How To Use The Cutout Editor
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:11 am
For a video tutorial, visit http://www.protocasedesigner.com/resour ... editor.php. The first video is about the cutout management system and the second is an example of how to make a cutout based on a spec for a part that will protrude through the case.
The following features are supported for the cutout editor:
The following features are supported for the cutout editor:
- place rectangles, circles
- draw complex cutouts using a series of lines and arcs.
- select line or arc to change what the current segment is
- double click to draw a straight line to close the current path
- placing an endpoint near the beginning will also close the current path
- edit paths by clicking on segments or endpoints
- delete paths, points, or segments
- snap to grid
- undo/ redo
- cutouts may not overlap. This will make a cutout that does not place
- arrays of cutouts must be created manually
- no scaling option for resizing groups of cutouts simultaneously