3.01 INSTALLING SCAL ............................................................................................................................................................................ 43
3.01.1 Selecting and Downloading the Software.................................................................................................................................................. 43
3.01.2 Activating the Software ............................................................................................................................................................................... 43
3.01.3 Installing the USB Driver ............................................................................................................................................................................. 45
3.01.4 Installing Your Cutter ................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
3.02 MAIN SCAL SCREEN ........................................................................................................................................................................ 46
3.03 LANGUAGE PREFERENCE .................................................................................................................................................................. 47
3.04 UNITS PREFERENCE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 47
3.05 CUSTOMIZING THE CUTTING MAT ...................................................................................................................................................... 47
3.05.1 Mat Size ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
3.05.2 Mat Orientation ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 48
3.05.3 Mat Grid ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
3.05.4 Workspace Alpha ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
3.05.5 Rulers ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
3.06 CUSTOMIZING THE WORKSPACE ........................................................................................................................................................ 51
3.07 SNAP TO .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 53
3.08 OTHER PREFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 54
3.09 ZOOMING AND PANNING .................................................................................................................................................................... 55
3.10 UNDO/REDO .................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
3.10.1 Undo .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
3.10.2 Redo .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
3.11 PAGES ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
3.12 HELP RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 57
4. SCAL: HANDLING FILES AND ORGANIZING LAYERS ..................................................................................................................... 59
4.01 OPENING FILES ................................................................................................................................................................................ 59
4.01.1 Opening a New File/Project ......................................................................................................................................................................... 59
4.01.2 Opening an Existing .SCUT File ................................................................................................................................................................. 59
4.02 SAVING SCAL FILES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 60
4.03 USING THE LIBRARY.......................................................................................................................................................................... 60
4.03.1 Shapes Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60
4.03.2 Fonts Tab ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
4.03.3 Projects Tab .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
4.04 LAYERS PANEL ................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
4.04.1 Introduction to the Layers Panel ................................................................................................................................................................ 66
4.04.2 Parts of the Layers Panel ............................................................................................................................................................................ 67
4.04.3 Creating Folders and Moving Layers ......................................................................................................................................................... 70
4.05 THE ESHAPE STORE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 73
4.05.1 Importing from the eshape Store ................................................................................................................................................................ 73
4.05.2 Exporting to the eshape Store .................................................................................................................................................................... 75
4.06 IMPORTING OTHER FILE FORMATS ..................................................................................................................................................... 77
4.06.1 Importing Vector Files ................................................................................................................................................................................. 77
4.06.2 Importing Raster Files ................................................................................................................................................................................. 78
4.06.3 Importing Fonts ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 79
4.07 EXPORTING IN OTHER FILE FORMATS ................................................................................................................................................ 79
4.07.1 Exporting in SVG Format ............................................................................................................................................................................ 79
4.07.2 Exporting in JPG, PNG, BMP and TIFF Formats ....................................................................................................................................... 80
4.07.3 Exporting in FCM Format ............................................................................................................................................................................ 81
4.07.4 Exporting in PLT Format ............................................................................................................................................................................. 81
4.07.5 Exporting to SCAL2 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 82
5. SCAL: MANIPULATING AND COLORING SHAPES ........................................................................................................................... 83
5.01 SELECTING ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 83
5.02 DELETING ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 85
5.03 MOVING ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
5.04 RESIZING, SCALING, AUTOFIT ............................................................................................................................................................ 87
5.04.1 Resizing ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 87
5.04.2 Scaling ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 88
5.04.3 Autofit ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 88
5.05 ROTATING ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 89
5.06 SKEWING AND DISTORTING ............................................................................................................................................................... 91
5.06.1 Skewing ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
5.06.2 Distorting ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
5.07 MIRRORING AND FLIPPING ................................................................................................................................................................. 92
5.08 LOCKING AND UNLOCKING................................................................................................................................................................. 92
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