Owner`s manual

MaxMotion for Machines Chapter 3-49
Layout and Design:
( 5) Layout a simple job with or without auto layout
(Virtual Controller and HPGL)
System initialization sets up a default font name and size. You can
change this later to the most common font you use day in and day out.
Step1. Click on the Job Design menu and Select ‘Auto Layout’.
Make a number of easy but obvious choices,
■ Plate size 4 in. high X 6 in. wide
■ Select number of lines 0 for a free layout or Select
number of lines for auto layout.
■ Default selection for height of lines to be inches/mm. If
preferred, change to percent.
■ Default height is the same as default height in the font menu
■ Select the height to 0.25 in., enter the height for the first line
and click “Set All Sizes” as a short cut.
■ Leave the rest of the selections as default values for now.
■ Click ‘create’ to create a layout with a number of lines. If
you click ‘set’, you will only change the size of the plate to
your new selection.
Step 2. If you clicked ‘create’, you will have a number of
boxes on the screen equal to the number of lines you selected
with the text cursor blinking in the first line. You can start
entering the text line by line. Click ‘enter’ or ‘return’ key at
the end of a line and the cursor will move to the next line.
If there is no more lines and if you are entering the last line,
clicking the ‘enter’ key will automatically create a new line.
The new line may be too close to the bottom off the plate or
even outside the plate. To bring the new line into the plate,
click F3 button to bring up the AutoLayout dialog box.
Next click the ‘enter’ key and MaxMotion will recalculate
the layout with the new line.
If you clicked ‘set’, you will simply update the size of the
plate. Next, simply click the text cursor somewhere toward
the top of the plate. Start entering the text line by line.
Observethat it is automatically centered. Enter the