Roland Stika STX-7 User's Guide Page 1

USER GUIDEUSER GUIDEDESIGN TOOLS STIKA DESIGNSoftware for the ROLAND STIKA

TUTORIAL 3 - Setting up the STIKA and cutting a sampleDuring the course of this tutorial you will create a simple text drawing and cut out the design.

Type in “STIKA” then click on the Settings button. The following dialog box will open.Ensure that the font is set to Arial - Bold (if not available

TUTORIAL 4 - Basic Drawing, ie., lines, circles, arcs, curves, etc.1. Choose the Single Lines icon.Move the cursor around, over the white area. (N.B.

8. Choose the Zoom Last icon from the Zoom toolbar.This will restore the previous zoom level, in this case the full drawing screen. (You mightalso li

Page 12 DESIGN TOOLS - Stika DesignTUTORIAL 5 - Object selection and the marquee boxAs you will see in this tutorial, selection is carried out using n

The corner and edge square handles allow the box to be re-sized. Clicking with the LHmouse button allows the handle to move, clicking again redraws t

TUTORIAL 6 - Editing the drawingSelected objects may also be easily edited (start/end/centre/nodes of lines/arcs/paths/text, etc.,moved and modified).

3. You may have noticed that as Start Edit is selected, it is replaced by a longer optionmenu (so far with all the options greyed out). To activate t

TUTORIAL 7 - Line types, Colours and how to fillWhen outputting to STIKA in cutting mode, filled areas will only have their outline cut, thick lineswi

TUTORIAL 8 - TextThe text functions are very comprehensive. Text fonts used are in Windows TrueType format. Vastnumbers of fonts in this format are

Page 18 DESIGN TOOLS - Stika DesignYour text should appear as below.3. Select the text (so that it has a marquee box around it). You will notice theP

Set the Flipped option on. OK all dialogs, and click off to de-select the text. Your text shouldappear as below.5. Repeat the process to select the

TUTORIAL 9 - TransformationsYou have already tried simple transformations using the marquee box in Tutorial 5. There are dif-ferent transformation fu

6 OUTPUTTINGWhen outputting to the STIKA, first set the screen drawing area to match the material to be used.To do this choose Setup > Layout. Fr

ConnectionThe Connection may be Direct to port, or Via Generic / Text Only Printer driver. By default, con-nection is set to Direct to port. In this

Pens/ToolsThis leads to a dialog box which allows you to determine whether all, or just selected colours areoutput, and in the case of the STX-7 only,

is filled (in practise a value about 90% of the diameter value is used to unsure an overlap). Thecolour of the pen determines which pen is used to pl

HINTS, TIPS & TROUBLESHOOTING for STIKA1. When using the File > Plot option, a message The Generic / Text Only Printer must beselected before p

6. Signwriting vinyl is difficult to weed.It is normally the depth of cut at fault. If the cut is too shallow, the vinyl will not cut com-pletely thr

7 CLIPART & LINKS WITH OTHER SOFTWARECommercial clipart may be loaded directly into Stika Design provided it is in a format accepted bythe File &

CONTENTS1 INTRODUCTION 32 INSTALLATION 416 bit version (Microsoft Windows V3.1x) 432 bit version (Microsoft Windows 95/98, NT) 43 STARTING THE PROGRAM

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1 INTRODUCTIONAbout this ManualIn common with most software, Stika Design can be used without further reference to the manual.Most functions are self

2 INSTALLATIONPlease follow the instructions below carefully for problem free installation.The installation set supplied consists of a CD ROM and a f

Installation from floppy disksMicrosoft Windows 95/98, NT, etc.1. Insert disk 1 in a floppy drive.2. Choose Start > Run.3. Type a:\setup (adapt thi

5 TUTORIALSTUTORIAL 1 - Screen layout, menu selection, etc.The STIKA Design program window provides a clear view of the current drawing, material siz

3. Many of the items in the LH toolbox (the Draw/Edit toolbox) have pull out toolbars. Theseare activated by positioning the pointer on the icon then