Section 7: Using the Epilog Dashboard
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Page-Center
The use of Page-Center option is a difficult concept to explain, but it’s a feature
that professional engravers are eager to use. The best way to explain it is to first
compare it to one of the other centering options – Center-Center engraving. Page-
Center engraving is used most often when engraving text on an arc. Medallions
are a good example. Many people want to engrave text – different names, for
instance – across the top of the medallion. The difficulty of doing this is that each
name is a different length, which means that the center of each name is in a
different location. Many users want to use the Center-Center option, but they
quickly find that each name is in a slightly different position on the arc. The
following diagram shows that if you use Center-Center engraving the center of
each name is at a different location (the center of the names is indicated by the
star in the diagram).
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The problem of using Center-Center is that you have to figure out the precise
location of each star (Center-Center of each name) to get the name on the arc
correctly. Obviously, this would be difficult to do.
So, instead of using the center of our artwork as our reference point, we’ll use the
center of our page as our reference point. We’ll find that using the exact same
artwork we’re able to perfectly position the names on the arc. In Page-Center
mode we set up a page size that corresponds to our medallion size, and then all we
have to do is use our red dot pointer to find the center of the medallion and set this
as our new Home position.
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