Roland CAMM-2 PNC-2300 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 122)

122 MaxMotion for Machines

one-half the present size. There is even a faster way to reduce the view.

Use the second (right) button of the two button mouse and click to

reduce the view.

Important Tip: Holding the Control key while enlarging any reduced

view will enlarge the screen to a full scale view in one step, even if the

screen was showing the drawing at 1/8 x or smaller scale. Similarly,

holding down the Control key while reducing any enlarged view will

reduce the screen to a full scale view in one step.

Offset Tool (Ctrl+Shift+U)

The Offset tool is used to compensate for the cutter diameter.

MaxMotion will calculate necessary offset values based on the selec-

tion of the routing tool. By offsetting the contours of the job you will be

able to maintain their exact sizes after the job is cut. To use the tool,

select the contours you wish to offset, then under the settings menu

select offset. Choose the cutter diameter and the mouse pointer will

turn to a saw. Click the saw inside any one of the selected contours. The

screen will give you a visual feed back as the operation is taking place.

(To offset a letter such as an “O”, which is made up of two circles, you

must select both circles, either individually, or by dragging a selection.)

The original line of the shape is represented by a black line. The newly

created offset line is represented by a red line next to the black line.

The red offset line can be turned on or off by clicking in the square box

to the right of the saw in the tool palette.

If more than one shape is selected when the offset tool is used, offset

will be created to all the selected shapes. If you wish to remove the

offset from any shape, hold down the Shift key with the offset tool

selected. Clicking within any shape with offset will now erase that

offset and the offsets of any other selected shapes.

It is sometimes possible that an offset will be created on the wrong side

of a shape. This will happen when the original PostScript drawing file

has drawn the shapes “inside-out.” Some drawing programs have an

option to correct this; you may be able to choose “Reverse Path

Direction” for example, before saving the file in the drawing applica-

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