When working with text that have centered-on-Y coordinates from a print, just enter the coordinates as listed. The people who build these programs obviously don't understand what a nuisance it is not being able to choose your own starting point, and just proves to me they've never done any real-world graphics work, or refuse to listen to their customers.Įntering text coordinates in engraving programs is nearly always done by the text baseline. When you're done with the layout, simply move everything up 8".Ĭorel is essentially the same- you can move the 0 point to top left in the layout but then everything below it is in negative numbers. Then you just enter all your Y coordinates as negative numbers.įor example, if your working with a 8x8 layout and have to put "J3" at 2" from left and 3" down, just enter "-3" instead of just 3, etc. Just unlock the layout, and draw a box the same size as the plate layout you're working with and place it directly below the work area, top corner of the box at the bottom corner of the layout (you don't even need the box, just helps with a visual). If you know the dimensions you need to enter, like from a blueprint (not using the machine to locate coordinates) there is an easy way around this as long as you don't mind adding a minus sign to the number. Which is why, when I'm doing manual placement work, where I use the machine to find out where I need to engrave, I always start with the default size, and keep "8.267" in my calculator memory to speed things up a bit. If you enter a plate size other than the entire engraving area (12.008 x 8.267) then that just further complicates the calculation. When I find Y coordinate(s) on the part, I have to deduct it from the 8.267 default Y engraving area to get the correct number to enter into the program. I put up with the same thing every day with the same machine.
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