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Design options
You can also display design options by clicking this button in the
options toolbar.
You can make a text message or shape into an instant design using these options. See Create buttons,
boards, boards + holes and borders
for more information on creating designs.
Design type
(left drop-down list)
Choose from a number of different designs:
Text
Creates the text only.
Button
Creates a button with the text flat on its surface.
Board
Sit your text on a solid board, so the text
extrudes from a solid background.
Board and holes
As if you'd taken a saw to your board, to give an
impression of a cut-out image.
Border
Adds a border around your text, giving it more
impact.
You can also easily switch between these design types using the design toolbar
.
Shape
(right drop-down list)
Lets you choose from a range of predefined button shapes.
Stretch:
This controls the width to height ratio. 100% is equal width and height. Above 100% makes the button
wider.
Corners:
Buttons can have square or rounded corners. With the check box selected (for rounded corners) type in
a value for the corner radius.
Size
(dimmed for text only designs): Lets you resize the text in relation to the button, board or border.
X-Y
(dimmed for text only designs): Lets you move the text in relation to the button, board or border.
Angle
(dimmed for text only designs): Lets you change the angle of the text in relation to the button, board or
border.
Design picker
You can import a design shape from any existing X3D file. This one design can then be used with any of
the design types listed above. One design = four different combinations. For text graphics, you import the
first character as the design shape. So, for the default graphic of X3D, you would import the X as the
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