
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III.
DROPDOWN MENUS
Many of these Dropdown Menus have Icons that do the same thing. So only the ones that don’t have Icons
will we go into.
A. FILE – Left Click on the word File to open the File Menu.
1. New – Starts a new job from scratch.
2. Open – Opens a job that has been saved to disk.
3. Save – Saves the current job.
4. Save As – Allows you to save a job under a different name.
5. Open Model – Opens a Model (Template).
6. Save Model – Saves a job as a Model (Template).
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7. Find – Built in search engine for Gravostyle 5 Jobs. You can also Open, Copy, Move and Delete
Job files from this Window. You can search by Name, Creation Date, Modification Date, Creator
and Customer.
8. Information – Enter Job data to the Job save. You can enter who the Creator of the Job is and
also the Customer. More importantly you can enter Comments about the Job. Things such as if
you paint filled or oxidized your piece after it was engraved. You will also notice the Working
Time. This Window keeps track of your setup time for the Job.
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9. Import – Allows you to bring Non-Gravostyle 5 file formats. You can Import many different file
formats including both Vector and Raster type.
10. Export – Allows you to save file formats other than Gravostyle 5 Jobs. The Export feature will
be limited to Vector formats only.
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11. Insert Object – Will Import WMF or EMF files directly into Gravostyle 5 with the colors intact.
In order to use just the vector lines of the clipart you will need to Convert to Curves and Split the
object apart.
12. Vectorize – Takes a raster type graphic and will vector trace it. The Raster Image has to be
selected or the software will open the scanner software to bring one in.
13. Vectorization Parameters – Access to the Vectorizing filters. These Filters determine how
accurate you are with your tracing.
14. Digitize – Opens the scanner Twain software.
15. Designate Scanner – If more than one scanner is installed on your computer, you can select
which one you wish to scan with.
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16. Print – Opens the Printer interface Window so you can print your Job screen to a standard
printer.
17. Print Preview – A visual of what you are going to print.
18. Print Setup – To select your printer if more than one is installed.
19. Recent File – Will list the last 4 Jobs that you had open.
20. Exit – Will Exit the program.
B. EDIT -
1. Undo – Will Undo 1 level at a time, up to the option setting.
2. Redo – If you Undo then you can Redo if you go to far.
3. Cut – Will remove a selected item from your screen.
4. Copy – Will copy a selected item to the clipboard.
5. Paste – Will paste an item that has either Cut or Copied.
6. Delete – Will Delete a selected item.
7. Select All – Will select all items on your screens.
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8. Pointer Position – Whatever action you are performing this will allow you to do it more
accurately. Below is just a sample.
Rotation
Cursor Position
Positioning
9. Snap Mode – Access to all the Snap Tools.
None
Orthogonal to a Contour
Center of Contour
Grids and Guides
Center Element
Markers
Intersection
Control Points
Last Point (on one axis)
Along a Contour
Base Point (on one axis)
Tangent to a Contour
10. See Object – Live update mode. Will let you actually see the object that you are moving,
rotating, sizing etc.
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11. Mouse Use Modes – Select the uses of the buttons on your mouse.
Zoom
Scroll
Zoom
Undo
Disable Tool
12. Clear Undo Stack – Will clear the Undo memory.
13. Options – Allows you to set the defaults to the program. Use these settings to setup the program
for the application.
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14. DISPLAY -
a. Zoom – Uses a little magnifying glass
to define the area you want to Zoom in on.
b. Last Zoom – An Undo for your Zoom function. Will only Undo one time.
c. Max All – Zooms out to let you see everything on your Job, even if it is outside of your
material definition.
d. Zoom Material – Zooms in or out to the material definition.
e. Zoom Selection – Zoom to have the Item you have selected fill the screen.
f. Redraw – Refresh your screen.
g. Fast Redraw – Refresh to clean the garbage off your screen.
h. 2D XY – Normal View.
i. 2D YZ – Views at the Y edge of the material.
j. 2D XZ – Views at the X edge of the material.
k. 3D Engravers View – 3D View of your piece.
l. 3D ISO View – Isometric view of your piece.
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m. View – Bring up the View Window, that you can select your view, and move the sliders
n. Wire Sens – Senses contour direction.
o. Wire Color – Shows color assignment to the contour.
p. Graphic – Shows fill in the closed contours.
q. Arrow Direction – Shows contour direction and the order of engraving.
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15. MODIFY
a. Text – Access to the Text Tools.
b. Shapes – Access to the Shape Tools.
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c. Alignment – Access to the Alignment Tools.
d. Effects – Access to the Special Effects Tools.
e. Duplication – Access to the Duplication Tools.
f. Transformation – Access to the Transformation Tools.
g. Advanced – Access to the Advanced Tools.
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h. Material – Will open the Material Definition Window.
i. Guidelines – Will Open the Guidelines Window to modify your Guidelines if they are
being used.
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j. Symbol – Opens the Symbols Library.
k. Photostyle – Opens the Photostyle option.
l. Bitmap Editor – Opens the Bitmap Editor.
m. Wysiwire – Opens Wysiwire. (What You See Is What Is Really Engraving)
16. ENGRAVE
a. Config. Machines – Opens the Machines Window. This will allow you to install the
Machine Driver to the program.
b. Tool Database – Opens the Tool Database Window.
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c. Machining – Opens the Machining Window to allow you to send your job to the
Engraver.
17. HELP
Left Click on the little black question mark to open the Help Menu.
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Left Click on the Contents to open the Gravostyle 5 Help Window.
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IV.
Windows Standard Toolbar
New
Open
Save
Undo
Redo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Zoom
Previous Zoom
Zoom Max
Zoom on Material
Zoom on Selection
Redraw
Print
Machining
Note Pad
Internet Link
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V.
Pinwheel Toolbar
A. GREEN PINWHEEL
Font Style Window
Font Size
Justification
Italics Degree
Condensing
Docking
Button
Character List
Italics Button
B. YELLOW PINWHEEL
Rotation
Intercharacter Spacing
Underline Button
Text Right to Left
Underline Position
Text Below
Superscript
Text Case
Auto Kerning
the Baseline
Subscript Buttons
Text Above
Text Position
the Baseline
from Baseline
Docking
Button
C. RED PINWHEEL
Style Window
To Delete a Style
To Save a Style
Style Brush
To Apply a Style
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Docking
Button
D. BLUE PINWHEEL
Baseline X
Position
Baseline Y
Position
Baseline
Width
Condensing
Constant
Line Spacing
Docking
Typographical
Condense by
Condense by Button
Line Spacing
Line
Paragraph
Position
Proportional
Window
Line Spacing
VI.
Graphics Toolbar
Select Mode
Material Definition
Text Mode
Text Tools
Shape Tools
Point Edit Mode
Link
Split
Scanner
Vectorize
Symbols Library
Wysiwire
Alignment Tools
Measurement Tools
Duplication Tools
Transformation Tools
Special Effects Tools
Special Effects Tools
PhotoArt
Bitmap Editor
Calculator
Colors
Cam Module
Laserstyle Module (Option)
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A. SELECT MODE
Basic graphic mode of the program. When in the Select Mode you can Import, Scan and modify
Graphics.
B. MATERIAL DEFINITION
Used to Define your material size and the margins that you wish to use on your piece.
Machine
Size
Orientation
Location
Margins
Cylinder
Thickness
C. TEXT MODE
The Text Mode allows you to enter text into your work. You also can do all the modification to the text.
The Text Mode is also where you do special things like Matrix, Braille and Columns.
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D. TEXT TOOLS
Free Text
Text in a Rectangle
Type Text on a Curve
Project Text on a Curve
Move Text on Curve
Text on an Arc
Text on a Slant
Vertical Text
Columns
Convert to Curves
Spell Check
Font Editor
E. SHAPE TOOLS
Markers
Rectangle
Rounded Rectangle
Polygon
Star
Arrow
Curved Line
Line
Double Line
Oval
Circle
3 Point Circle
Arc
3 Point Arc
Arc with Cord
Tangent Line
Tangent Arc
Auto-connect
Extend
Trim
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F. POINT EDIT MODE
Add Point
Delete Point
Continuous Point
Start Point
Align Vertically
Align Horizontal
Rounded Angle
Chamfered Corner
Connect 2 Points
Disconnect Point
Auto Connect
Refine Curve
Curve Simplification
Explode a Curve
Cut
Delete
Cut and Delete
Move
Convert to Line
Convert to Angle
Convert to Arc
Convert to Curve
Vertical Projection
Horizontal Projection
Diagonal Projection
G. LINK
Links selected objects together as one.
H. SPLIT
Splits selected linked objects apart.
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I. SCANNER
Opens the Scanner Twain Software. This interface will look different depending on what scanner you
have installed. It allows you to Scan in a Logo or picture into your work to Vectorize.
J. SYMBOLS LIBRARY
Opens the Symbols Library. Left Click on the Symbol that you want and then Left Click the OK Button
to bring your symbol into your work.
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K. VECTORIZE BITMAP
With a bitmap already scanned or imported into you work, and selected, Left Click on the Vectorize
Bitmap Icon. How accurate you Vectorize is determined by how you set these filters.
L. WYSIWIRE
Wysiwyre is an application that allows you to view your job with the material that you intend to use and
the tool that you use. This is a good toll to use to preview your work to make sure it looks good and you
can print this screen out and fax to use for Quotes.
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M. ALIGNMENT TOOLS
Left Align
Top Align
Right Align
Bottom Align
Vertical Align
Horizontal Align
Horizontal Center
Horizontal Alignment
Vertical Center
Vertical Alignment
Vertical Spacing
Horizontal Spacing
Vertical Boxing
Boxing
Horizontal Boxing
N. MEASUREMENT TOOLS
Distance
Size
Angle
Bounding Box
Dimension
Perimeter
Tool Simulation
Area
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O. DUPLICATION TOOLS
Duplicate
Linear Duplication
Circular Duplication
Duplication on a Curve
Homothetic Duplication on a Curve
P. TRANSFORMATION TOOLS
Move
Proportional Scale
Rotation
Stretch
Vertical Mirror
Horizontal Mirror
Mirror Along an Axis
Q. SPECIAL EFFECTS TOOLS
Union
Intersection
Subtraction
Section
Offset
Envelope
Convert to Square/Circle/Oval
Segmentation
Vectorize in Arc and Segments
Reverse Contour Direction
Self-intersection Curves
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R. SPECIAL TOOLS
Dials and Scales
Drilling
Edit Variables
Variables
Matrix
Ridge
Nesting
Nesting Light
Barcode
Braille
S. PHOTOART
With a picture scanned or imported into your work and selected, Left Click on the PhotoArt Icon.
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T. BITMAP EDITOR
The Bitmap Editor allows you clean up raster images before you are ready to Vectorize them or send
them to a Laser to engrave.
U. TOOL PATH by COLOR
By assigning different colors to your contours or text, you can use different tools or toolpaths to your
job.
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Once the color of the contour has been changed, now you will have to assign the properties.
Type of Toolpath
Depth
Step over
Hatch Angle
Profile
Contouring
Hatching
Tool Database
Tool Library
Number of Passes
Spindle
On/Off
Speed
Lubrication
Depth
Aux
Tool Pause
Dwell
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V. LASER COLORS
If you are using the Gravostyle 5 Module the same Icon used for Toolpath by Color will be used for
Laser Colors.
Raster
Filled
Outline
Line Width
Vector
Vector Dot
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VII.
Status Bar
Current Display Area
Lock
Cursor Position
View
Resources
Number Lock
VIII. Layer Bar
Add a Layer
Layer Tabs
Display All
Window
Delete a Layer
IX.
Guidelines
Point your cursor at the rulers (Top or Left) Left Click and Drag the Guideline into your work.
To Position it precisely Double Left Click on the Guideline to open the Guideline Window.
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X.
MACHINING
Sending the job to the Engraver.
Orientation
Toolpath
Selection
Machine
Toolpath
Grouping
Flat or Cyl
Engraving
Material
Location
Automatic
Material
Changer
Lift
Number of Passes
Assigned
Tool
Window
Speed
Printer
Spooler
Depth
Dwell
Engraving
Preview
Spindle
On/Off
Lubrication
Aux
Tool Pause
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XI.
Lasering
If you are sending a job to a Laser using the Gravostyle 5 Module.
A. LASER AND WATTAGE
Laser
Wattage
Print to Port
or File
File to Print to
B. OPTIONS
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1.
Orientation
2. Image Type
Automatic Greyscale
Halftone
Vector Clipart
Photo
Negative Bitmap
Brightness Scale
3. Auto Focus
Turns the Auto Focus ON or OFF in the software.
4. Exhaust
Amount of time the Exhaust
will stay ON after lasering.
5. Cylindrical
Diameter of the piece you
are lasering.
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6. Z Up Position
How far you want the Laser
to drop before it moves,
then Auto Z, then move
down before it goes home.
7. Settings
POWER
SPEED
PASSES
FOCUS
AIR ASSIST
COLORS
BEFORE
8. Load and Save Presets
NAME
SAVE
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DELETE
AFTER
LASERING MODE
9. DPI (Dots Per Inch)
How many times the
Laser fires in 1 inch on
the X axis.
Recalculates the Y axis
to engrave faster.
How many lines per 1
inch in the Y axis.
10. Piece Origin
Position of piece on the
X and Y axis.
11. Plate Size
12. Layers
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a. Selection
Layer Window
You can select the
layers you wish to
send to the Laser.
Delay between
layers being sent to
the Laser. No need
to adjust.
b.
Collate
13. Commands
Sends Job to Laser.
Access to the Laser
Machine Driver.
Allows access to the
printer Spooler
Closes Laser
Engraving Window.
Saves Laser Settings
to the Job file when
saved to a disk.
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XII.
Cam Module
A. In the Graphic Level of Gravostyle 5 you have access to the Machining Module, which enables you to
define and combine different tool paths to start and finish a sophisticated or industrial engraving. Each
tool path is calculated in relation to the contour of an object, depending on the tool parameters and the
type of path chosen. It enables you to have far greater control of the engraving tool path.
Save the job before you take it to the Machining Module. When Tool paths are created in the Machining
Module a Geometric Tool path will be generated in the same folder that the job is save in. It will have
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same name as the job but will be followed by .P00. Select the part of your job that you want to
bring into the Machining Module. If you create a Tool path in the Machining Module, that Tool path
will generate to everything that is brought in the Module. Click on the Machining Module tab
Cam
Module
Toolbar
Created
Toolpaths
Tool Library
Create Toolpath Window
Toolpath list
Special Tools
Tool Database
Link
Split
Overlap Markers
Tool Choice Optimization
Measuring Tools
Cam Module Tools
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