


For technical reference information use the Help facilities within the software. The tutorials are intended as a practical guide to using the software on a day to day basis, not as a deep technical reference. However, to achieve the best results in the shortest time, it is recommended that you carefully work through the tutorials in this booklet. Most functions are self-explanatory and Help is always available. 12 Tutorial 4 - Object Selection and the Marquee Box 14 Tutorial 5 - Editing the Drawing 16 Tutorial 6 - Transformations 19 Tutorial 7 - Line Styles and Line Colours 21 Tutorial 8 - Using Fills 23 Tutorial 9 - Creating New Fills 26 Tutorial 10 - Text 30 Tutorial 11 - TechSoft Fonts 35 Tutorial 12 - Loading a Bitmap Image and Clipping It 38 Tutorial 13 - Clipping an Image to Fit a Shape 40 Tutorial 14 - Bitmap to Vector Conversion 42 Tutorial 15 - Contours 47 Tutorial 16 - Double Lines 50 Tutorial 17 - Construction Points 52 Tutorial 18 - Scaling and Drawing to Scale 54 Tutorial 19 - Grouping and Adding 56 Tutorial 20 - Dimensioning and Layers 58 Tutorial 21-3D Effects and Exploding 61 Tutorial 22 - Exploding and Making Paths 64 Tutorial 23 - Coordinate Data Entry 67 Tutorial 24 - Closing Boundaries (for Boundary Fill and Contour) 69 Tutorial 25 - Setups and Customising the Software 71 3Ĥ 1 INTRODUCTION About this Booklet can be used without reference to a printed manual. 10 Tutorial 2 - Setting Up the Software to Suit Your System 11 Tutorial 3 - Basic Drawing, ie., lines, circles, arcs, curves, etc. 2ģ CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 4 About this Booklet 4 Software Overview 4 Educational Use 4 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5 3 INSTALLATION 5 4 SPECIAL FEATURES 6 Text and Fonts 6 Bitmaps and Vectorisation 6 Fills and Patterns 7 5 OUTPUTTING 8 Printers / Lasers / Print and Cut Systems 8 Knife Cutting / Engraving / Milling / Plotting Devices 8 6 2D DESIGN V2 HELP 9 7 TUTORIALS 10 Tutorial 1 - Screen Layout, Menu Selection, etc. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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