SECTION 2 GRAVOSTYLE 5 INTRO I.

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.

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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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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. 7

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. 11

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

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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

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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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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 the 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

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