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EzCad2.1UNI User`s Manual

1. 8 1 Rotary marking Rotary Marking Rotary Markings sLobeMark Multi part mark Powerkeyboard Powerful er Ringmark RotateTextMark opli tharke Figure 8 1 The file AngleRotate plg under the directory EzCad2 plug is the module that fulfills rotary marking When EzCad software begins to run it will look for all files with extention plg under directory Ezcad plug The menuitem rotary marking will be enabled if the file exists in plug directory Rotary Marking Rotary Marking GlobeHark Multi part mark Porerkeyboard Powerful er RingzMark RotatelextMark pli tharke E Figure 8 2 Slre 12 034 Position y 6 017 y Fem 12 034 z 1 Array In Port Apply Figure 8 3 Coordinate value of axis Z stands for rotary angle in rotary marking The software will rotate the workpiece first before marking So we should set a rotation angle to each object when we draw objects in work space and place each object in the middle of the work space as shown in Figure 8 3 The configuration parameter is shown in the below Figure 8 4 85 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Configuration Parameters markcfgO x External Axisl Invert E Pulses per round 200 Pulse Speed of Go 100 Pulse S Min Speed 100 Pulse Si Max Speed E000 Pulse S Correct axis fio Secor Ace time p100 MS e Goto start position after f Figure 8 4 Configuration parameter dialog box Rev
2. 5 FR 5 we A ae eee aan E bF Vee default pus Cerreni pen o Lasp Cemi ln Spa LG cad fo Current A rr Fraquanop 0 o Fia Tilo Start CAS Mo Emi TC CUS Eo Felygon Te io wtar Hedi R as Part D 3 ae Eliwrk fal Total fd tuai E Piako Figk ohpact Fire A18 37 128 13 Si S28 32 405 rid DEE Suldlame Object DE PFrsitian fire Fi1007 5 14 ibo T I Fa 138 15 277 TATON A p y lt de Figure 5 22 draw the graph Click Modify JSF Fonts then shown a font dialogue box as figure 3 17 Click button and find ezcad2 font catalogue in the dialogue input EZCADOS21 and then click the button to indicate dialogue as the follow figure 5 23 Please note the route of system fonts is ezcad2 font so you must create in the folder a new name of the file otherwise the software will not fetch the file retrieval Now the system will find a file named EZCAD0521 font in route ezcad2 font if not found the system will lead a dialogue to remind users whether establish the document or not Click ok to establish EZCADO521 jsf document then shown a dialogue Character Attributes as figure 5 18 after amending the attributes such as the height of double gt character and single character the width of double gt character and single character descent height hatch etc Normally defaulting gt click OK then the system have saved the document named EZCADOS
3. Note this function only support USBLMC control card PWM Enable PWM signals The PWM signal will be output from Control Card Max PWM freq the max frequency of the PWM signals Enable Tickle Let the preionization signals active for some CO2 laser sources Pulse Width the pulse width of the preionization signals Pulse Period the frequency of the preionization signals Use Digital Q switch driver This function is for digital Q switch If check this function the output port 1 and 2 cannot apply in other purpose This mode mainly design for Digital Q driver of Guilin Xingchen Q switch Open when F P K End If Checked the Q switch modulation signal will begin pulsing after the FPS delay has expired Otherwise Q switch pulsing begins at the end of the Start TC delay and coincidentally with the beginning of the FPK signal First Pulse Killer F P K the lasting time for the first pulse suppression Pulse width reverse Reverse the PWM signal See figure 10 25 Figure 10 25 pulse width reverse Enable Power Analog Output Enable the control card to output analog signal which used to control laser power Power Mapping This is power emendation function used to set the power percentages of the customized and the corresponding one as Figure 10 26 shows If the customized power percentage is not in the displays of the Power dialog box the system will pick the linearity margin values Enable Frequency Analog Output Enable the control card to output a
4. e The number of characters to extract from string fa The name of text entity which you want to change Figure 4 50 c Add split character string parameter Here increases two conditions one is revises TEXTI the object starts from the Ist character to take 3 characters other one is revises TEXT2 the object starts from the 4th character to take 4 characters At last the result like the figure 4 50 d shows the dialog box 5 Set two text objects and change its name TEXTI TEXT2 Here should pay jw Enable split string to change other text entity attention to the keyboard M Mark Self variable text must arrange 8 POs 1 LEH 3 HAME TEXT1 before two fixed texts in the POS 4 LEM 4 HAME TEXT2 object list the TEXT1 object places the position which the entrance number must process the TEXT2 object places the position which the seat number must process then set the processing parameter 6 Click Mark then the dialog Figure 4 50 d The result add split character string box will be displayed shown as Figure 4 50 e the user use bar code scanning gun scanning the ticket s bar code the system will put the series number division to inside TEXT1 and TEXT2 and process automatically Please Input text E ita J CASE EA tene Figure 4 50 e Keyboard input prompt dialog box 4 8 Bitmap 52 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual To add a photo
5. is zero seven Set the degree five There are thirty degree five lines from zero to three hundred from five millimeters of the start graduation the space is ten millimeters the length is five millimeters so as to the Graduation Num is thirty Start Graduation is five Increment pos is ten Start point is zero zero End point is zero five Set the degree one There are two hundred and forty degree one lines from zero to three hundred in order to avoid with degree ten and degree five superposition degree one lines need to set four times from one millimeter two millimeters three millimeters four millimeters in turn the space is five millimeters the length is three millimeters so as to the Graduation Num is sixty Start Graduation is one two three four in turn Increment pos is five Start point is zero zero End point is zero three Set the Value select Value only input the value of degree ten lines so as to the Graduation Num is thirty one Start Graduation is zero Increment pos is ten Start value is zero Inc value is ten Start point is zero zero End point is zero eight Set the unit of the ruler select Text Graduation Num is one input Start Graduation and Start point according to actual situation and inputs the text content which can show At last the figure 8 23 turns t
6. 2 read database cL FERRE TO long distance server database is here local computer laser mark card im this 4 The computer changes assigns the text object the content the production processing data to pass to laser mark card 2 the card control a machine work Figure 4 42 TCP IP communication flow chart Serial communication When the operation is taking place the system will pick up the text from the serial port When the user selected the Serial communication the parameter defines will display automatically in the dialog box see the figure 4 43 46 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Port com Unicode Paudhate 115200 DataBits B otopbits li Parity mo Command COM Give me string Figure 4 43 Serial communication parameters Port the port which computer and peripheral equipment connection used BaudRate the BaudRate which the serial communication used DataBits the DataBits which the serial communication used StopBits the digits of StopBits of which the serial communication used Parity select the digits of Parity which the serial communication used Command When the system processes to this text object the system through the serial port to transmit this order character string to a peripheral equipment request the peripheral equipment sends the character string needs to process at present the system will not return until the peripheral equipment replied af
7. 2 6 2 Color Color is used to set the color of background work space guide line and grid etc Double click the color stripe could change the color wanted Figure 2 5 8 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual iw Show Workspace Circle Workspace Show center cross line Left bottom Corner 50 00 MM Y 250 00 MM S1re Width 100 00 MM Height 100 00 MM Backer ound Horkspace A Guildline HA Grid Figure 2 5 Color Figure 2 6 Set the Work Space 2 6 3 Work Space The set of the work space s property contains setting the size type and position at the work space Figure 2 6 The Work Space is the rectangle or circle area in the main interface window This space is corresponded with the available working field of the laser machine and any object drawn in this area will be marked in operation Due to the limit of the field those objects drawn out of this space may not be marked 2 6 4 Auto Save Auto Save refers to the interval time between two automatic saves and the initial value is 10 which means to save file per ten minutes The file saved is named as AutoSave ezd in EzCad2 s directory Figure 2 7 9 All rights reserved m Ever 10 minutes Auto save Save current data to file futoSave Ezxd in EzCad directory at specified time space Figure 2 7 Auto Save EzCad2UNI User s M anual Keyboard Hudge Distance 1 00 MM big Hudge scale 10 00 Rotate angle 115 0
8. All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 10 2 Marking Parameter Base Marking Parameter Base is a base filled with all marking parameters which have been set by users already Figure 10 4 is a Marking Parameter List YAG YAG indicates that the current Marking Parameter is for YAG laser machine and if not it is for CO2 laser machine Select param from library When press this button a dialog will pop up as figure 10 2 1 shows We can save the EA a parameters to disk files or to Param library delete parameters from files Default E z A Curr param Save As qq urr param Save As IEW Curr param Save As is Delete select param used to name the current marking parameter to disk as another parameter base s name Delete to delete the current parameter base name Apply to Default save all the current parameter to Figure 10 4 Marking Parameter Base List default parameter base name Loop count loop times to mark an object Speed the current marking speed Power Current In CO2 mode this item indicates the power percentage of the current marking parameter and 100 refers to the biggest power of the laser equipment In YAG mode this item indicates the current of the Q switch Frequency the laser machine s frequency in the marking parameter Q pulse Width the high level s time of the Q pulse if the laser equipment is Q switch YAG laser machine Start TC When the
9. External Axisl External Axis Invert Fulses per round 200 Pulse Speed of Go 100 Fulsefs Min Speed 100 Ful se S Max Speed E000 Pulsefs Correct axis fio SECON Ace time 100 MS W Goto start position after f Figure 8 10 Enable Enable current expansion axis ID The current expansion axis will be used as axis X Y Z ID is X the figure will be split in direction X to mark ID is Y the figure will be split in direction Y to mark ID is Z the expansion axis will move to the appointed position to mark Pulses per round The pulse numbers each round that the expansion axis rotating We can calculate it through following formula X 360 N n X denotes Pulses per round N denotes step angle of step motor n denotes micro step set by step motor driver Min speed the minimum rotary speed of expansion axis 92 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Max speed the maximum rotary speed of expansion axis Acc time Acceleration time needed when expansion axis moves from minimum speed to maximum speed Goto start position after finished The expansion axis will go back to the initial position after finishing marker Zero Whether current expansion axis has zero signal When expansion axis hasn t enabled zero signal it can t set up an absolute coordinates Therefore marking a set of parts require adjusting site to make every processing stay in the same site So the system takes expansion axis as default orig
10. Negate the opposite direction of the current gavlo p This item refers to the distortional correction coefficient and the default value is 1 0 range from 0 875 1 125 If your design is as Figure 10 19 shows but the marked work is Figure 10 20 or Figure 10 21 you will have to increase the coefficient on the X axis direction for Figure 10 20 and lower the coefficient on the X axis direction for Figure 10 21 127 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 10 19 Your Design Figure 10 20 Marked Work Figure 10 21 Marked Work 0 This item indicates the parallelogram correction coefficient and the default is 1 0 range from 0 875 1 125 If your design is as Figure 10 19 shows but the marked work is Figure 10 22 you will have to adjust this parameter to correct it Figure 10 22 Marked Work Scale It refers to the flex percentage and the default is 100 This parameter will be adjusted when the trim size marked is different from the setting size If the trim size is smaller than the designed one users can raise this parameter if the trim size is bigger than the designed one users can lower this parameter Note If there are some distortions with the Laser scanner gavlo users should firstly adjust the distortions and then the flex percentage 128 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual When setting scale we may press the button 10 23 Goal mark size 20 O00 Real mark siz
11. Step 2 Draw letter b in workspace similarly Set coordinate Z to 30 Then click Apply button and click put to origin button as is shown in Figure 8 5 2 Step 3 Draw letter c in workspace and set coordinate Z to 60 Then click Apply button and click put to origin button As is shown in Figure 8 5 3 Step 4 Click menu item Rotary marking The dialog box shown in below Figure 8 5 4 will popup 87 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual MarkDemo version 3 Current Fart Time current ooo 80 lo E 00 00 00 Total mum Time Total lo 00 00 00 Continues Moving angle Mark Selected 10 00 Figure 8 5 4 rotary marking dialog box Step 5 Click button Param F3 or press key F3 to setup configuration parameters Step 6 Click button Mark F2 or press key F2 to start the job 8 2 Rotary marking 2 Except the new option 360 degree mark the others parameters in Rotary marking is the same as those in Rotary marking as is shown in Figure 8 6 MarkDemo version E l Current Fart Time current ood lo 00 00 00 AXIS go rero Total mum Time Total lo 00 00 00 Conti Continues ENEN Mark Selected 10 00 Mark Fz Param e Figure 8 6 Rotary marking2 interface 88 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 360 degree mark Selected to mark the figure on the column evenly Total num The count of figure that will be marked on the column with evenly interval If we don
12. results Point Time This parameter is used to set the Figure 10 5 Advanced marking time if there are dot objects Vector point mode Pulse per point Marking the vector graph using point mode and force the pulse number while marking each point YAG optimize mode While marking on the high reflection material using YAG laser optimize the hatch arithmetic Note the function is used to resolve the irregular lines when marking on the high reflection material using YAG laser If you want to use this function you must connect the PWM signal to the pulse modulate signal of the Q switch Now let s take it into practice Mark a rectangle with size 40x20 and fill it with the following parameters Mark Contour Edge offset 0 Line Distance 1 0 Hatch Angle 0 Unidirectional hatch Set the marking parameters like this 121 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Parameter Name XX the name users customize easy to understand it s means Loop count 1 Marking Speed XX the speed users need Jump Speed XXX the jump speed users customize It is suggested to use 1200 2500 Power Percentage 50 Frequency 5KHZ Start TC 300 End TC 300 Polygon TC 100 Jump Position TC 1000 Jump Distance TC 1000 End compensate 0 Acc Distance 0 There may be several results to mark this hatched rectangle Case 1 The hatch lines and the border are separated Figure 10 6 This is because the S
13. s M anual Array The space between two objects on X direction Array The space between two objects on Y direction Calculate by offset distance The space of the graphs is calculated by offset distance Figure 5 3 a G Q Figure 5 3 a Calculate by offset distance Figure 5 3 b Calculate by graph distance Calculate by graph distance The space of the graphs is calculated by graph distance Figure 5 3 b If we select the array type is Circle we can see the figure 5 2 b Array object Array type C Rectangle El Array number 2 a Radius ho Start Angle 90 Degres Angle 30 Degree Figure 5 2 b Array dialog box Circle The graphs array is clockwise or anticlockwise Array number The graph number Radius The radius of the circle Start Angle The angle between the starting graphs of the circle Angle The angle between two graphs 5 2 Transformation When selected a parameter setting box will appear as Figure 5 4 shows 65 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 5 2 1 Move Loci stroll Tool for moving objects Position the coordinates of the current selected object datum mark This function is the same as the Position which is introduced in object label of properties toolbar in chapter 2 10 Fosition it mm EE a E E Y mm m a I select a datum mark of an object Relative Position use relative coordinates Relatively position eple
14. users may select command Bitmap in the Draw Menu or click icon in the Toolbar EF bts ef TITANIC gi mapidbtn dark 2 Linel 87 maplionbtn_normal E women Bf maporcabtn_high zhbzho File name 2hb2h02 Files of type All Image Files bmp jpg peg gif tga T Lancel M Show preview Putto center Figure 4 51 Add a photo Then the system will pop a dialog box as Figure 4 51 shows to open a graphic file The current supported graphic file formats are Bmp Jpeg Jpg Gif Tga Png Tiff Tif Show Preview When users select a graphic file there will be a preview displayed in the dialog box Put to center put the photo s center in the origin When finishing adding a photo a Bitmap parameter setting will appear in the Property Toolbar as Figure 4 52 shows 53 All rights reserved Dynamic file whether to reread files when in process Fixed DPI When selected the system will fasten the unfixed DPI of dynamic photo The higher the DPI s level is the closer the dots gather and the photo s precision is better then the marking time is longer DPI dot per inch 1 inch is about 25 4 millimeters Fixed Size X When checked the width of the dynamic photo will be preserved in an appointed size and if unchecked the photo s width will be the original size of the photo Fixed Size Y When checked the height of the dynamic photo will be preserved in an appointed size and if unchecke
15. 18 namely the distance of the right frame of gray box and the right frame of blue box In Figure 5 18 we can see update font file and Char kerning two functional buttons are disabled Here we need to choose name of jsf font library the functional button is m behind the input box Wion keys the function keys pop open dialogue gt Select the name of font library we need to amend gt Clicking OK there will indicate the route of file As follow figure 5 19 74 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Jsf font Jsf font name EUA Ercad 2O060TOTA FONT MP TO Help pdate font fil Char of graph Load char data Save char data Char kerning FRAGA o i A Scale i 1 scale Y 1 offset dist 0 Left side bearing 0 Right side bearing T Figure 5 19 select a font file Now update font file and Char kerning two functional buttons are in valid state Update font file Click this button gt Character Attributes dialogue as the figure 5 20 Font Property Font name JEZ Single Line Font Song Double char Width 16 Single char Width la Double char Height 16 Jingle char Height E Descent ratio 7 92532 pe Can be Hatched Cancel Figure 5 20 font property Font name The name of character which Font library file saved Double char Width Height Such as double byte characters like Chinese the width and height of the character they correspond Single char Width Height
16. 192 168 o 1 Port 1000 Command TCP Give me string Unicode Figure 4 41 TCP IP communication parameter definition IP Address select the IP address which from reads the data Port select the port the TCP IP communication used Command When the system processes to this text object the system through the network interface to transmit this order character string to a computer assigned the IP address request the computer sends the character string needs to process at present the system will not return until the computer replied after the response of the computer the system will process the returns text automatically Unicode After choosing this option the system to the computer transmission which and the read character is the Unicode form otherwise is the ASCII form The following example showed how to use this function Now has a customer to process 10000 work pieces on the work piece the marking content is a text but each work piece must process the text content is dissimilar therefore before each work piece processing must real time read the processing content through the network from the local area network a computer server IP 192 168 0 1 port is 1000 on 1 Open ezcad2 to establish a text object adjust the text size the position and the processing parameter 2 Choice the text object select the enables variable text click the increase button the system will spring a Figure dialog box as 4 32 select
17. 2 5 Obtain Scan Images M Scan Images is used to get digital graphic object from Twain device When selected the Scan Images function will prompt the user to choose a Twain device The Twain device listed in the column should be those which have been legally installed in the computer When the suitable device is selected you can now insert a graphic object into the currently selected Document Different devices show different prompts Please consult the devices operation reference 2 6 System Parameter P System Parameter configures the software and the icon of System Parameter in toolbar 1S 3 Users can use this command to change the default setting of Display Save and Language etc When selected a dialog box will appear and you can set the unit the software uses the color displayed the work space s parameter the interval of auto save the locale language etc 2 6 1 General In General common parameters can be configured Figure 2 5 Unit Type millimeter and inch are two options can be selected Paste X and Paste Y the relative offsets to the previously object when paste Grid show or hide the grid Grid Space adjust the distance in grid Enable Mark Mutex EZCADZ2MUTEX_ MARKING This option is used to synchronize the Ezcad program with third party programs If checked the Ezcad software create a mutex object named EZCAD2MUTEX_MARKING
18. 2 6 7 then sets a user name and the password for each operator The designer completes the processing document which as shown in Figure 4 34 the last text sets the user name in the object list After like this each operator goes to work after opening EZCAD2 must input own user name and the password in processes this document time the system alters to automatically the last text operator s name 40 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Object list x Polyzon Rectangle operator Text operatorzzhangsan Figure 4 34 the processing example has the user name in the fixed text Serial number Serial number text is a text which is changed according to the fixed increment when in the operating process When selected a serial number parameter setting will automatically appear in the variable text dialog box Figure 4 35 Start oono Current Joon Limit Increment i Current Hum Marks per ji fo Mode Dec bi Filter belows 4 Figure 4 35 Serial number parameter definition Mode The mode current series number used see the figure 4 36 Mode User define Figure 4 36 Serial number mode Dec Series number carry according to decimal system the effective character is from zero to nine HEX Series number carry according to capital letter hexadecimal system the effective character is from A to F hex Series number carry according to small letter hexadecimal system the effective 41 All rights reser
19. 4 Barcode Text When users click the icon M a dialog box will be displayed as Figure 4 14 shows 31 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Code 39 15 a non conti format The char act r J i CAE spaca Gre Tice size restriz character is Optica ExCud Cheekiham Reverse Bar Height 2a 5 mm Harrow fidth fo Ta mimi Shor Text Sec 1 a 3 4 ar i le E la Space fi la ls la Intercher space fi Left Middle Ri ght Bot tom ho Mio io To Figure 4 14 Barcode Text Sketch Map The sketch map is that the current barcode will look like Barcode Information The barcode explanation shows some information about the current barcode s format and if users are not very clear with the format it 1s recommended to read the tip first to get to know what types of characters is valid Text This item refers to the text to be made into barcode And if the characters users types in the Text space is valid there will be a cross selected in a which shows the current characters are valid for being made into a barcode Show Text Whether to show a corresponding text under the barcode Figure 4 15 Iw Show Text Pen Ho Shon Ter mo g Font Ari al ba Text height 3 MM Text width 1 5 MM Text offset x lo MM Text offset y F MM Text Space F HN Figure 4 15 Show Text Font The font of the current characters to be displayed 32 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual
20. Activate the modification B m gon Apply to copy abject cm This item is used to copy the current selected object and move it into a new place Apply to copy object Apply 5 2 2 Rotate Figure 5 4 Transformation rotate your object When selected a parameter setting will appear in the Transformation Setting Box as Figure 5 5 shows Angle angle to rotate Center the coordinates of the current selected object datum mark D EN gt E HLEN Select a datum mark of an object Center Relative Center change the current coordinates into oe ae relative coordinates Y jo mm e Relatively center Ej E E 30 BH rot M Apply to copy object This item is used to copy the Apply to copy object current selected object and rotate it into a new place Apply Apply Let the modification of the current object active Apply 5 2 3 Mirror Figure 5 5 Rotate 66 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual ON mirror the current selected object When select mirror command a parameter setting box will appear as Figure 5 6 shows Scale the zoom ratio of the X Y size after being mirrored The current object s vertical mirror The current object s horizontal mirror Transform tE l 15 1 E E E select a datum mark of an object ERA Scale nPP Y Let the modification of the X 100 a current object active Y 100 E Mirror Apply to copy object This ite
21. After closing the dialog box click the application button 5 Click F2 to start to process the computer will send the command COM Give me string to the server immediately through serial port and wait for that the server will return 6 After the server discovered the serial port receives the command is COM Give me string reads the database immediately to obtain the text which the current must process then gives the local computer through the serial port reply 7 After the local computer obtains the text which must process changes the processing 47 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual data to transmit immediately to the marking board 8 After the marking board receives the processing data control the machine to mark the work piece immediately Flow chart as shown in Figure 4 44 3 Server the text which reads through the serial port returns gives the local computer n 1 Gores the server through the serial port transrmssion read order 2 read database Fae TO long distance server database is here local computer laser mark card im this 4 The computer changes assigns the text object the content the production processing data to pass to laser mark card 2 the card control an machine work Figure 4 44 Serial communication flow chart File Txt files and Excel files are supported now 1 Txt files When select TXT file a dialog box as Figure 4 45 shows will
22. All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual E Cancel e e e e e 0 00 100 0 4 0 MA ne whe oO Figure 4 66 Select object by Pen 4 14 Node Editing All the objects drawn in EzCad2 are vector graphs Users can modify an object s shape by editing the nodes To edit nodes you may press icon D in the Draw Toolbar When clicking an object in the workspace there will be a node appearing around the object Nodes are denoted as hollow squares and the bigger one is the starting point of the curve When selected a Node Editing Toolbar will appear as Figure 4 67 shows Figure 4 67 Node Editing a Nodes b Node Editing Toolbar 61 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual I This icon is used to add a node When click any point on the curve where has no node there will be a black solid circle appearing and now users may add a node by click this icon E This icon is used to delete a node When clicking any node on the curve the node will be blacked and here users may click this icon to delete it l This icon is used to combine two nodes If two nodes are close enough users may frame select the two nodes and click this icon to combine them into one node h This icon is used to separate a node When users click a node on the curve the node will be blacked and then we may click this icon to separate this node into two separated nodes This icon is used to turn curves into
23. Curve selected users can move the mouse to the points which are not nodes and press the left button of the mouse to add a node to the current position of the curve 4 3 Rectangle To draw a rectangle users can select command Rectangle in Draw Menu or click the icon M Under the command Rectangle users can press the left button of the mouse and drag it to draw a rectangle Under the command Rectangle users can draw a square by pressing the left button of the mouse and drawing it when Fosition S1 ze press Ctrl key synchronously y 8 732 fee 033 After drawing and selecting the Properties Toolbar will display a feature like Figure 4 3 shows Arc radius This refers to the smooth degree of the hera IHPORT Apply rectangle s four corners and when the degrees are 100 then Round the rectangle changes into a circle 8 e lo lo All corner Round When selected users can change the angles of the four corners at the same time just by changing one of them F All Corner Round NOTE After changing the parameters in the Properties Toolbar each time we must click Apply button to update Figure 4 3 Rectangle Properties the object with new parameters 4 4 Circle To draw a circle users can select command Circle in the Draw Menu or click the icon O Under the command Circle users can press the left button and drag it to draw a circle 24 All righ
24. Fixed text Serial mmber Date Code Time TCP IF communication Serial communication File Keyboard a a a a a a a Ho lead zero Change Line character en Figure 4 33 Fixed text Change Line character uses in variable text can resolve the question about multi text must branch marking When application increases one change line character between two variable texts the software according to the change line character position automatic text branch If many texts need to divide into the multi lines only need in the behind where want to branch s text to increase one change line character The fixed text has a special option is Emi when chooses this item the system uses the current user name to replace the fixed text automatically Below explains with examples the situation needs to use in the fixed text the user name function If the present must process one batch of work piece as shown in Figure 4 34 because the worker is every day three number of runs in turn in order to control the quality to need each operator marks his own name does not process the part in the work piece Because only the designer and the administrator have the jurisdiction of change processing document the operator 1s unable to change the processing document to increase own name this time needs to use in the fixed text the user name function The administrator must enable You must enter and password before using see Chapter
25. Graduation Set the position of start marking graduation Increment pos the space between two neighboring lines Line width Set the width of the line Start point Set start point of the line End point Set end point of the line Start value Set start value of line 103 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Inc value Set Inc value of the line Dot bit count Set dot bit count of the line for example set the dot bit count as 2 the value may O 3 00 6 00 4 00 12 00 become 0 not show tail zero 0 did not show behind O Text show the text information on the ruler We can see the figure when we select Text Text We can compilation the text content in the white frame Vector File Show the information of the vector file on the ruler Scale X width of the vector file Scale Y height of the vector file Angle the angles between vectorfile and X axis For example make a Straight ruler long thirty centimeters three hundred millimeters After set well the External Axis select Straight ruler click Add then the dialog box popup shown as Figure 8 24 to set the Line Set the longest degree ten There are thirty one degree ten lines from zero to three hundred from the start graduation of the workpiece the space is ten millimeters the length 1s seven millimeters so as to the Graduation Num is thirty one Start Graduation is 0 Increment pos is ten Start point is zero zero End point
26. Menu has a Toolbar correspondingly and all the operations can be achieved by pressing the icon on the Toolbar For example as Figure 4 1 shows when you have selected the drawing command or the icon in Toolbar the Present Command Toolbar on the top of the main window will be changed to show some options of the current command SORA 0 ONerue Sy fas Sv LENA Modify View La Point Curve Line Rect Circle Ellpise Polyzon Text Bitmap File Vector File Time Input 10 Unput I ExtAxis Encoder distance bj ajajaj mw Figure 4 1 Draw Menu The three pictures above stand for a Draw Toolbar b Draw Menu c Command Toolbar 4 1 Point D To draw a dot in the working space is one of the easiest drawing operations When selected the mouse pointer will be changed into a cross feature and users just press the left button of the mouse in an appropriate place a dot can be drawn Also users can draw more dots by pressing the left button when it is finished user can press the right button of the mouse to end the drawing 22 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual command and then the last dot drawn is displayed as selected object Under dot drawing mode the Present Command Toolbar will be displayed as dls Point mum fi Foint dist fi mm Start offset fo mm used to draw a dot If users press button a set of dots with equal distance will be placed along a curve Click this
27. Object Property The coordinate data X position Y position is maped to which point of the object I I I I Figure 2 14 Array X 3 Y 2 13 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Array copy the current object and arrange them to the destination users i tae gt want by setting the rowlcolumn number and space e Pa Count X the count of the row e ae te Count Y the count of the column i Inc mm the space between each sa ue Sy e rowlcolumn a E Bo T Figure 2 14 stands for the situation when e N je X 3 Y 2 5 a Figure 2 15 stands for the situation when Bet X 2 Y 3 ARA Figure 2 15 Array X 2 Y 3 set array s row as marking precedence IE set array towards vertical direction as marking precedence oo Unidirection marking E Bidirectional marking I O Control condition The system reads the input port first and then compare whether the current input singal is as the same as the object s I O Control condition and if it does the current object will be marked or the system will skip the current object and handle next object Only four bits 0 1 2 3 are available now Each bit has three states The grayed state means skip this signal The unchecked state means that if we want to mark this object then the signal of this bit must be low level voltage TTL compatibel The checked state stands for the high l
28. Perfect result as Figure 10 12 shows Figure 10 12 Case 3 Figure 10 13 Case 4 Different manufacturers use different Laser sources and scanner gavlo so the performances are also different Sometimes when however users modify the End TC the hatch lines and the border cannot be superposed Here users need to set the End Compensate Values from 0 05 to 0 25 But this may cause the 4th case the hatch lines are beyond the border as Figurel0 13 shows Users should lower the End Compensate to reach the perfect result Adjust Jump Position TC Jump Dist TC Below is the adjust steps Set the two Jump TC items values Position TC value and Distance TC value as O and then mark the rectangle If the start segment and ending segment of the hatch line are bent users need to increase the two Jump TC s values until there is no bend appearing Note The Jump TC is too big may influence marking efficiency The scanner gavlo have better performance the lower the two Jump TC s value is Adjust Polygon TC If mark a rectangle with size 40x20 you may find three possible results about the rectangle s corners Case 1 As Figure 10 14 shows it is changed into arc angle which should be right angle and this is because the Polygon TC is too short here users need to raise the value 124 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 10 14 Case 1 Figure 10 15 Case 2 Case 2 As Figure 10 15 shows although the right a
29. Ratia Part Diameter MM Pulses per round 200 Dist per round 5 MM Min Coor i000 MM Speed of Go 100 pulses Wee Coar i000 MM Zero Offset o MM A E lio Min Sneed io aeee DS e Secor Max Speed 5000 pal sers Sei Can 0 000 Ace time 100 MS Space Comp E MM W Goto start position after f Shear Comp 0 000 pm Figure 8 33 configuration parameters of expansion axis The definition of each parameter Enable Enable current expansion axis ID The current expansion axis will be used as axis X Y Z ID is X the figure will be split in direction X to mark ID is Y the figure will be split in direction Y to mark ID is Z the expansion axis will move to the appointed position to mark Pulses per round The pulse numbers each round that the expansion axis rotating We can calculate it through following formula X 360 N n There into X denotes Pulses per round N denotes step angle of step motor n denotes micro step set by step motor driver Min coor The minimum logical coordinates of expansion axis When the object s coordinate of the expansion axis is smaller than the minimum coordinates the warning message will popup Max coor The maximum coordinate of expansion axis When the object s coordinate of the expansion axis 1s greater than the maximum logical coordinates the warning message will popup Min speed the minimum rotary speed of expansion axis Max speed the maximum rotary speed of expansion axis Acc time Acc
30. Right side bearing 0 Fig 5 17 JSF font Then let s introduce the functions of various parameters and functions keys shown in the graph above Before we use the function to create or modify our font file we should learn more about the characters aircraft JSF font structure Click Help button to show the graph 5 18 e lt Ascent height lt Char Height 4 lt Base line lt Descent height ee ee e Ht Left side bearing Right side bearing Descent ratio 100 x Descent height Char height Char width is the standard char width of current Font Char height is the standard char height of current Font Left side bearing is the space between the char and the left side of Frame bo x Right side bearing is the space between the char and the right side of Frame box Blue box is the char real size Baseline is horizontal line used For alignment Figure 5 18 Help 73 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Through Figure 5 18 we can see that in addition to the width and height which stands for the graphic characters the software also identify the font size on Ascent height Descent height Left side bearing Right side bearing etc that is to say if the figure we design which stands for characters Q is in the grey scope as graphics 5 18 define well actually the Q EZCAD identified is the area with the blue dotted line All of the graphic s width height Ascent he
31. Shear a close intersect area contained in another ws pick up the intersect part of two close intersect areas see HL g E Save source object Save target object Weld Figure 5 9 Plastic Figure 5 10 Plastic 1 Original 2 Joint 3 Shear 4 Intersect 5 4 Distribution Distribution is to several objects distribute in the workplace as considering regular Eg there are 6 rectangles in the workplace when click distribute follow dialog window will pop up OW a ce yy 69 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Distribution Hier Distribute left and right ar i based on the left line Left LI Center i Space lP Right R et middle Distribute left and Topi right based on the middle line et Center Bt fF Space E ab distance Distribute left and a0 E Bottom right based on distance between two Cancel objects T3 l ae Fig 5 11 distribution dialog window right Distribute left and right based on the right line ao top Distribute up and down based on the top line at middle Distribute up and down based on the middle line ol Tft distance Distribute up and down based on distance between two objects bottom Distribute up and down based on the bottom line Take fig 5 11 as example to introduce the usage and result of distribution click e and ot the result as fig 5 12 1 E ise ee e a a er ge ae ep ae Ek ester ae O I 1 1 i A I l ro a Fig
32. Such as single byte characters like English and digit the width and height of the character they correspond Descent ratio The percentage of height hereinafter the baseline accounting for the character s standard height Can be hatched Check it means allow hatch the characters or else not allowed 75 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Char kerning Click this button gt Char kerning dialogue as the figure 5 21 Char kerning Input two characters Char kerning I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I L I L Figure 5 21 char kerning Input two characters The two characters which need to adjust the space Char kerning The space between the two characters that need to be adjusted up arrow stands for increment down arrow stands for convergence Also can input digital directly Save kerning to file Save the space to the Character style file 5 7 2 Instruction for steps of establishing font library Let s take an example to show how to use the function of JSF character library Ex1 Establish a font library named ezcad0521 and add character a to it Use the software to edit a that we need to represent or import one and make graphics in selected state As figure 5 22 76 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual EJ cz Excad O File Hiiti rar Padity ir aser Hilp POD xan ues a rea HE AARAAAS s aaj ajaaa ccoo pmm TA LE Caller DON A
33. TCP IP communication set the network interface parameter the IP address parameter fills in server computer s IP here is 192 168 0 1 the port parameter sets to use in the communication the port number here is 1000 the network interface parameter must identically with the server computer on otherwise it will cause to be unable communication 3 Set the command is TCP Give me string This command may for the random server definition command 45 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual After closing the dialog box click the application button Click F2 to start to process the computer will send the command TCP Give me string to the server immediately through the net mouth and waited for that the server will return After the server discovered the network interface receives the command is TCP Give me string reads the database immediately to obtain the text which the current must process then gives the local computer through the network interface reply After the local computer obtains the text which must process changes the processing data to transmit immediately to the marking board After the marking board receives the processing data control the machining to mark the work piece immediately Flow chart as shown in Figure 4 42 3 Server the text which reads through the net interface returns gives the local computer n 1 Gives the server through the net interface transtrussion read order
34. Width the width of the characters Height the height of the characters Text Offset X When selected and set up the text displayed under the barcode will be moved towards either the positive or the negative directions of X axis Text Offset Y When selected and set up the text displayed under the barcode will be moved towards either the positive or the negative directions of Y axis Text Space the space between characters Quiet Refer to the size of the barcode s blank area when let the barcode Reverse valid One Dimensional Barcode This kind of barcode consists of bar and space one by one The barcode information is carried by different width and position of the bars and space and the information volume they carry is decided by the width and the precision Wider the barcode is more the bars and the space included and more information carried This kind of barcode technology can store information towards only Unidirection through permutation and combination of the bars and the space and so it is called one dimensional barcode Figure 4 16 shows a feature of parameter setting when a one dimensional barcode is chosen CheckNum This refers to whether the current barcode needs verify code Users can freely choose which barcode they would like to add verify code on and users have the decision whether to use the verify code or not Reverse This refers to whether to reverse the parts which should be marked into the unexpect
35. be displayed to Don f Excel File name gt Line Ho 11 ask for the file s name and the current text s line number Auto reset If checked the line number will change to 0 automatically Auto reset when reach the last line The next Read all lines mark will start from the first line again Figure 4 45 TxT document parameter definition Read all lines When processes to the text document direct read entire document 2 Excel files 48 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Line Ho p Field Auto reset Figure 4 46 Excel document parameter definition We have to appoint the file name Field name Line number to tell the software which cell in the excel table will be mark File name The text string of the first row in the datasheetl This parameter indicates which column will be marked Keyboard The keyboard element is the text which must process from the keyboard entry by the user when select the keyboard element a dialog box as Figure 4 47 a shows will be displayed to ask for the user set the keyboard element parameter Fixed char count user must input string with digit equals to this Ft K usd ese input string Prompt In the processing the Fixed char count system will spring the input dialog to box which ask for the user input the Figure 4 47 a Keyboard element parameter processing text when meets the keyboard variable text like the figure 4 47 b shows this time the user direc
36. etc 6 6 System Toolbar View Toolbar Draw Toolbar Status Bar Object List Toolbar Object Properties Toolbar Mark Parameter Toolbar EzCad2 supports many toolbars to achieve different functions Toolbars can be either displayed or hidden by selecting corresponding options in View Menu and also the Status Bar can be displayed or hidden either When there is a v selected in front of the submenu the corresponding toolbars or Status Bar is visible and 1f not they are hidden 6 7 IO state Check current input and output state follow fig 6 3 81 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual AAAA a ro e E y e ro Ke e E Ne r pa Cc a Na e Ni r A le F Ne e na h a F Wr W s r a i r s ail MM w A A A ON Fig 6 3 IO state Gray means low level green means high level All rights reserved 82 EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 7 Special 7 1 Change text Click change text follow dialog window will pop up as fig 7 1 Fig 7 1 change text interface The content under text is to be replaced the content under change to is that after replace Fig 7 2bis the result after operate fig 7 2a as the method in fig 7 1 92 al 1234 1234 Fig 7 2a content before replace Fig 7 2b content after replace The name of the text 1s replaced but the content of the text 1s not changed 7 2 IPG Setting Click IPG Setting in special menu th
37. for an example to account for the operation of Multi part mark Firstly click Add button to add a new part type The dialog box in Figure 8 16 will popup Figure 8 16 Part parameter Part name Define the part name 97 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Part number The number of part which need to mark or the number of the figure marking in the same part Click Array 3 did HI r un tangl i rray x E Circle Array y E Array x fi o0 Array ji g 0005 0006 000 FOOD 0001 000 Figure 8 17 0005 0006 000 FODD Click 0001 0002 even line will rotate 180 degree Click offset move all x y position xi gt 0 000000 Y 0 000000 Cancel Figure 8 18 Double click the item directly to modify the position and angle of each part as Figure 8 19 shows A Y 98 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 8 19 Parameters of Part position X Coordinates X of the part Y Coordinates Y of the part Rotate angle the anti clockwise angle of the part Return multi part mark dialog box after setting all parts Close this dialog box and restart it we can preview the figure that placed on the position we just set Click button Select part type Modify to correct any invalid position The other parameters in multi part mark are introduced here Current pos the part that is being processed currently It can be ap
38. in the dialog box automatically As Figure 4 40 shows users can directly choose the type they prefer f Hour 24 f Time section f Hour 12 f Minute C Second 00 00 00 00 00 D go Jn e a Pee 10 00 11 E DO AM 3 00 4M 4 D00 4M 00 E E T a OO AM DCI AM DOI AM DOI AM 00 4 00 10 DOI AM 11 00 12 12 00 13 OO AM O0 AM O0 AM OO FM Figure 4 40 Time section ie 4 Hour 24 Use current computer clock s hour for the corresponding text the time format is 24 hour setting Hour 12 Use current computer clock s hour for the corresponding text the time format is 12 hour setting 44 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Minute Use current computer clock s minute for the corresponding text Second Use current computer clock s second for the corresponding text Time Section Divides into 24 time sections one day of 24 hour the user may define each time section 1s a text This function mainly uses in the work piece the processing needing to have the number of runs information TCP IP communication When the operation is taking place the system will pick up the text from the network Notice The network interface in here is the network interface uses in TCP IP agreement When the user selected the TCP IP communication the parameter defines will display automatically in the dialog box see the figure 4 41 ak Address
39. increases the system will display a dialog box as Figure 4 32 shows 38 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Text element Text TEXT serial mmber ate Code Time TCP IF communication Serial communication File Keyboard User name Ho lead zero Change Line character a Figure 4 32 Text element dialog box Currently EzCad2 supports 8 types of variable text Fixed text refers to the fixed invariable element in the operating process Serial number The system will change the text according to the fixed increment when in the operating process Date Code When the operation is taking place the system will automatically pick up the date information from the computer as a new formed text Time When the operation is taking place the system will automatically pick up the time information from the computer as a new formed text TCP IP communication When the operation is taking place the system will pick up the text from the network Serial communication When the operation is taking place the system will pick up the text from the serial port File The system will seriatim read what to be marked in the customized text file line by line Keyboard Users can type text to be marked through keyboard when the marking is in process Fixed text The fixed text 1s refers to the fixed invariable element in the operation process 39 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Text element 3
40. level mode 133 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 10 4 4 Other Configuration Parameters markcfgO l x Field Laser Control Fort Other Dynamic Focus HardInfo start Mark Delay ms Finish Mark Delay ms ms Red light pointer ms Laser sleep time 600 5 Max speed sono mmr Min speed li mm Curve scatter tolerance lo 01000 mm Max Power Delay iil Max Freg Delay Show start mark dialog Enable execute mark start and stop command file Anto reset mark count Disable mark when reach total count Total mark time lo Second Total part num lo Enable analog current fpk tao us User step mark mode Figure 10 31 Other Parameter Dialog Box Starting Mark Delay The delay before marking Finish Mark Delay The delay after marking Max Power Delay The Max dealy when the laser power is changed from 0 to 100 during marking When the power s range is changed less then 100 during marking the time is less proportional to the Max vaule This function is suit for the laser power supply with slow response speed If the laser power supply s response speed is very quick this value may be O ms Max Freq Delay Same as max power delay Show start mark dialog Every time inquired whether mark it before the marking Enable execute mark start and stop command file When the mark started and finishes needs to execute a command file first After enabling this function when the mar
41. lines Users may click any position between two neighbored nodes and select the command Line to make the curve line arc curve between the two nodes into a line This icon is used to turn curves into arcs Users may click any position between two neighbored nodes and select the command Arc to make the curve line arc curve between the two nodes into an arc This icon is used to turn curves into curves Users may click any position between two neighbored nodes and select command Curve to make the curve line arc curve between the two nodes into a curve This icon is used to sharp a node When selected a sharp will take the place of the node and the curve is sharp This icon is used to smooth a node When selected the node will be changed into a smooth curve This icon is used to symmetrize a curve If you click a node and select command Symmetrize the curves on both sides of the node will be symmetrized ending points This icon is used to change the directions of a curve by exchanging the starting and This icon is used to close a curve This icon is used to align objects When users frame select more than two nodes and click this icon a dialog box of Aligning Nodes will appears and you can choose the ways of aligning top bottom left right for example 62 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual NOTE You cannot do node editin
42. processing If the user processing s keyboard type is the same but is only the processing document which each pressed key corresponds is dissimilar the user need sets the keyboard directory as the identical directory the system will replace all documents automatically 3 6 Power Ruler The function of is Power Ruler mainly uses for to design each kind of scale turn on EzCad 2 and select PowerRuler in the laser menu as is shown in Figure 8 22 Laser Help Y Rotary Marking a Rotary Marking GlobeMark Multi part mark PowerRKeyboard Powerful er Ringiark o RotateTextMark f opli tharke 101 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 8 22 Click Power Ruler the mark dialog box is shown in Figure 8 23 New file Open File Save File Save as Export ta WS A Graduation generate Condition 0 00 0 00 0 00 10 003 6 00 0 00 0 00 7 005 0 00 0 00 0 00 5 00 lt 0 00 0 003 0 00 5 00 6 00 0 00 0 00 5 00 Value 0 000 Ine 10 000 O A alioli dado lobo bala 5 Add Edit Delete 4 Current Moving angle Part Time current 0 000 0 50 lo 2 00 00 00 E a Red F1 Mark F2 Param F3 Quit F5 Origin 00 00 00 O 000 0 pecial matio Figure 8 23 New File The software will close the documents which you are editing and meanwhile create a new file Open File When click Open the software will pop an ope
43. the form is one character Week of year 27 The use current computer clock this day is this year s several week for the text which corresponds the form is two characters from January 1 to January 7 is 01 from January 8 to January 14 is 002 ex analogia Date When system read computer clock s date needs to add on the the displacement date is the finally date this function mainly uses in the work piece processing having the production date and guaranteeing nature date professions and so on food User defined month character When selected the month as the corresponding text the Figure 4 39 will be shown Users can define the month character changes to other characters that no longer uses the digit which the software defaulted only needs double clicks the selected month input the month other characters finally the month which shown on the software workspace is with the input character 43 All rights reserved Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month 3 Monthi0 10 Monthi11 11 Month12 12 co 05 0 AE dj A A Tk UW Ub UW ut at al Oo Mm 50 A oo pj A Figure 4 39 User defined month character User De Time EzCad2UNI User s M anual click it follow dialog will show user could define year as user need When the operation is taking place the system will automatically pick up the time information from the computer as a new formed text When selected a time parameter definition will be shown
44. these figures can be objects nested mutually Any two objects may not have intersectant parts Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 Hatch Objects on the left can be filled The two rectangles on the right may get unexpected result for they 16 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual intersect each other The icon of Hatch in Toolbar is E 3 3 shows and when selected a hatch dialog box will appear as Figure Mark Contour whether to show and mark the current object s contour or not means when click Mark Contour mark hatch line first then mark contour means when click Mark Contour mark contour first then mark hatch line Hatch 1 Hatch 2 Hatch 3 Users may have three independent hatch parameters to hatch the same object at the same time Each set of hatch parameters can be appointed a Pen No which stands for a set of marking parameters Enable whether to permit the validity of the current hatch parameter All Cale Calculate all the selected objects as a whole This is an optimizing option In some cases the speed of marking may highly be raised It will take long time to calculate large complex objects When not selected the objects will be calculated separately x J Mark Contour Hatch 02 Os e Enable Type M All cae Follow edge on Angle Pen Ho fo dez CE Line Distance li mm Y Average distribute line Edge Offset fo mm Start Offset a mm End Offse
45. to run the software in various languages platform 1 1 3 Interface Introduction Software starting interface The picture Figure 1 1 appears while running the program and meanwhile the initial operations takes place in the background 1 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual EZCAD2 0 Figure 1 1 Program starting interface Main Interface Figure 1 2 Edo FAB red E el A Maelo Faru bie Mark concrsl statue bar i im mr er pee EA UAT Pepe Lu du Ll nn Figure 1 2 EzCad2 Main Window 2 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 1 2 About EzCad2 User s Manual 1 2 1 Contents Arrangement The User s Manual will introduce each menu File Edit Draw Modify View Help in turn 1 2 2 Announcement 3 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 2 File Menu The File Menu 1s used for common file functions such as opening saving importing images from Twain equipment etc Figure 2 1 File Edit Draw Modify view Laser He Cho Open Save hrs Save AS Print Ctrl F Scan images System parameter i i leaf ezd 2 Frlezdfile Test 2i ezd 3 FrezdfileiTestiie Se ezd 4 Enjerrfilel11db1 ezd 5 E herrrile 4p 2612h plt 6 Filezdfile Ly ezd Exit Figure 2 1 File Menu 2 1 New N New is used to create a blank work space to construct objects and its shortcut key is Ctrl N When
46. user can pick the object according to the color or pen see Chapter 4 12 and set marking parameters see Chapter 10 1 color pen 57 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual When users have opened a vector file a vector file File name parameter setting as Figure 4 60 shows will appear E input 4 def gt Optimizing the marking 4 10 Time lapser Auto connect curve W Dynamic File Fixed Size X Fixed Size Y Fixed position aa To input the Time lapser users can select command Time lapser in Draw Menu or click icon rrer When selected there will be a property setting of the Ea time lapser displayed in the Property Toolbar as Figure Fixed coordinate 4 61 shows x fo Waiting time The marking will pause until the ro specific time has passed Hart Time fio ms Figure 4 61 Waiting Time Figure 4 60 Vector File Parameter Setting 4 11 Input Port To check the Input signal users can select command Input Port in the Draw Menu or click icon y I 0 Control Conditional When selected there will be an input port property IFT Fr EEEE 3 E E i 6 Se es E E setting appearing in the Property Toolbar as Figure 4 62 Gl lel el el el shows 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 e Message Enable res I input message box to info the user The message text can be Figure 4 62 Input Parameter I O Control Condition The software will pause until the input signal is the sa
47. 0 Degree The way to zo origin T 6 3 a 4 1 2 3 Input point HU o it o 00 Y o 00 Figure 2 8 Move Rotate 2 6 5 Move Rotate See figure 2 8 Nudge Distance the distance that the object moved when pressing direction keys each time Big Nudge Scale indicates the number the user wants to time the Nudge distance so as to achieve further each time when synchronously press direction keys and shift key together Rotate Angle the angle the object rotates each time when press direction keys and ctrl key together Object s Origin when use Put to origin function which point of the object should be put on the origin 2 6 6 Plug Manager The list displays the EzCad software plug which has already been installed in the computer The users can activate or inactivate each plug Press blank key or double click the plug name will swtich the active state Figure 2 9 Changes will take effect in EzCad s next start 10 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Fluz file name Fluz Flu D EzCad2 DABinAPLU Useable 2 0 D EzCad2 Obin PLU Useable 2 0 The change will be valid at next start Figure 2 9 Plug List 2 6 7 User manager Uses in choosing whether to use the current software must to input the user password as shown in Figure 2 10 When enable You must enter and password before ise the soft must enter and password using the system default has a administrator and a y
48. 1 A E E A O E E 81 Chanter 7 SDecdia naaa naaa aa 83 Ao o o E e laste 83 AIR SE N O aadar eaten Reatenatotes 83 Chapters asa 85 SL Rota Ma Nada 85 9 2 Rotary Marking laa aa 88 II All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 0 IDE Mania 89 8 4 M Ut DANSK asa 95 0 POWERED Ml 99 SO POWER RUI a a ia 101 A Pele MMII a E 107 BG ROLALS TOK IMCAMK o OO A 110 PINAL ans 110 3 10 Mute Maliante 115 Chapter 9 Help sr 118 I TADOU EA A02 iiinn EEEE 118 Chapter 10 M KM sara dana 119 IO LPEN A o UE o 119 10 2 M arking Parameter Base ida 120 IS Mark COMEO Bana 125 104 Machme Paramete esna Rena anne enna tenet ane ee ar ene eee 126 104 TF GIG Para Meter clarin 126 1042 Laser Control Paramete ns 129 IAS PO parameters recelos 132 MAA A O OR A 134 10 4 5 O ii a 137 IV All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter1 Introduction 1 1 EzCad2 Brief Introduction 1 1 1 Software Installation The EzCad2 software run on an PC with 900 MHz CPU and 256 MB RAM at least In general we recommend the fastest PC available EzCad2 was developed in Microsoft Windows XP and will run in Windows XP and VISTA The installation of EzCad2 is very easy Users simply need to copy EzCad2 folder that is in the Install CD to hard disk and then double click the Ezcad2 exe under the EzCad2 s directory to run the software EzCad2 requires a software security device sometimes known as a dongle This device plugs into the US
49. 21 jsf already 66 a Input character into the corresponding character editing box then amend the characters ratio offset distance and stay width is parametric to make the graphic to the suitable position gt Click the button Save character data Now the pattern data has been saved to the position where character a corresponded As figure 5 23 77 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Jaf font Jsf font name EA MERA EzCade 20060707 FONT 4 Char of graph la Load char data Save char data offset dist 0 Left side bearing gt z Right side bearing 2 Figure 5 23save Quit from JSF fonts dialogue Restart the software Establish a text object Select JSF font in the font list of Text attributes column Select our new EZCADO521 font Input a in the text box Click Apply Then it could be edited out the graphics of characters a we required As figure 5 24 File Edit Drow MediEy fio Laer Help POUR 0 OG Se amp HAE beta E i rE et peace a Fonillan Si be HLen RHE 6 hi Tru defunli parma at fb tpt FP g Gol zado E rs G Pulse ido 4 Shot OS fxs dads i End TC AE TEE Teri 5 t Felygan TD fin M Ulim thet i 1 Fisk Mick ej et Taxt Fira Th 18 YE OT rta 2470 15 087 O e ira Mejasi oe TSi 50m z E Jere Fai Taf Fant ADS IIS OQmeRe BRIEF ve i y Y o Figure 5 24 new character a Ex2 Amend the ch
50. 5 12 a objects before ee es Fig 5 12 b objects after distribution distribution Before distribution fig 5 12a the distance between the center of each object is different and after distribution distance between the center of each object is the same fig 5 12b 5 5 Curve Editing 70 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 1 Auto Connect Auto connect error E x When selected a dialog box will Auto connect error mm If the distance between two cont appear as Figure 5 11 shows Auto Connect Error curves starting and ending points is less than the parameter set the two Figure 5 11 Auto Connect curves will be jointed into one 2 Break cross point When user click curve editing gt break cross point follow dialog window will pop up as fig 5 14 Break cross point e x a Cross length Cancel 0 02 mm fig 5 14 break cross point The length of cross point means the length of the cross line part that we designed as fig 5 14 take follow fig 5 15 for example a before break cross point b after break cross point Fig 5 15 result of break cross point 5 6 Align Command Align will be available only when more than one object is selected in the workspace Align is used to align the objects users select on the two dimensional plane There are several ways to align Left All objects align left Right All objects align right Ve
51. B port on the PC If there is no dongle or the dongle do not install correctly a caution will appears and the software will work at demo state In demo state we can evaluate the software but we cannot save files and cannot control laser device 1 1 2 Software Function Main functions of the software Users can design their graphics freely Various types of fonts are supported Such as TrueType SHX JSF Single line font defined by EzCad2 DMF Dot Matrix Font One Dimensional bar code Two Dimensional bar code and so on Flexible variable text changes the text real time while in laser processing Excel datasheet is supported Can through the serial port direct read text data Can through the network direct read text data Strong node editing function make the curve modification more easier The software can support 265 pencils which used to draw graphic and can be set different processing parameters Common types of images are supported bmp jpg gif tga png tif Common vector images are supported ai dxf dst plt Image processing Grayscale White Black Transformations Powerful hatching functions such as support round hatch More convenient IO operations and more easier to harmonize the auxiliary equipments Supports the dynamic focus 3 axis processing system Supports directly the SPI G3 fiber laser and the newest IPG_YLP and IPG_YLPM fiber laser An opening language supporting system makes it easy
52. EZCad2 1UNI User s Manual EzCad2UNI User s M anual Contents EzGad2 AUN mcni tien eae TERA O AAA NAAA Naaa Chapter Mtiroducti Micii 1 LL E2Ca02 Brier INtrOdU CHON ON 1 11 150 Ware nstallati M asnan Eaa ENAA NERAN 1 LL22 SO FEU ele FUNCION anni ienal 1 LAS IMterace Introduciendo 1 1 2 About EZCad2 Users Malla a aaa 3 12 L Contents Aran dE MEN Chuan siciiaara cuctns anata dauneait cainaia taeda alana wand eeuiaas 3 EZZ ANNOUNCO MEN Ear 3 Chapter 2 Ple Meliana 4 CNC WEAN cea E 4 AO A E A E E e E SEI 5 2 3 SAVE NS SWE AS la 6 DA RMN sessed ai e e E O O PRO E a 7 23 ODtal SCAN Mades IM innsinn s 7 ZO SVEM Parameter P AA e o OO 7 De GC OO E 7 ETA ce eek saan A ca waa a ta a 8 ZOS WOK SO IGE aE A A 9 DOr AUO SINE e AE EN 9 2 0 5 MOVE ROLALG aaa 10 ZO OPIUM Nage pe APOPPPCO etc dey e Eo aaa 10 201 User Mande urticaria a ion 11 mon glo lUr l0 Oe po O 11 LEN 12 DS A aes st A aA 12 ZO ODIOCE NSE a asiccatscanstssstanmte E A A Na 12 ZNO ODJECE RIOD OEEIES POPE PA e o 13 Chapter o EGIL MENU aan IA 15 3L Undo U REJO LCR cess sesseriee o 15 32 CUT COPAC PASTE Planos 15 33 COMMING LM COMDING cad 16 3 4 GOUD UNO UD sosa 16 SADE m CIE Cel POR o A 16 A O On II 21 3 1 Do O A MP E N E E 21 3 8 TS AO 21 Chapter 4 Draw Menu iia A A AA 22 AO En awiastateniamietanasanede neds ataauies otsanciamelacaaneseecisaetausiomatmucieteiauenoneesen 22 AZ CUVE er Cn e E O 23 Bi CUA et EA ato
53. I User s M anual Line Space the space between two hatch lines Edge offset the distance between hatch lines and the object s outline Figure 3 7 Figure 3 6 Degrees Figure 3 7 Border Distance The left object shows the figure when Edge offset is O and the right shows when it is 0 5 Follow edge one time draws outline one time around the hatch lines after filling Figure 3 8 Figure 3 8 Follow edge one The left object do not enable this option and the right one do Start Offset the distance between the first fill line and the border of the object End Offset the distance between the last fill line and the border of the object Figure 3 9 shows the feature when it is filled 19 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 3 9 Offset Distances The left figure is the object when the Start offset and End Offset are 0 and the right figure is the object when the Start offset and End Offset are both 0 5 Average distribute line The solution the starting and ending hatch line are non average distributes question when the object is hatched After select this item the software automatic adjust the hatch line space in the user setting hatch line space foundation will let the hatch line average distribute Linereduction The hatch line both sides reduction Figure 3 10 Figure 3 10 Linereduction The left figure is the object when the Linereduction is 0 the middle figure is the object wh
54. New is clicked the software will close the documents which you are editing and meanwhile create a new file If the documents you are working on have not been saved yet the software will prompt if you would like to save it w If you move the mouse cursor onto the icon mentioned above and keep it for a while a piece The icon of New in toolbar is Click on this icon will achieve the same operation of prompt information Tooltip will appear which briefly explains the function of this icon and also there will be some detailed explanations appearing in the status bar in the bottom of the main window And if you move the mouse cursor onto New in File Menu will only show detailed explanations in the status bar Ctrl N refers to press the key N while press the key Ctrl The following contents do the same 4 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Reminder In EzCad2 software each icon in the Toolbar contains a function of showing brief prompt information and displaying detailed explanation Also each icon has a corresponding menuitem and both the two ways carry out the same function The User s Manual will not mention it again in the following chapters 2 2 Open O Open is used to load a saved ezd file and its shortcut key is Ctrl O Figure 2 2 When click Open the software will pop an open file dialog to ask you select the file you want to open See f
55. Rotate Berens Line Space 1 00 Edge Offset 0 00 Angle o 00 Pen Ho Longi tude Start point End point Latitude Hi a 00 Y fa 00 Line width Y a 00 Y fs 00 Text VectorFile Graduation generate Condition Type Text Hatch Font name Arial Text height la ab 2 00 Al Text width f Line Enable IT Mark Contour J 411 cale Follow edge once f Text VectorFile Text Space 0 00 Fen Ho Rotate ee Line Space 1 00 Edge Offset 00 Angle a 00 Fen Ho Longitude sa Start polnt End point Mo Latitude 55 45 Hi 0 00 x 0 00 Line width o oo Y o oo y 5 00 Text Moscow VectorFile 94 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Graduation generate Condition Type Text Hatch eae Font name Arial T BE M 411 calc i VectorFil Text width A Follow edge once 5 Tent Text height 4 00 al Mark Contour 2 00 Text Space 0 00 Fen Mo Rotate e Line Space 1 Edge Offset 0 00 Angle O 00 Pen Ho Lemet utl Start point End point Latitude Y fo o0 Y Line width Y o oo Y Ja Text VectorFile Graduation generate Condition Type Text Hatch Font name Arial T Text height la an 2 00 Al Text width Line Enable Mark Contour W All cale Follow edge once i Text VeetorFile Text Space 0 00 Fen Ho Rotate SP is Line Space 1 00 Edge Offset 0 00 Angle a WLI Fen Ho oie eet mit Start po
56. The mark command cannot be executed until the mutex is signaled by other programs After marking the mutex will be switched to nonsignaled state by Ezcad software Execute when Ezcad starts The exe file appointed here will be executed when the Ezcad software starts 7 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Execute when Ezcad Finish The exe file appointed here will be executed when the Ezcad software ends Input IO mask user could choose IO port through input IO mask for example if want to use O 0 1 2 3 you can click 0 1 2 3 Input I mask l X 410 4 1d 4 A 019 a 9 1 e 15141312 111098 7565432 1 0 Cancel Output IO mask user could choose IO port through output IO mask for example if want to use IO 0 1 you can click 0 1 Output 10 mask E k x SSSR eee ee ee ee m C Pati i ae 76 5 4 Se a A Cancel System parameter General Dolor Workspace H AutoDave Move Rotate este Tae El Plug Manager Paste Y 1 00 MM i User manager Grid o Language Unit Type mm El Show Grid Grid Space 10 00 MM Input 10 mask Output TIO mask Enable Marking Mutex EZCADEMUTEX MARETHG Execute program when ezcad Starts El Execute program when ezcad finish Caneel Figure 2 4 System Parameter
57. The switcher used for zero signal must be normal open type and the signal should be connected to input port 0 Speed of Go Zero The move speed when expansion axis go zero Zero time out The system will present Zero time out when failed to reach the position 86 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual where the zero switcher was assembled within the appointed time Correct axis origin The current expansion axis go zero and reset coordinates The following example explains how to use this module Requirement Mark three letters a b c on the surface of a column the angle intervals between two adjacent letters is thirty degree Step 1 Draw letter a in workspace Set coordinate Z to O and click Apply button Click put to origin button on toolbar to put the letter a to the center of workspace As is shown in Figure 85 1 Text x Text Fosition Cire Fosition S1re y 2 150 300 al y 2 100 e gl y 2 100 4 350 al y 2 400 800 y 2 350 7 650 y 2 350 7 650 ze A mxo BO ix El ee ee sofa o oler la Font TrueType Font Font TrueType Font Font TrueType Font Agency FE Agency FE Agency FE Er ul Er ul Er Height 10MM Height Omm Height 16 105MM H Fosition Slre i ra i Text Teri Text 4 b Cc Enable variable Text TM Enable variable Text Enable variable Text Figure8 5 1 setting of letter a Figure8 5 2 setting letter b Figure8 7 3 setting of letter c
58. aracter A in the file EZCAD521 then amend the character structure of 78 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual whole font library l Click JSF fonts under modify menu then shown the JSF font dialogue as the figure 5 17 gt Click w open the dialogue to find the route ezcad2 font gt Input EZCADOS21 Click the button 2 Input a in the input field which the graphic corresponded Click Load char data button then appeared in the preview box a graphic which is representative A By amending the X Y scale offset distance and bearing to achieve the effect result we need Then Click Save Char Data button 3 Click Update font file button and shown a dialogue as figure 5 24 Here we can amend the name of font the height and width of double character and single character descent ratio hatch or not etc 4 Click OK gt quit from JSF font dialogue gt Establish a text object gt Select Single font in the list of Text attribute gt Establish the font entitled EZCADO521 gt Input a in the text input gt Click Application Then we can edit out the amended character a graphic 79 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 6 View Menu The View Menu is used to set every option for view in the EzCad2 window as Figure 6 1 shows View Laser Help y We lw v W v Lal 6 1 Zoom System bar Loom bar raw bar Status
59. as Figure 8 39 When the signal accord with setting shows the figure 8 40 with the name of file in the following of box If must the accepting signals be pulse signals should set IO port that doesn t show in figure 8 38 in start mark IO For example port 0 3 show in figure 8 38 should set other port in start mark IO as port 6 Press mark then pop up figure8 41 When the board accept the start mark IO and setting IO control conditional at the same time the files will be marked only one time Waiting for IO input signal 117 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 9 Help 9 1 About EzCad2 An About EzCad2 dialog box will appear 1f users select command About as Figure 9 1 shows This box will display some information about the software for example the edition the user authorized and the copyright User s name will also be included in the dialog box AboutEzCad EzCad 1 0 BeiJing jez technology Co Ltd Tel O10 64426995 EZC AD The product is licensed to HEY Warning this computer program 15 protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the lar and Figure 9 1 about EzCad2 118 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 10 Marking Figure 10 1 1s th
60. axis step The move distance each time when the key Ctrl and arrow key Left Right Up Down was pressed together Press key PageUp PageDown to increase decrease the distance Press Ctrl Left to move left and Ctrl Right to move right for expansion axis X Press Ctrl Up to move up and Ctrl Down to move down for expansion axis Y or axis Z Part The part count that has been marked Press the button R on the rightwards will reset the part count Total num The total count need to mark When the parts have been marked reach the Total num software will stop it automatically Continues Repeatedly mark the figure until stop it manually Mark Selected Only those figures selected will be marked Click parameter this dialog window will pop up 108 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Configuration Parameters msarkcfizO i X External Axist Invert ID E Step per rotation 6400 Min Coor 1000 jv Zero Zero Speed 100 pulses mm Max Coor 1000 mm Zero ti fio Min Speed 100 pulse z o z Max Speed S000 pulses Acc time 100 ms W Finish goto start postion Figure 8 28 The definition of each parameter Enable Enable current expansion axis ID The current expansion axis will be used as axis X Y Z ID is X the figure will be split in direction X to mark ID is Y the figure will be split in direction Y to mark ID is Z the expansion axis will move to the appointed position to mark Pulses per roun
61. bar Object list Object property Mark parameter Ruler Grid Guild Line Snap Grid tFT Snap Guild Line tF Snap Entity tg Figure 6 1 View Menu A A A AAAA The Toolbar of the zoom Menu is and there are seven types for different requirements a This item is used to fill the whole view area with the appointed area Users may use mouse to select rectangle area to zoom in If pressing the right button of the mouse the current view will zoom out for one time with the mouse pointer s position as the center and if pressing the left button of the mouse the current view will zoom in for one time with the mouse pointer s position as the center e To move the current view a a a Zoom in Zoom out pa 4 Fill the whole view area with all the objects Fill the whole view area with only the selected objects 80 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual a Fill the whole view area with the whole workspace 6 2 Ruler Gridding Guide Line There are Horizontal Guage Vertical Guage Gridding and Guide Line for selection 6 3 Snap Grid This item is used to automatically put the dots you draw on the grid 6 4 Snap Guide Line This item is used to make objects approach to guide lines automatically when moving the object a fl HL ES Fig 6 2 snap guide line 6 5 Snap Objects This item is used to snap an object s top center nodes circle center intersect points
62. belows if click it software won t mark special number in special digit 4 won t mark numbers end with 4 means any digit 42 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Date Code When the operation is taking place the system will automatically pick up the date information from the computer as a new formed text When selected a date parameter definition will be shown in the dialog box automatically As Figure 4 38 shows users can directly choose the type they prefer le Tear 2005 Tear 00 Month 7 Day of month 04 Day of year 156 Day of week 5 Meek of year 2T Date By Day y lo ieee we Figure 4 38 Data parameter definition Year 2008 Use computer clock s current year for corresponding text the form is four characters Year 08 Use computer clock s current year for corresponding text the form is two characters latter two digits are effective of the year Month 07 Use computer clock s current month for corresponding text the form is two characters Day 04 Use current computer clock s each month s date for corresponding text the form is two characters Day 186 The use current computer clock this day takes the corresponding text from January 1 number of days the form is three charactes What 001 represent is on January 1 what 002 represent is on January 2 what 003 represent is on January 3 ex analogia Day of week 5 Use current computer clock s week date for corresponding text
63. button the tool bar becomes sl Point mm fi Point dist fi mm Start offset jo mm Point num the amount of dots settled on the curve Point dist the distance between the two bordered dots Start Offset the distance between the first dot and the beginning of the curve Note if it can t carry all the points system will put remaining points from the start of the curve till finish all the points use set in Point num oJ use can set point distance as user need system will calculate point num as the point distance alt Point mum Point dist fi mm Start offset 0 mm 4 2 Curve To draw a curve users can select command Curve in the Draw Menu or click the icon amp Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 Draw a Curve When command Curve selected users can draw free curves by pressing the left button of 23 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual the mouse and drag it When command Curve selected users can move the mouse to the nodes on the middle of the curve and press the left button of the mouse to delete the current node When Curve commands selected user can move the mouse to the node on the beginning of the curve and press the left button of the mouse to close the current curve automatically When command Curve selected users can move the mouse to the node on the end of the curve and press the left button of the mouse to change the node of the current object into sharp When command
64. ce split Divide the whole figure into equal parts neglecting the size of each object Figure 8 31 is the case without Force split selected while Figure 8 32 is the one that enable Force split The split size in two figures is 18mm 111 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 8 31 Marking without Force split selected Figure 8 32 Marking with Force split selected In Figure 8 31 the left two circles smaller than split size and be marked without split The circle on the right is greater than split size and was divided into three parts to mark Without force split selected the objects smaller than split size will be marked without split and those greater than split size will be divided to mark according the split size In Figure 8 32 the whole figure three circles was split into equal parts to mark The object on the split border will be divided even its size is smaller than split size Force all split When there are multiple objects in the object list all objects will be processed as a whole one according to the split size The objects smaller than split size will be marked first the rest that exceed split size will be divided to mark Click parameter button to setup parameters of expansion axis The dialog box pops up as Figure 8 33 112 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Configuration Parameters markcfcl External Axisl External Axis ly Enable Invert Rotate Axis 10 xv Gear
65. circle needed We can count pulse number per revolution X through following formula X 360 N n X refers to pulse number per round N is the pace angle of electric motor n refers to subdivision number of driver Minimum speed The minimum speed of expansion axis Maximum speed The maximum speed of expansion axis Accelerate time The time of expansion axis need when it moves from minimum speed to maximum speed Go to start position after finish Expansion axis returns to start position after finishing processing Zero Whether current expansion axis has zero switch input signal Without zero signal the software can t build up an absolute coordinates Marking a set of parts we need make every mark at the same position To mark figure at the same position each time the system takes current expansion axis as a default original point before marking in the case of without zero signal After processed a part the system moves the axis to the original position automatically In this way each part will be marked in the same position If zero is enabled zero switcher will be found automatically The software creates an absolute coordinate after Finding out zero switcher If the system failed to find out zero switcher expansion axis cannot be used until the appointed time set by parameter zero time out has 106 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual expired Speed of Goto Zero The move speed when expansion axis go zero Co
66. ck Add presenting to edit the Globe as shown in Figure8 8 90 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Graduation generate Condition Text Hatch Font name Arial Y Bo 7 Al Text height 4 00 al 2 00 VeetorFile Text width Text Space 0 00 Rotate lo Degree Pen Ho Line Space Edge Offset Angle Pen Ho Longitude l Start point End point Latitude x po x Line width a Y 0 00 1 Text VectorFile Figure 8 8 Line The current parameter is the line parameter value Text The current parameter is the text parameter value Vector File The current parameter is the vector file parameter value Angle Hatch Angle stands for the angles between hatch lines and X axis Pen No This item indicates that objects with selected pen s number will be marked Longitude coordinates X of the text Latitude coordinates Y of the text Line width the width of the line Start point the start point of line s coordinates End point the end point of line s coordinates Text the text information show on the globe VectorFile the vectorfile information show on the globe Click 2 then the dialog box popup shown as Figure 8 9 91 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual SHH E RPK 4 WHS OD weed T 1511 vector Files erd a1 plt x Figure 8 9 Click Param then the dialog box will popup shown as Figure 8 10 Configuration Parameters markcigO x
67. d the photo s height will be the original size of the photo Fixed position the benchmark the dynamic photo based on while in size changing Image Manipulation Invert run negative effect on photos Figure 4 53 EzCad2UNI User s M anual Mark BmpFile FileHame C Documents and Settir gt gt Fixed DPI Fixed Size X Fixed Size X Fixed position aos gon vt Invert Gray Dither Extend Scan Mode Bidirectional sean e Drill Mode lo 1 ms Pixel power adjust Extend Figure 4 52 Bitmap Parameter Figure 4 53 Invert Effect Left is original Gray change color photos into grey of level 256 Figure 4 54 54 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 4 54 Color and Grey Left is original Dither This effect is similar with the function Grey Adjust in Adobe PhotoShop It uses color black and white to simulate grey image so as to achieve a grey effect with dots arranged in different densities as Figure 4 55 shows The white bar in the photo was caused by display which will not be marked Figure 4 55 Dither Click the Expand button to run the Bitmap dialog box Figure 4 56 55 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Invert Gray Brightness lo p jar Contrast m Figure 4 56 Bitmap Dialog Box Lighten adjust the current image s brightness and contrast values Scan Mode Bi
68. d The pulse numbers each round that the expansion axis rotating We can calculate it through following formula X 360 N n Thereinto X denotes Pulses per round N denotes step angle of step motor n denotes micro step set by step motor driver Min coor The minimum logical coordinates of expansion axis When the object s coordinate of the expansion axis is smaller than the minimum coordinates the warning message will popup Max coor The maximum coordinate of expansion axis When the object s coordinate of the expansion axis 1s greater than the maximum logical coordinates the warning message will popup Min speed the minimum rotary speed of expansion axis Max speed the maximum rotary speed of expansion axis Acc time Acceleration time needed when expansion axis moves from minimum speed to maximum speed Goto start position after finished The expansion axis will go back to the initial position after finishing marker Rotation axis Select it it s indicates that current expansion axis is rotation axis Moving 109 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual manner is rotation otherwise it indicates flat content processing or Z axis locating process Gear ratio Electric motor connecting axis the reducing ratio is one If there are reducing setup the reducing ratio is reducing setup ratio Part diameter The workpiece need to mark currently If expansion axis is rotation axis part diameter an important parameter to co
69. designer the user can increase operator Administrator a eE i Designed Add The jurisdiction of administrator is to use software li aficman all functions Modi Ey The jurisdiction of designer is to revise all software function besides the user information VES ele The jurisdiction of draftsman is to draw file set machine parameter but can t set user information system parameter and machine file The jurisdiction of operator is only could open already completed document cannot revise and preserve Figure 2 10 user manager dialog box the document as well as revise the system parameter this may prevent the operator to change the system parameters to cause the equipment work by mistake not to be normal After enter software with user the file which name is login will show in folder with user name and user entering time 2 6 8 Language This item is used to change languages between Chinese and English Figure 2 11 Changes will take effect when restarting the marking software 11 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 2 11 Language 2 7 Recent File List Below the menuitem of System Parameter a list is displayed to show the latest Document files opened and the max amount of the file items is ten There 1s no file listed 1f users have never opened saved any ezd files and Recent File 1s unavailable 2 8 Exit X Exit the EzCad software When selected the Exit function will prom
70. directional Scan the scan mode is bidirectional when in marking process Figure 4 57 Figure 4 57 Left is unilateral scan right is bidirectional Mark Mode Drill mode whether the laser is kept on or restricted in appointed time for each dot s marking when in process Adjust Power whether the laser s power is adjusted according to each dot s grey level when in process Expand Parameter Figure 4 58 Y Scan The scan will run along Y axis line by line 56 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Scan line Increment This item indicates whether to scan line by line or skip some lines This function may quicken the marking speed when in low precision marking requirement 4 9 Vector File MY Scan Cancel sean line increment To input a vector file users can select fi 1 100 command Vector File in Draw Menu or click icon E Figure 4 58 Scan Parameter 21xi o E Look ir E import do fe File name CsLOGO Files of type All vector Files ai pls dx dst Cancel Put to center def file unit is inch Figure 4 59 Input a Vector File There will be a dialog box pop up to ask for the vector file to be inputted The current supported vector file formats are PLT DXF AI DST NOTE If the vector files includes color information when draw it by image software like CorelDraw AutoCAD Photoshop and so on Ezcad can distinguish the color automatically Then
71. e 20 O00 Figure 10 23 Set the scale Goal mark size the size set in the software Real mark size the measured size of the object that have been marked on the workpiece The software will calculate the scale automatically according to these two values After mark Go to The gavlo jump to the appointed position when finishing marking password after set the password we must input it can enter the Param Dialog Box 10 4 2 Laser Control Parameter See Figure 10 24 Configuration Parameters markcfzl Field Laser Contro Port Other IPG YLP C SPI G3 FHM Switch 4 Enable PHM Signal Use Digital Q Switch driv Max PHM 20 000 EHz Switch Open When FFE end Min FHM 1 000 KHz FirstPulsekiller m us pulse width reverse Power Map J Enable Tickle SPI Pulse Width li us Have o Continues Pulse freg KHz Enable CO FFE FFE Start power lio o po FFE Increment power fio o y Analog out e Enable current output arcas Le e Enable Freg analog output Freq Map Enable Analog FirstPulseKiller lt Max 5 00 Y Miny fp 00 Y Ti ico us T2 tooo us Simmer Cur fll 0 f0 1001 Figure 10 24 Laser Parameter 129 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Laser type Co2 It indicates that current laser size is Co2 laser YAG It indicates current laser size is YAG laser IPG It indicates that current laser size is IPG laser SPI G3 It indicates that current laser size is SPI laser
72. e Marking Properties Table 10 1 Pen List In EzCad2 every document file has 256 pens O to 255 numbered and they are located in the top of the Marking Properties Table Each pen is corresponding to a group of marking parameter and the parameter base s name is after the color El This item indicates that objects with selected pen s number will be marked Users may customize the color by double clicking the color sticker PE This item indicates that the current object has not been marked with a pen s number and it will not be marked Color the current pen s color Apply Parameter Button The buttons show as Figure 10 2 When pressed the button the pen number of the current object will be changed to the one that the color stands for When pressing the right button of the mouse a shortcut menu will appear as Figure 10 3 shows Figure 10 2 Button to apply parameters Mark parameter Modify color Apply to pick objec set default pen Mark off Figure 10 3 Shortcut Menu 119 Mark parameter Pe Color CS Or _ Or HA Or AA on AAA on P On AAA On MA Or a a ESHTE E W Use default param ER DS Speed MM Second 1000 Current A Frequency EHz eo Q Pulse Width jo Start TOUS fpo Laser Off TE US End TC US Polygon IC US oo gw uss Faram name Default L x 3 M5 A PRE 4 Current pen Loop Count Figure 10 1 Marking Properties Table
73. e follow dialog will pop up Fig 7 3 It connects computer and laser through serial line for series of IPGMlaser and the laser can send the status signal of themselves tothe software like temperature power state 83 All rights reserved IPG YLPH Connect com Alarms Q High Back Reflection O Module Temp out of Range Q ta Temp out of Range Q system Failture Q Alarm Power Supply 24 Q Alarm 24Y Housekeeping Q arnings Operating parameters Pulse Duration Pulse Energy Set Fower Pulse Repetition Rate State Q Laser 1s ready for emission O Emergency Stop ctived Q mide laser was activated Q Laser emission is OW Q 24 Supply O 24Y Housekeeping supply Q SY Housekeeping supply Nominal parameters Average power Pulse Duration Pulse Energy Peak Power Minimum PER Fig 7 3 EzCad2UNI User s M anual Monitor Module temperature Main Supply Voltage Housekeeping Voltage Back Refl Counter Current Sssion BR After press the button of connect all lights before the laser s status signal will become green and this express the state is normal You can change the pulse width of laser s high between 4 and 200ns Fulse Duration Ene ms And can change frequency between land 1000KHZ in parameter 84 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 8 Laser Laser menu mainly aims at expansion axis control it includes following modules As is shown in Figure 8 1
74. e text is up to lo as fig 4 18 29 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual A Offset length Base length Fig 4 18 freely arrange ba text on the other side of the curve after this function fig 4 13 will like fig 4 19 Fig 4 19 put text on the other side of the curve Circle Diameter 10 Base angle 90 Angle range limit fan 1 360 when put text on circle we use this function Base angle means the angle of the base line of the text Angle range limit when we click it no matter how many characters we input system will compress all the characters in the limit angle as fig 4 20 WA he is y Ra AW OL la A Bar LAA p 5 fi ld E dl H f j Ip AA f P PAN a A 4 ki is i i Li lf lg 30 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Fig 4 20 limit the angle as 45 4 7 3 Circle Text EzCad2 supports circular text after select Bt in the figure 4 11 the text will align according to the user definition circle diameter The demonstration graph in Figure 4 12 is according to Figure 4 11 parameter making Base angle The benchmark of the text aligning the circle Angle range limit When checked no matter how much chars that users type in the text will be limited in the angle range Figure 4 13 h fas N E DN be MN p n A a Ai aid 5 win a AN W PA YI ly Figure 4 12 Circle Text Figure 4 13 Comparison of Two Texts Limiting Angle is 45 degrees 4 7
75. ed parts of an object This function is used in some materials which appear light color after the marking Bar Height the height of the barcode Narrowest Width This refers to the width of unit bar Commonly a one dimensional barcode consists of bars with four types of width and space with four types of width 1 121314 The narrowest bar s width indicates the width is 1 unit 33 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual od CheckHum Reverse Bar Height 24 5 mm Harrow Width lo 33 mm Interchar space ji Figure 4 16 One Dimensional Barcode Parameter Setting Figure 4 17 Characters Distance Interchar space It is prescribed that some barcodes have distance between characters e g Code 39 This parameter is used to set this like Figure 4 17 shows Scale Bar setting the width of one bar Space setting the width of the space Quiet Refer to the size of the barcode s blank area when let the barcode Reverse valid The actual size of the blank area is the multiple of the unit bar Figure 4 18 PDF417 Barcode Figure 4 19 Compress PDF417 Barcode Two Dimensional Barcode 1 PDF417 Barcode PDF is the abbreviation of the Portable Data File Figure 4 18 is the demonstration of PDF417 Barcode and Figure 4 19 of the Compress PDF417 Barcode Figure 4 20 is the parameter setting of the PDF417 Barcode Bar Height the height of the barcode Narrow Width This refers to the width of the unit bar L
76. eleration time needed when expansion axis moves from minimum speed to maximum speed Go to start position after finished The expansion axis will go back to the initial position after finishing marker 113 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Rotation axis Select it it s indicates that current expansion axis is rotation axis Moving manner is rotation otherwise it indicates flat content processing or Z axis locating process Gear ratio Electric motor connecting axis the reducing ratio is one If there are reducing setup the reducing ratio is reducing setup ratio Part diameter The workpiece need to mark currently If expansion axis is rotation axis part diameter an important parameter to count move distance must fill in accurately Zero Whether current expansion axis has zero signal When expansion axis hasn t enabled zero signal it can t set up an absolute coordinates Therefore marking a set of parts require adjusting site to make every processing stay in the same site So the system takes expansion axis as default origin point before processing After processing a workpiece the system will move expansion axis back In this way each workpiece will process in the same site Speed of Go zero the moving speed of expansion axis looking for zero signal Zero offset The leave distance of current expansion axis after finding out zero signal Zero time out Set the time of expansion axis finding zero point If it overru
77. en the Linereduction is 0 5 and the right figure is the object when the Linereduction is 0 5 NumLoops The times of Ring like hatch before the aclinicing hatch Figure 3 11 20 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 3 11 NumLoops The left figure is the object when the NumLoops is O and the right figure is the object when the NumLoops is 2 Auto rorate hatch Refers to after every marking the hatch line will fill the revolving angle which we setted automatically to marking again For example angle is 0 aoto rotate angle is 30 the first mark angle is O the second is 30 the third is 60 and so on 3 6 To Curve To Curve turns the current selected vector graphics object into curve object 3 7 To Dashed To Dashed turns the current selected vector graphics object into dashed object as fig 3 12 To Dashed x Fig 3 12 turn vector graphics into dashed object Use could set the length of the line and the distance between two lines 3 8 Offset Offset dist fi mm Delete old curve 21 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Offset dist the distance between the old curve and original object After user set the offset distance click on the right side of the object object will move right click left side of the object object will move left side Chapter 4 Draw Menu Draw Menu consists of various common items for drawing for instant Dot Line Curve Polygon etc Draw
78. erse Reverse the move direction of the expansion axis Pulses per round The pulse numbers each round that the expansion axis rotating We can calculate it through following formula X 360 N n Thereinto X denotes Pulses per round N denotes step angle of step motor n denotes micro step set by step motor driver Min speed the minimum rotary speed of expansion axis Max speed the maximum rotary speed of expansion axis Acc time Acceleration time needed when expansion axis moves from minimum speed to maximum speed Goto start position after finished The expansion axis will go back to the initial position after finishing marker Zero Whether current expansion axis has zero switch input signal Without zero signal the software can t build up an absolute coordinates Marking a set of parts we need make every mark at the same position To mark figure at the same position each time the system takes current expansion axis as a default original point before marking in the case of without zero signal After processed a part the system moves the axis to the original position automatically In this way each part will be marked in the same position If zero is enabled zero switcher will be found automatically The software creates an absolute coordinate after Finding out zero switcher If the system failed to find out zero switcher expansion axis cannot be used until the appointed time set by parameter zero time out has expired Note
79. erved EzCad2UNI User s M anual MarkDemo version Time current IET 7 Ej 00 00 00 Total num Time Total fa 00 00 00 0 000 0 000 Continues ee Mark Selected 5 00 l 00 E Force split Split size Force all split Special pos Red F1 nexo Paran e ui t F5 Figure 8 30 Split mark 2 dialog box Distance The move distance each time when the key Ctrl and arrow key Left Right Up Down was pressed together or click arrow Press key PageUp PageDown to increase decrease the distance Press Ctrl Left to move left and Ctrl Right to move right for expansion axis X Press Ctrl Up to move up and Ctrl Down to move down for expansion axis Y or axis Z Split size The marking size before rotation each time When marking the figure on the column we always split the figure into many strips to keep the focus point as the same Mark one strip then rotate the column and mark the next strip one by one until the whole figure was processed Note The split size is very important for the whole figure It has great influence on the time and the effect Part The part count that has been marked Press the button R on the rightwards will reset the part count Total num The total count need to mark When the parts have been marked reach the Total num software will stop it automatically Continues Repeatedly mark the figure until stop it manually Mark Selected Only those figures selected will be marked For
80. evel the Error Checking Level of PDF417 barcode from 0 to 8 34 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Lines and Columns the lines and Columns of PDF417 barcode Figure 4 18 shows a feature of a barcode with the row s number is four and the column s is four GheckHum Short pdf4iT Reverse Bar Height 24 5 mm Harrow Width lo q mm Level lo Me Row E Col 5 Figure 4 20 PDF417 parameter 2 Data Matrix Barcode Data Matrix is a kind of two dimensional barcode based on Matrix and currently there are two types EccO00 140 and Ecc200 EzCad2 supports Ecc200 at present Figure 4 21 shows the parameter setting of Data Matrix Barcode CheckHum Reverse Point mode Harrow Width 0 35 mm Matrix SMALLEST bl Figure 4 21 Data Matrix Barcode Parameter Figure 4 22 Data Matrix Figure 4 23 Data Matrix Setting Barcode Size Barcode Width Data Matrix has various fixed size and users can choose what they want If the smallest size 1s chosen the system will automatically select the smallest frame to fit the all text users have typed Narrow Width the width of the unit bar Figure 4 23 3 QRCODE Barcode QRCODE Barcode is two dimensional 2D code format The character set includes all ASCII values There are no size restrictions The figure 4 24 4 25 4 26 are the parameter of QRCODE Barcode 35 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual iw Show Text Pen Ho Show text mo gl F
81. evel voltage TTL compatibel needed x ug expect the high level voltage x I 0 Control Conditional OK F FFE EEEE expect the low level voltage 7685439710 Cancel HAASE S fies 15 14 13 i 11 109 5 pe skip the signal Figure 2 16 Input Port 14 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 3 Edit Menu Edit Menu carries out the editing operation of an object Figure 3 1 META Draw Modify View Lasel Undo Pick Ctrltz Cut itCtrlth Copy itCtr1ltc Paste itCtrlty Combine stCtr1lt L Group tCtr1lt HatchitCtrl1 H To Curve tCtr1 0 To Dashed Offset Figure 3 1 Edit Menu 3 1 Undo U Redo R Undo will undo the last action that the user made in EzCad2 For example 1f the user deleted an object accidentally clicking Undo will bring the program back one step to where that item still existed And the user also can select Redo to redo the last action which has just been deleted 3 2 Cut T Copy C Paste P Cut will delete the object selected from EzCad2 and copy it to the clipboard It can be inserted back into the ezd file later using Paste function Note that it will be lost if other data is copied to the clipboard Copy will copy the selected object to the clipboard and reserve the current object Paste will paste the object from the clipboard to current document file The shortcut keys of Cut Copy and Paste respec
82. g on text objects and hatch objects you can edit the path s nodes of curved texts 4 17 Encoder distance Select command Encoder distance in Draw Menu the Encoder distance Object List will display the encoder distance like Figure 4 68 shows 1000 MM Encoder distance is used to test the motion distance in Figure 4 68 Encoder distance fly mark Encoder parameters please refer Instruction of marking on fly 63 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Chapter 5 Modify Menu Commands in Modify Menu will take easy operations on selected objects such as Transformation Plastic Curve Editing Aligning etc Figure 5 1 Modi fy View Laser Transform Plastic Trim Curve edit Align Jzf font 5 1 Array Click Array we can see the figure 5 2 a Array object Array type f Rectangle f Circle Figure 5 1 Modify Menu mea gt Array mm j2 4 Array num 2 lt j array 1 00 Array 1 00 Calculate method of space f Calculate by offset di f Calculate by graph dis Figure 5 2 a Array dialog box Rectangle Rectangle The graph according to rectangle array Circle The graph according to circle array The figure 5 2 a is the Rectangle Array dialog box Wh tl lt Bidirectional array Array num The row number Array num The column number Set array s row as marking precedence 64 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User
83. ig 2 2 When you select a valid ezd file the dialog would display the preview of the file you must have saved the preview when you save the file Open y EzdFile i IS EzCadFielte2d OOO d ss hs Figure 2 2 Open Dialog Box The icon of Open in toolbar is The files saved with other file format will not be opened by the Open command 5 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 2 3 Save S Save As A Save file is used to save the current state of a mark Document to disk Save As is used to write the current mark Document to disk by another name Writing a file to its current name is the same as the Save function Save As Sy EzdFile gt om e ExtadFicted d Cael Figure 2 3 Save dialog box If the current Document has already been named Save is selected to save it under the name that was used to open the file or the software will prompt to the user to choose a destination path and type a name Whether the current file is named or not Save As will appear to ask for a new name to save file and the previous file will not be overwritten If you select Save Preview Image you will see the preview when you open the file refer to Open function El The icon of Save in toolbar is 6 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 2 4 Print Print is used to print the images you are working with
84. ight Descent height Left side bearing Right side bearing we designed can be amended by software jsf font name The name of font needed to be established or modified Char of graph The character that correspond with graphics in Preview Load char data Loaded character data Load the data of the character from the font library Note The font library and characters are all already existing Save char data Replace the corresponding characters with the forthright graph in Preview If it s the renewed characters you should save the graph in Preview in the corresponding data Scale X The X direction scale of the graph in Preview Changing this parameter we can adjust the width of the graph we designed which can stands for the characters The default value is 1 Increase it graphics turns broad reduce it graphics gets narrowed Scale Y The Y direction scale of the graph in Preview Changing this parameter we can adjust the width of the graph we designed which can stands for the characters The default value is 1 Increase it graphics turns broad reduce it graphics gets narrowed Offset dist Y The Y direction offset of the graph in Preview The default value is 0 Increase it graphics moves up reduce it graphics moves down Left side bearing As the figure 5 18 namely the distance of the left frame of gray box and the left frame of blue box Right side bearing As the figure 5
85. in point before processing After processing a workpiece the system will move expansion axis back In this way each workpiece will process in the same site Speed of Go zero the moving speed of expansion axis looking for zero signal Zero time out Set the time of expansion axis finding zero point If it overruns it the system will present overtime We can see axis go zero in the figure 8 11 when Select zero MarkDemo version L Load craduatid S Save Graduatid T Save as AJ Add Invert Longitude Latitude D Delete 000 0 000 di Moving angle 10 00 a gt Time current Part lo 2 00 00 00 Mark F2 Param F3 Total num Time Total lo 00 00 00 Figure 8 11 Axis go zero It refers to current axis find zero signal automatically and reset coordinates system for example mark the national capital name Beijing East longitude 116 46 degree North latitude 39 92 degree Moscow East longitude 37 35 degree North latitude 55 45 degree Canberra East longitude 149 08 degree South latitude 35 17 degree 93 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Washington West longitude 77 02 degree North latitude 38 17 degree See the figure 8 12 Graduation generate Condition Type Text Hatch Wier Font name Arial r Enable r Mark Contour 7 Text Text height fa 00 eo al e All cale i VectorFil Text width A Follow edge once Text Space 0 00 F Ho
86. in the text box EzCad2 supports five types of text Figure 4 8 When users select a type a font list under that type will appear to show all the available fonts Figure 4 9 is the list of TrueType 26 Fosition e i T A TE Array INPORT Apply Font BarCode Font 21 USER DEFIHE Ga ta DM Valid na Enable variable Text 4 7 Character Properties BarCode Font 21 TrueType Font 216 Jst Font 4 ae cea Ee Figure 4 8 Types of Text All rights reserved Figure 4 10 is the list of Barcode Type Height the average height of characters EzCad2UNI User s M anual F F Figure 4 11 shows the dialog box after clicking this icon 1 When selected the current text aligns left When selected the current text aligns center El When selected the current text aligns right Enable the same width character make the width of all characters the same Char Width the average width of characters Char Angle the degrees the characters incline Char space the distance between characters Lines space the distance between rows Empty char width the width of empty char Font BarCode Font 21 Code 39 12o0ptimized EAH 12654 EAN 1256 EAH 1250 DATAMATRIA QRCODE CHINESE SENSIELE CODE USER DEFINE Figure 4 10 List of Barcode Type 21 Font TrueType Fort JAgency FE PPP OA A Arial Rounded MT Bold Avantgarde Pk ET Avantgarde Md ET Banki
87. int End point Mo Fra Latitude 38 17 Y 0 00 Y fo 00 Line width fa 00 y po 1 Fo Text Washington VectorFile Figure 8 12 8 4 Multi part mark Multi part mark module is used to mark the same content on the workpiece that place in different position Set coordinates according to actual position of each part Also this function can use in other aspects Draw the figure need to mark and click put to origin button on toolbar Click menuitem Multi part mark as shown in Figure 8 13 95 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Special Help s Rotary Marking a Rotary Marking2 h GlobeMark E Multi part mark Fowerfuler Ringlark RotateRuler oplitharke TEXT OMT y Figure 8 13 Multi part mark The dialog box of Multi part mark is shown in Figure 8 14 Balti part mark Demo version h 3 xj Part type Mark time Total time 00 00 00 00 00 00 Current pos i R Marked count fo R Stop when finish mark max coui Max count fi 000 A ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ae ee ee ep ae ne ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee FI Mark all part Fe Continue mark all F8 Mark curr part F9 Modify curr part Quit PEI Re ady Figure 8 14 The dialog box of Multi part mark Click Select part type to add or modify part parameters which is shown in Figure 8 15 96 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 8 15 Part enactment Take Add
88. ive Step 4 Click button Mark F2 or press key F2 to start the job 3 3 Globe Mark Click Globe Mark to edit the Globe as is shown in the Figure8 7 89 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual MarkDemo version 3 L Load Granato S Save craduatid T Save as Invert A Add Longitude Latitude D Delete 000 0 O00 Moving angle 10 00 Part Time current lo ES 0 00 00 Mark F2 E 3 Total num Time Total EREE a lo 00 00 00 Y Figure 8 7 Load Graduation load a saved globe file Save Graduation save the current document to disk Save as save the current document to disk by another name Add create a blank work space to construct objects Delete delete the selected document Mark to execute marking Parameter machine parameter Key F3 is the shortcut key of this function Quit quit Globe Mark Part the total counts that the mark command has been executed Total num The total counts that the mark command should be executed The value would decrease 1 automatically after the mark command has been executed each time It is unavailable under the mode of Continuous Marking When in marking process if the amount number is more than 1 the marking operation will not stop until the marking number is O Press the button R on the rightwards will reset the part count Time current the time mark the current document used Time Total the time mark N times consecutively Cli
89. jects would be marked Part the total counts that the mark command has been executed Total The total counts that the mark command should be executed The value would decrease automatically after the mark command has been executed each time It is unavailable under the mode of Continuous Marking When in marking process if the amount number is more than 1 the marking operation will not stop until the marking number is 0 Parameter machine parameter Key F3 is the shortcut key of this function 10 4 Machine Parameters 10 4 1 Field Parameter See Figure 10 18 126 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Configuration Parameters markcfizl Field Laser Contro Port Other Aspect oto pos after Mark Field 100 00 MM Offset Y 0 000 MM Offset Y 0 000 MM Use the corrected file gt Right Up C Right Bottom fe Galvol Y le Ho Movement f Galvo Y D Galo Center f Left Up Galro 1 Galvro 2 f Left Bottom Megate Hegate Seale 100 0000 gt scale 1100 0000 Password as 11 0000 romo Password Dir Ji Ar A Figure 10 18 Area Parameter Field the widest range for marking Gavlo 1 x the track of gavlo 1 uesd as the X axis Gavlo 2 x the track of gavlo 2 uesd as the X axis Offset X The offset distance on X direction of scanhead Offset Y The offset distance on Y direction of scanhead Use the corrected file Use the correction file generated by our CorFile exe soft
90. king starts the system will seek for the start bat document under the current software of contents automatically and executes it After the marking had ended the system will seek for the stop bat document under the current software of contents automatically and executes it The bat document format is simple it can use the textual edit software for example The 134 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual notepad tablet and so on the other software to direct compilation Bat is the pure ASCII code text document altogether has 3 orders 1 The examination input port orders IN for example IN2 1 expression system examination input port 2 if IN2 is the high level downward carries out otherwise has waited for that IN2 turns high 2 The establishment output port orders OUT for example OUT4 1 the expression system establishment output port 4 is the high levels 3 The time delay orders DELAY for example DELAY 1000 expression system time delay 1000 milliseconds Auto reset mark count after the mark stop the software reset mark count automatic Disable mark when reach total count set the total count when the amount reached the software will not continue mark User step mark mode When the marking according to the establishment the Galvo smallest distance movement delay fixed time after each movement distance this function mainly uses in the strong laser power hitting the depth the step delay is bigger the laser marks in
91. lly D4456 G Figure 4 49 Olympic Games ticket sketch map 50 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 1 First establishes a keyboard variable text establish text enable variable text add keyboard such as the figure 4 50 a Text element x T ae Text TERT Fixed text Serial number Prompt ERE FAAS Tate Code Time C TCP T communication Serial communication File Keyboard Ho lead zero Ok Cancel Figure 4 50 a Keyboard 2 Input prompting message click OK then we can obtain the figure 4 50 b 3 Select Advance then the dialog e Enable variabl Text di 15 16 1 15 Add box will be displayed shown as Figure 4 48 4 Selects enable split string to change other text entity to revise has Delete assigned the name text object click Prev Add then the dialog box will be Next displayed shown as Figure 4 50 c Modi fy Index of the first character in string In the TEXT1 text the first Array ee character is the several characters in AEN E the keyboard variable text character string The number of characters to extract from string extract how many characters in the keyboard variable text s character string The name of text entity which you want to change The fixed text name the split read s character is at 51 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Index of the first character in string
92. m 1s used to copy the 7 AN Enot BF EFE 5 2 4 Zoom mom on ls aj ae Apply to copy object ZOOM your objects Apply When selected a dialog box will appear as Figure 5 7 shows current selected object and mirror it into a now place Figure 5 6 Mirror 67 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Size the size after zooming This function is the same as the Size which is introduced in object label of properties toolbar in chapter 2 10 mmm a 8 m PITT select a datum mark of an object pl Let the modification of the current object active Apply to copy object This item is used to copy the current selected object and zoom it into a now place Transform 5 2 5 Lean Ef lean the current selected object When selected a parameter setting box will appear as Figure 5 8 shows Angle the angle the object leans FIT nen lola af2 select a datum mark of an object T Oo ay h Let the modification of the current object active Apply to copy object This item is used to copy the current selected object and lean it into a now place Transform na EL 4 4_ Figure 5 8 Lean 68 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 5 3 Plastic When selected a parameter setting box will appear as Figure 5 9 shows Figure 5 10 shows examples of the following three items Joint two close intersect areas into one Lh
93. me as the I O control condition Message If checked the software will pop up a custom defined 4 12 Output Port To output signal users can select command Output Port in the Draw Menu or click the F4 1con When checked there will be an output port property setting appearing in the Property Toolbar as Figure 4 63 shows 58 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual H ae This icon indicates that the system will export a high level voltage TTL compatible when the operation is taking place at the current output port This icon indicates that the system will export a low level voltage TTL compatible when the operation 1s taking place at the current output port Figure 4 63 Output Parameter This icon indicates that the system will export a Tomaso This icon indicates that the system will export a pulse 4 13 Select 3 of this icon indicates that the current command is select Now you can use mouse to click object Icon on the top of the Draw Toolbar is used to select object The pressed down state in the workspace to select it EzCad2 software has auto snap function When you move the mouse in the workspace and approach to a curve the mouse pointer will automatically be changed into and now you can press the left button of the mouse to select the object SEDA Figure 4 64 Select Toolbar You can also select an object by moving the mouse while p
94. multaneously also needs to mark this er lelete keyboard text application this function can achieve this requirements on nod oy After set the parameters of the division character select Mark Self Cancel Figure 4 48 Advance function dialog box when the marking marks the division character besides will also mark all keyboard text in the corresponding position which input a moment ago At present the Advance function has split character string function The following processing example will explain it For example In Beijing Olympic Games ticket prints on the bar code has the sports field entrance number as well as the seat number information but the human is unable to distinguish the bar code directly must use the laser to mark this information to the ticket assigns in the position At this time we may use the split character string function through the bar code scanning gun read the series number then split the series number automatically and processes to assigns the position As shown in Figure 4 49 the Olympic Games ticket sketch map the bar code following serial number is the bar code content the serial number altogether has 7 characters first 3 character expression entrance number latter 4 character expression seat number what bar code scanning gun read out is the entire character string EZCAD2 must split the reads series number according to the request and puts to assigns the position automatica
95. n file dialog to ask you select the file you want to open Save File save the current file to disk Save as save the current file to disk by another name Export to WS export the file to the software workspace Edit Revision the content Delete Delete the content 102 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Click Add presenting to edit the ruler following dialog box shown in Figure 8 24 1 Graduation generate Condition Type Text Hatch i Line Font Lame Arial r El Enable Value Text height 4 00 a Text Text width 2 00 al C WectorFile Text Space Do Rotate oc Degree Pen Ho Line Space Edge Offset Angle mm Pen Ho Graduation Hum Start Graduation 0 000 Degree Line width Xx 10 00 Hi 0 00 Y 10 00 Y 5 00 Start value Inc value Mo E 67000 Increment poz 11 000 Degree Start point End point o 00 po ooo e Dot bit count Text O VectorFile Scale i scale Y Angle Figure 8 24 Make ruler dialog box Type Line The current parameter is the line parameter value Value The current parameter is the value parameter value Text The current parameter is the text parameter value VectorFile The current parameter is the vectorfile parameter value Text Rotate the angle of the text revolving Hatch Pen No This item indicates that objects with selected pen s number will be marked Graduation Num The total graduation numbers need to be marked Start
96. n hardware method produce linear speed It requires appointing speed Enable fly according to object order Selecting it indicates that software will mark content according to its order in the list in turns Otherwise software will mark content according to its position in working space from left to right Reverse Encoder Signals the signals from encoder is reversed Fly encoder Offser the position of marking is in front of actual Inport choose port of flying signal for Board Version 2 2 6 or update Fly speed coefficient The calculation formula is shown as follows Fly speed coefficient perimeter of coder tachometer wheel coder pulse per revolution Red Light Pointer Max Freq Delay Same as max power delay Red Light Pointer Refers to guide light Light Speed the speed of guide light Offset Pos X and Y it is used to compensate the position error between guide light and the laser beam Enable continue mark mode enable this function return the software surface click Param then the dialog box popup shown as following Figure it will be appear after mark stop every time the Red Laser Pointing always exist Red Lase Pointing 136 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 10 4 5 Hardinfo Configuration Parameters markcfgO id CA There are Board Type Board Version SN in the HardInfo 137 All rights reserved
97. nalog signal which used to control Q Switch frequency Frequency Mapping This is frequency emendation function used to set the frequency percentages of the customized and the corresponding one as Figure 10 27 shows Enable CO2 FPK can wipe off the burn in effect at the start 130 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Frequency frequency KHz Real Ratio CH oo 200 fis 4 00 B 00 8 00 10 00 12 00 14 00 16 00 18 00 20 00 Figure 10 26 Power Map Dialog Box Figure 10 27 Frequency Map Dialog Box Enable Analog First Pulse Killer Max Max voltage of analog FPK Min Min voltage of analog FPK T1 Time that the FPK signal changes from Max voltage to Min voltage or reverse T2 If the time gap between the laser off and laser on is less than T2 the FPK would not output gt The direction that the FPK changes About the T1 and T2 we can see figure 10 28 o LJ Le mister i Tl ne Figure 10 28 Laser signal Test laser It is used to test whether laser is working normally or not Hit test laser button presenting 131 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual dialog box shown in graph 10 29 Laser on Frequency 20000 Hz Pulse length to 15 Laser On Time fio ms UE Cancel Figure 10 29 Test laser dialog box Fill in the frequency power pulse width and laser on time and hit Laser on After that LASER open and it will clo
98. ne AA 24 A4 CMC asses crises rn a ta esade Dube AA 24 lI All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual RR 25 A A ee eee eee 25 I i eee eer een ee rere ee ree renee eee erry eer teen eer tren eres 26 4d LlCharacter Propecia 26 AS aA 28 A O e o o Oo A 31 ANTE Sr 01 01 E OE EN On eaten acne aah E E 31 A TANNE Teaser dalla 37 ASSADIE Mel a EE EA EE N E E EAA E A ined A EEEE 52 AO O FIE mesion ee nN E a E eee eee 57 AO ME AOS T EE E E 58 ATENDU Hs Iota ote creat tol pean is a nada 58 AOUE TO oaa E A E 58 E EOS 59 ATA INO GCs ECHR NIV enaner iaa aa T A 61 Ai EMCO E FIS AN Cr li dd de lao 63 Chapter 5 Modify Mella tallada dada dada da dotados 64 A A E 64 DZ MANSO MALO dt 65 LIMON dara 66 LL ROLITO annaa E ENA awenaseuanmaesncetengetes 66 SLS MINO eree o E ESO EE A 66 A A A 67 a PoMS A E A E E E E E E E E E E E E E T 68 A wena E aed taeaiaes erent atta E 69 5A DISUEDULION sutctr nesta eee dea 69 De CVC 1d y 0 PEPPER ocacctentecal aesnatiatetaelat ete diar sich a a 70 PP ee ee 71 A 72 Chapter 6 View Menu sini 80 ZO OM eenen T T A net de ees 80 6 2 Ruler Gridding Guide Line ainia 81 3S ea 30 Ci o PAREEN A AEON ern OnE Rea S nT nen ee nT Pe A ere Dem Nene rene ees 81 A e o ENE Po Po a ee ee ee eae 81 G5 MAD OD 81 6 6 System Toolbar View Toolbar Draw Toolbar Status Bar Object List Toolbar Object Properties Toolbar M ark Parameter Toolbar ccccccssscssssressstescssrescsrescssreesseressststesenstesenaes 8
99. ngle is what it should be the corner of the angle is heavy marked and this is because the Polygon TC is too long here users need to shorten the value Case 3 As Figure 10 16 shows it is right angle and there is no heavy marking This is the result we want Figure 10 16 Case 3 When finish setting these parameters already you may start to mark It is recommended that users had better not modify the parameters which have been adjusted well If they were changed the result would be changed too Users can use the same way to set other parameters and save them in the parameter list By doing this users can reduce the repeated works and raise the work efficiency 10 3 Mark Control Bar The Mark Control Bar is located at the bottom of the main interface window as Figure 10 17 shows ll 00 00 00 734 Light F1 Mark F2 T EE at Bent Param F3 S Mark Sel Total lo 00 00 00 000 Figure 10 17 Mark Control Bar 125 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Light This item is used to mark the frame of the object without laser output so that users are convenient to orient the workpiece This function is available in those laser machines which have guide light Key Fl is the shortcut key of this function for guide light show Mark to execute marking Key F2 is the shortcut key of this function Continuous mark the objects repeatly until user stop the mark Mark Selected only those selected ob
100. ns it the system will present overtime Scale compensation It refers to the scale coefficient of corresponding move distance in expansion axis Adjust this parameter can remove separation and superposition in connection Space compensation It refers to reverse space compensation making up for sapce error between gear when moving Shear compensation When machine make bigger error ratio shear phenomena will be created during flat marking Adjust this parameter can remove it When all parameters are set you can click mark to process Note 1 Use Corfile exe to make whole linearity correction making sure the consistency of effect 2 Table level stable electric rotation and nice light mode are the keys for marking best effect Special pos button can set the position that the motor moves to before mark Hitting Special position button and set appointed position coordinates Then hit Special motion button and choose Go to special position the motor will go to the position you set As is shown in figure 8 34 figure 8 35 114 All rights reserved Set origin Origin coor Set current position Figure 8 34 3 10 MultiFileMark EzCad2UNI User s M anual Special motion Goto marker origin AXIS go zero Goto special position Figure 8 35 MultiFileMark module is able to mark repeatedly different ezd files avoiding changing the files That function me
101. nu is shown in figure 8 36 Laser Help 4ngleRobate AngleRobate GlobeMark MultiFileMark Multi park mark Powerkeyboard PowerRuler RotaryMark Rotate Texthlark SplitMarkz Figure 8 36 115 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Open Save Mark F2 Add Add ezd files The dialog box pops up as Figure 8 38 after click add button Setting VO control conditional for files and automatically mark files when board accept the IO signal in mark status F Control Conditional itd omes epa aja ome aja ej uta Rojo fora 1514131211109 6 7 6 5 4 Cancel Figure 8 38 Delete delete files Prev Next change the order of files Modify change file selected and IO control conditional If click the name of files show the file content in the multifilemark dialog box right If double click the name of files open the file and can change the content and parameter Mark the revised files after press save Save save choosing files and setting IO control conditional to mfd Open open mfd files Set IO control conditional press mark then board check the signal if the signal is the same as setting the files with the setting will be marked If the signal accord with some files the file in the front will be marked 116 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Generally speaking software accepting signal is the level signal and press mark button the dialog box pops up
102. o 104 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual a TL JJ 40 41 2 LOA nz IC 1J 1 111 2 IC 37 0 031 oo VA VW or a4 WH a 0 11 Tae ae Men Tile Rave i1 Feo ae a Hd di J5 eu So 40 S30 GO fo Pb 4 on Ti Mm obio cl da lic a A i Fda Melee al i ll E Mein isle ul malii i nnl la F TETTEIT L Jd fe EC r no l y ene Tor 1 Gul 1 Bowie Pu oe Qui mr Meir E ic c0 39 Ett pec a r ri Now the thirty centimeter Straight ruler completed The method of make Ring ruler or Disk ruler at first click Param the dialog box popup shown as Figure 8 25 to set the External Axis 105 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Configuration Parameters markcfgO E i x External Axisl Straight ruler Ring ruler C Disk ruler Ti ameter too 00 MM Invert Pulses per round 200 Pulse Speed of Go 100 Pul sers Min Speed 100 Fulse S Max Speed 5000 Fulsefsi Correct axis fin Secon Ace time 100 MS e Goto start position after f ma mew Figure 8 25 configuration parameters of expansion axis Straight ruler Ring ruler Disk ruler The ruler s type need to mark currently choose is enable Part diameter The workpiece accurately diameter of the Ring ruler or Disk ruler Reverse Reverse the move direction of the expansion axis Pulses per round The pulse number of expansion axis motor makes a
103. omized during the operation W Enable variab Text a ee TT T gt Add Delete Prev Next Modi Ey hrray Advance Figure 4 29 Variable text ERRE attributes Text The adjacent character distance in current text character arrangement situation gt Pr What the adjacent character spacing s computation refers to is left side the character right boundary to the right side character left boundary distance see the figure 4 30 37 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual character space E e E E x Ml a E H Figure 4 30 Calculate spacing according to character boundary y What the adjacent character spacing s computation refers to is left side the character center to the right side character center distance see the figure 4 31 character space a a a a x a a a a Figure 4 31 Calculate spacing according to character center is the special array uses in the variable text array when uses this array the time text to change automatically but 2 11 object property said the array will not change the text object this is the difference about these two array Inside the EZCAD2 international edition the variable text is a character string according to successively the order by each kind of different real time change text element The user may according to need to increase each kind of variable text element may carry on the order of rank to the text element After the user click
104. on the keyboard has 10 key presses respectively is 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 the user must make a dxf graphic file for each pressed key The key press O corresponding graphic files are 0 dxf The key press 1 corresponding graphic files are 1 dxf The key press 2 corresponding graphic files are 2 dxf The key press 3 corresponding graphic files are 3 dxf The key press 4 corresponding graphic files are 4 dxf The key press 5 corresponding graphic files are 5 dxf The key press 6 corresponding graphic files are 6 dxf The key press 7 corresponding graphic files are 7 dxf The key press 8 corresponding graphic files are 8 dxf The key press 9 corresponding graphic files are 9 dxf Must place inside the identical table of the ten dxf documents may place inside d kbdxf 1 2 In the Power Keyboard module put these 10 dxf document inside the identical directory we can place them inside d kbdxf 1 3 Click Add then the dialog box popup shown as Figure8 21 100 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Key name OK lo Key file En 0 dxf PEN No C 0 e Y Angle io lo 80 Hatch Enable M Mark Contour bf All calc fimo C Follow edge on Pen No a Line 1 oo Edge Offset 0 00 Angle 0 00 Figure 8 21 Input the key press s name O the corresponding processing document is 0 dxf and the key press locating point coordinate and rotation angle Set other keys according to the above step 4 Clicks mark then carries on the
105. ort Arial oe Text height 3 MM Text width 1 5 MM Text offset x 10 MM Text offset y D MM Text Space D MM Figure 4 24 QRCODE Barcode Figure 4 25 QRCODE Barcode text setting lu Reverse Harrow Width 0 33 FARA Matra Level L l Smallest T Smallest Pr Yersionl 1x Version 25x Versions 29x Yer si ont xa YersionS T3 Version 41x4 Version 45x4 Versions 49x4 Figure 4 26 QRCODE Barcode Parameter Setting 4 USER DEFINE Code USER DEFINE Code is user can define code format by self Figure 4 27 and figure 4 28 are the demonstration of user defines code BarCode USER DEFINE Code is user can define code format by self __ PQoER So Circle mode Ox01 0x02 Ox 03 Ox04 1x05 0 06 0x07 0 08 AS Ti ameter Narrow Width O MM Row BY cafe Y Ei ght Bottom jio 10 a Figure 4 27 USER DEFINE Code Parameter Setting 36 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual x al wE A G On Text Fosition Size y 48 562 19 796 al y 17 285 39 592 z o H Array In Fort iiy Font BarCode Font 21 USER DEFIHE E Ma te 20 10 O 0x01 0x02 02003 Ox 04 0x05 0x06 COT 0x08 20 E ro 10 Enable variab Figure 4 28 USER DEFINE Code 4 7 4 Variable Text Enabl table Text The function of variable text is available after Bi aeiia verille ler is selected Variable Text is a disciplinary and dynamic text which can be cust
106. plies to end of all vectors in a series of connected vectors except for the last one the end of last one is controlled by the End TC parameter The three connected points in a square or the intermediate connection points in a polyline circle are examples of points the Polygon TC parameter can effect The starting point of the square is controlled by Start TC parameter The last corner of the square is controlled with the End TC timer Clicking Advanced will prompt an advanced parameter dialog box as Figure 10 5 shows Jump Speed set a jump speed of the scanner Advance mark param E for the current parameter Jump Position TC Jump Dist TC After each jump movement the system will delay some Jump Speed 4000 MMfSecoz time then execute the next command The actual a Ee Ts delay time is calculated by the following formula Taner Diet Te 100 Te Total delay Jump Distance Jump Dist TC Jump Position TC End compensate lo MM End compensate Only when in high speed Ace Distance DO M operation or this parameter need not to be set This Pee a b 100 ae parameter is used to mark a little bit more as an ending increment at the end of an operation Vector point mode Negative value is supported 8 PP a Pulse per point Acc Distance In those applications that require laser marking without variation of intensity Tag optimize mode we have to add an accelerated segment before the start point to reach the homogenous marking
107. pointed manually Marked count The count of part that has been processed Stop when reaching max count Select this option to calculate the count of the parts that have been process automatically and stop marking when reaching the appointed count A dialog box prompting Finish mark part count popup when we want to mark more parts Max count Set maximum number of marking F1 Mark all part Mark all parts of current part type by click this button or by press key Fl F2 Continual mark all Repeatedly mark all parts of current part type by click this button or by press key F2 F8 Mark current part Mark current part one time by click this button or by press key F8 F9 Modify current part Modify the parameters of current part by click this button or by press key F9 Note EzCad2 takes the first part of left top corner as part one in turns part two part three place from left to right Putting the figure in the center can locate coordinates more accurately when you set part 8 5 Power Keyboard The Power Keyboard module is the special module for the keyboard marking The dialog box is the following figure 8 20 99 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Ce tuum aol bel lise apy Docugecletled Els x l SPERFARERE o la 14 Fes J 1 L i T J Aa a a Ae be Leis e Figure 8 20 Specific operation 1 Suppose the user needs to processes one kind of keyboard
108. pt the user whether to save the files which have not been saved yet 2 9 Object List Object List 1s 1n the left side of the main interface window Marked objects are grouped into an object structure or ungrouped to many objects Figure 2 12 When in marking process system will follow the order to mark the objects listed Users can rearrange the list by directly dragging the object up down or right keyboard to change the marking order Users can double click the object bar to name them File Edit Draw Modif PESIS WD A gt LI Rectang al Rectang 8 Polygon Figure 2 12 Object List 12 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 2 10 Object Properties Object Properties are displayed in the left side of the main interface window X position the X coordinate of the point in the left button corner of the Position S1ze object selected J v 7 B53 lz 429 Y ition the Y coordinate of the pos is Y fio BBS lo Tau point in the left button corner of the gt object selected Z position the Z coordinate of hr ray INPORT App Ly selected object Round X Size width of the object selected bp 5 p Y Size height of the object selected 4 Lock the current width height lo lo proportion of the object selected If All Corner Round user changes the object s size system will keep the X Y ratio Click the button will switch to unlock state Figure 2 13
109. ressing the left button of the mouse and there will be a dashed frame appearing in the area as the mouse move This selection method is called Frame Select If the moving direction of the mouse 1s from left to right then only the objects completely involved in the dashed frame will be selected and if the moving direction of the mouse is from right to left then all the objects touched by the dashed frame will be selected 59 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 4 65 Lock an Object When command Select is chosen a Select Toolbar will appear and you can achieve some specific operations Figure 4 64 eH This icon indicates to select all the objects in the current workspace RE a a Invert Selection This icon indicates to delete the current object selected This icon indicates that the current object is locked Users can not take any operation on the locked object and there will be some lock like icons appearing around the object Figure 4 65 a unlock the object locked a This icon indicates to unlock all the objects locked As Figure 4 65 shows the Bezier Curve is locked and the circle is not and now you cannot take any operation on the curve object such as editing modifying moving zooming etc Ol Put object selected on the origin n This icon indicates to use different pen to select objects When clicked a dialog box as Figure 4 66 shows will appear 60
110. rrect axis The system will present Zero time out when failed to reach the position where the zero switcher was assembled within the appointed time Return Power Ruler similarly the method of make straight ruler to complete the graphics See the figure 8 26 about the Disk ruler 4100 UD SN o MA p 7 So A i E OSs ge P oe re e 2 7 E a A e S ES OE ee ee a E Ri aaa ER Figure 8 26 the Disk ruler 8 7 Rotary mark Click Rptary mark follow dialog window will pop up 107 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Part Time part y cee Total mum Time Total Split Size bo 00 00 00 Invert fo oo Continuous Fart Diameter fracasan mm J Mark Selected Mark by split line Focus Length re0 0000 mm A l Light F1 Mark FZ Param bait FS Figure 8 27 Part diameter click it and fill in part diameter Focus length click it and fill in focus length of F 9 lens Note the two parameters effect marking result directly Two split models 1 Mark selected control marking size through configuring split size don t click mark by split line at the same time or the software will split as mark by split line 2 Mark by split line click it software will mark as mark by split line click left keyboard twice to draw split line click right keyboard near the split line to cancel the split line The direction of the split line is the same with rotary axis
111. rtical All objects align vertical 71 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual These three ways above only support to move objects on horizontal direction Top All objects align top Bottom All objects align bottom Horizontal All objects align horizontal These three ways above only support to move objects on vertical direction Center All objects align center This way may cause moves on both horizontal and vertical directions Note The benchmark to align is according to the last object users select and other objects align behind it If you select several objects by Frame Select then the system will hardly identify which is the last one and this may cause unexpected alignment It is strongly recommended that you select the object which is to be the benchmark at the end when you want to align several objects 5 7 JSF font 5 7 1 The definition for the function of JSF font library JSF font is the dedicated font of EZCAD software users can build up their own JSF fonts The file with JSF postfix is the proprietary font file of EzCad every JSF font file has one kind isiy View Laser Help of font Transform j Plastic E Curve edit Align a eee A eee EE Fig 5 16 When the user click JSF font system will show a dialogue as figure 5 17 72 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Jsf font Jsf font name Char of graph offset dist 0 Left side bearing 0
112. s figure refers to the drawing direction of the ellipse is anticlockwise Figure 4 5 Ellipse Properties 4 6 Polygon To draw a polygon users can select command Polygon in Draw Menu or click icon OA 25 All rights reserved Under the command Polygon users can press the left button of the mouse and drag it to draw a polygon After drawing and selecting the Properties Toolbar will display a feature like Figure 4 6 shows Edge Num This item indicates the number of the polygon s borders and that is at least three Normally the border number is less than ten and with borders more than ten the polygon will look like a circle When selected the current polygon to be drawn will be a convex polygon e When selected the current polygon to be drawn will be 4 7 Text EzCad2UNI User s M anual Fosition S18 x 6 TEG jz a44 ray 1 Array INFORT Apply Edze Hum Figure 4 6 Polygon Properties Typing text directly in the workspace is supported in EzCad2 and many types of fonts are supported To type text users can select command Text in the fl Under the command Text users can set up a starting point Draw Menu or click icon at any position wanted in the workspace to type characters by left click mouse 4 7 1 Character Properties When selected the Properties Toolbar will display a feature like Figure 4 7 shows Users may change the characters by typing
113. scanhead has to execute a mark command the scanner mirrors first have to be accelerated up to the defined marking speed In the beginning of the movement the laser focus moves very slowly which may result to burn in effect at the start point To avoid this We insert a delay Start TC at the beginning of each mark command When the laser eventually turns on the mirrors have already reached a certain velocity However if this value is too large the first part of the vector will be cut off Also negative value is supported Laser Off TC The delay time of the laser shutting down after marking finished Proper time can wipe off the burn in effect at the end This value cannot be negative End TC The End TC parameter is used to control how long the software will wait at the end of a series of vectors The wait is required because the software is always ahead of the 120 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual hardware and must wait for the hardware to catch up This delay applies to the end of all vectors in which the laser is to be turned off after execution Polygon TC the Polygon TC parameter is used to control how long the software will wait at vector connection points The wait is required due to the lag time between the software DAC position and the actual hardware mirror position This timer applies to all vectors whose endpoint is also the start point of the next vector polygon connection points In other words this timer ap
114. se when reach the appointed time 10 4 3 Port parameter Equipment port parameter is shown in graph 10 30 132 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Configuration Parameters markcfgi Field Laser Contro Fort Other Stop mark inport out port for Laser power Stop prompt message TL Port me HIGH Red Light Pointer output Outort MLL ck In Fort MLL diet Marking output Outort mL et Start Mark I Door 10 In Port MLL diet In Fort HULL ck jf Pulse Mode Figure10 30 Port Parameter Dialog Box Stop Marking Input Port When in marking process if the system detects there is a corresponding input signal the current marking operation will be ended and prompt the users with error information Out port for Laser power The port can be used to control the laser power supply If you set this port there is a Power off button displayed on the marking bar see the figure 0 Continue Part D E Power Off 00 00 00 Red Fl Mark FZ C S Mark Sel Total fo Red light pointer I O The system will output High level to the appointed output port when guide light show Marking IO The appointed port will output high level voltage TTL Compatible while in marking Start Mark IO In idle state the software will start mark if detect the high level voltage from the appointed port Pulse Mode Checking this option means the soft receive the start signal as pulse mode otherwise it is as
115. t mm Linereduction la mm T HumLoops Loop distance lo 5 mm Auto rorate angle fio deg Cancel Delete Hatch Figure 3 3 Hatch For example draw three rectangles line distance is 1mm angle is 0 1 Do not click All Calc system will mark as the order in object list mark hatch line in the first rectangle then mark hatch line in the second rectangle and so on Click All Calc mark all the hatch line at one time mark all the hatch that on the same line 3 Marking result as follow fig 3 4 Fig 3 4 a do not click All Calc the hatch line are not in the same line 17 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Fig 3 4 b click All Calc hatch line are in the same line Type of Hatch Figure 3 5 Unidirection hatch The hatch lines will be marked from left to right Bidirectional hatch The hatch lines will be marked from left to right first and then from right to left A i Ring like hatch fills objects from the outside to the inside like a ring Click the button will switch between the Unidirection bidirectional and ring like hatch Figure 3 5 Types of hatch The left object is being filled by Unidirection Hatch or Bidirectional Hatch and the nght object by Ring like hatch Angle Hatch Angle stands for the angles between hatch lines and X axis and Figure 3 6 is the feature when the angle is 45 degrees 18 All rights reserved EzCad2UN
116. t by hand input the text The keyboard element function uses frequently in this kind of situation when the processing needs the real time input to the processing content If the customer present need processes one batch of work pieces on each work piece is printed with a bar code when processing needs the user with the bar code scanning gun real time scans the work piece to read the content on the bar code then with laser to mark to the work piece assigns in the position at this time can use the keyboard element function At the processing time system springs like the figure 4 47 b shows the dialog box the operator with the bar code scanning gun scanning bar code work piece on the bar code scanning gun inputs the read content to the dialog box inside and closes it automatically then the system will start to process the content read a moment ago automatically Please Input text E Please Input text TEXT a 49 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 4 47 b Keyboard input text dialog box Advance Click Advance then the dialog box will be displayed shown as Figure 4 48 Enable fixed width no matter how long is the text the length will be limited in this range Enable split string to change other text entity Mark Self In certain situations m Mart Self Enable Fixed Width fio mm the user need division the input keyboard text then places them the x different position to mark Add si
117. t check 360 degree mark Increment button will show Increment The angle that the column should rotate after mark each figure It 1s the angle interval between two adjacent figures Application 1 Draw the figure need to mark on the workspace and place it to the center Make sure that the coordinate Z is zero Select 360 degree mark and set Total num to 10 and then click Mark button The whole mark procedure is that Firstly mark the figure Then the column rotate 36 degree 360 10 and mark the figure again until total 10 figure have been mark on the column evenly Application 2 Draw the figure need to mark on the workspace and place it to the center Make sure that the coordinate Z is zero Uncheck 360 degree mark Set Total num to 10 and incremental to 45 Click Mark button to start The mark procedure is that Firstly mark the figure Then the column rotate 45 degree and mark the figure again until total 10 figure have been mark on the column Note Only expansion axis A can be used in Rotary marking module and Rotary marking2 module Please take care when connecting the wire The following example explains how to use this module Requirement Mark the same letter a on the column evenly The total count is five Step 1 Draw letter a in workspace Click Apply button after setting font and size Step 2 Click menuitem Rotary marking2 and the dialog box shown in Figure 8 8 popup Step 3 Select 360 degree mark and set Total num to f
118. tart TC Value is too big and it needs to be smaller Figure 10 6 Case 1 Figure 10 7 Case 2 Case 2 The hatch lines and the border are intersected burn in effect Figure 10 7 This is because the Start TC Value is too small and it needs to be higher Case 3 Uniform result Figure 10 8 122 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Figure 10 8 Case 3 Figure 10 9 Case 4 Different manufacturers use different Laser sources and scanner gavlo so the performances are also different Sometimes when however users modify the Start TC the hatch lines and the border cannot be superposed Here users need to set the Acc Distance Parameter Values from 0 05 to 0 25 But this may cause the 4th case the hatch lines are beyond the border as Figure 10 9 shows Users may increase the Start TC Value or lower the Ace Distance Parameter and if the two parameters are adjusted well there will be a perfect result Adjust End TC Still mark the hatched rectangle mentioned above Here are three possible cases about the hatch lines and the border s relative positions Case 1 The fill lines and the border are separated as Figure 10 10 shows This is because the End TC is too short and users need to raise it Figure 10 10 Case 1 Figure 10 11 Case 2 Case 2 Burn in effect as Figure 10 11 shows This is because the End TC is too long and users need to shorten it 123 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Case 3
119. ter the response of the peripheral equipment the system will process the returns text automatically Unicode after choosing this option the system to the computer transmission which and the read character assigns is the Unicode form otherwise is the ASCH form The following example showed how to use this function Now has a customer to process 10000 work pieces on the work piece the mark content is a text but each work piece must process the text content is dissimilar therefore before each work piece processing must real time through the serial port On serial port parameter establishment server the BaudRate is 15200 the DataBits is 8 the StopBits is 1 the Parity is NO the content which the read must process to other server on 1 Open ezcad2 to establish a text object adjust text size the position and the processing parameter 2 Choice the text object select the enables the variable text click the increase button the system will spring a Figure dialog box as 4 32 select Serial communication the setting of serial port parameter must with server s serial port parameter correspondence the BaudRate is 15200 the DataBits is 8 the StopBits is 1 the Parity 1s NO the port for current the port number which uses with 1t connected server the serial port parameter must establish identically with the server computer on 3 Set the command is COM Give me string This command may for the random server definition command
120. the pause position deeply Enable analog current fpk the time when the analog current is 0 before marking Fly Mark Mark with working line simultaneously Hit fly mark button presenting the dialog box shown in graph 10 32 e Mark on fly Fly from right to left Fly Continue mode Enable total part num Disble start mark I in continue mode Jw Enable Hardfare fly Enable simulation Enable mark entity by order Reverse Encoder Signals Fly encoder Offset 0 00 Delay tus a Inport Ia la Multiplier 50 0000 umf count Cal Speed o o E Figure 10 32 Fly mark set dialog box Fly mark choosing this item refers to enable Fly mark function 135 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual Fly from right to left Choosing this item indicates that stream line direction is from right to left Fly continue mode Choosing it indicates mark object is continuous one namely we need to mark content on continuous object Such as wire cable and so on Enable total part num Selecting it indicates the mark total number set is effective Disable start mark IO in continue mode it indicates that software doesn t test start mark port when marking continuous object Otherwise software will test input signal while marking every time Enable hardware fly mode It indicates that using rotation coder follow linear speed automatically Enable simulation e It indicates that using simulatio
121. tively are Ctrl X Ctrl C and Ctrl V 15 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 3 3 Combine Uncombine Combine will ignore all the selected objects curve properties and combine those objects into a new curve combination with new curve properties Same as other objects this new combination can be selected copied pasted and set properties Uncombine will get the combination back to the curve objects separately The objects after Uncombine may be different from those before Combine Undo should be used to restore the original objects Le The feature Combine s icon in Toolbar is and the feature Uncombine s icon in Toolbar The shortcut keys of Combine and Uncombine respectively are Ctrl L and Ctrl K 1S 3 4 Group UnGroup When selected the Group function will keep the selected objects original properties and make them into a new object and this new group as the same as other object can be selected copied pasted and set object properties Ungroup will turn the object which has just been grouped into previous situation The icon of Group in Toolbar is E d and UnGroup s is Pe The shortcut keys of Group and UnGroup respectively are Ctrl G and Ctrl U 3 5 Hatch Hatch is used to force EzCad to calculate the hatch fills for the current objects The object to be filled must be closed curve and if you choose many objects to fill
122. ts reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual After drawing and selecting the Properties Toolbar will display a feature like Figure 4 4 cl Circe x Fosition S1re Diameter the diameter of the circle y 30 319 37 PBF Starting Angle the angle between the starting y 39 320 320 37 262 ORD point and the centre of a circle 5 TN A he Array INPORT Apply This figure refers to the drawing Di ameter 37 262 direction of the circle is clockwise a Start Angle 20 dez E This figure refers to the drawing El direction of the circle is anticlockwise Figure 4 4 Circle Properties 4 5 Ellipse To draw an ellipse users can select command Ellipse in Draw Menu or click the icon Under the command Ellipse users can press the left button of the mouse and drag it to draw an ellipse Under the command Ellipse users can draw a circle by pressing the left button of the mouse and drawing it when press Ctrl key synchronously After drawing and selecting the Properties Toolbar will display a feature like Figure 4 5 shows ENE x Start Angle the angle between the starting point and the Position Size Xx 15 an jeg 019 centre of an ellipse y 20 152 foem End Angle the angle between the ending point and the centre 7 lo H of an ellipse Array INFORT Apply A Start Angle a deg This figure refers to the drawing direction of the hd cele 360 dez ellipse is clockwise P A f Thi
123. unt move distance must fill in accurately Zero Whether current expansion axis has zero signal When expansion axis hasn t enabled zero signal it can t set up an absolute coordinates Therefore marking a set of parts require adjusting site to make every processing stay in the same site So the system takes expansion axis as default origin point before processing After processing a workpiece the system will move expansion axis back In this way each workpiece will process in the same site Speed of Go zero the moving speed of expansion axis looking for zero signal Zero time out Set the time of expansion axis finding zero point If it overruns it the system will present overtime 8 8 Rotate Text Mark Rotate Text Mark can solve the question the hatch lines and text independent mark when rotate mark the hatch text they are cannot superposition using this function the hatch lines and text are marking together 8 9 Split mark 2 Split mark2 module is able to split joint big content We can either choose an expansion axis to be X direction split joint or choose two expansion axes to be XY direction split joint respectively That function menu is shown in figure 8 29 Fee Help Rotary Marking Rotary Marking Gl o0beMarlk Multi part mark PowerkKeyboard Powerful er RingiMark RotateTextMark Spl1tMard Figure 8 29 Split mark 2 item Its operation dialog box 1s shown as follows 110 All rights res
124. ved EzCad2UNI User s M anual character is from a to f User define The series number carry defines according to user define system after selecting the system will display a dialog box like Figure 4 37 shows other number system Figure 4 37 User define other number system dialog box The user can define carry ways discretionary between 2 to 64 only needs to define the max number and then revises each serial number correspondence the text Start SN This item indicates the first serial number to be marked at the present Current SN the serial number to be marked at the present Limit when mark the limit serial number it will back to start serial number automatically Increment the increment of the current serial number The value may be plus or minus When the increment is 1 and if the starting serial number is 0000 there will be an increment 1 added on the previous serial number For example 0000 0001 0002 0003 9997 9998 9999 and when it comes to 9999 the system will be back to 0000 automatically When the increment is 5 and if the starting serial number is 0000 the serial number is 0000 0005 0010 0015 0020 0025 Others can be analogized by this Marks per the marked number This item indicates how many times every serial number is marked before changing Current num the marking time of current serial number when marking number equals to marks per it will turn to 0 automatically Filter
125. zothic Lt BT Bankizothic Md BT basemic basemic Symbol Basemic Times Benguiat Bk BT Figure 4 9 TrueTpye List Enable the same width character Char Width 50 Char Char Angle 0 deg 489 89 Char space jo mm Line space co mm Circle Text Circle Diameter 10 Base angle 90 Angle range limit jos a Figure 4 11 Character Options All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual 4 7 2 Curve text function EzCad2 support curve text function if the user draw text near enough from the curve the text will arrange along the curve When current text Is curve text click JJ fig 4 12 will pop up x BSO Hormal mean text will be parallel with amp the curve as fig 4 13 Transform BRO Normal Base rat Center z Base length o Offset length o Fig 4 13 normal arrange ABCD Project means text will be vertical with the curve as fig 4 14 Cancel Fig 4 12 curve text Fig 4 14 vertical arrange means the base line of the text is superposition with the curve as means the top of the text 1s superposition with the curve as 28 All rights reserved EzCad2UNI User s M anual A Fig 4 15 top arrange Mneans bottom of the text is superposition with curve as fig 4 16 y A Fig 4 16 bottom arrange Fig 4 17 middle arrange means text stay on the curve freely along with the curve the Base length 0 Offset length position of th

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