Working with objects

"Objects" are the basic elements of your designs.You can add,delete,copy,paste,resize,move or change properties of the objects and your final design is composed of those objects. There are 5 types of objects:

Moving an object with the mouse.

Note:The values of the properties dialog are in the precision of 0.01 millimeters,that mean 100 = 1 millimeters.

Text

Select "text object"on the objects toolbar or from "object menu".hold left mouse botton and move mouse then release mouse button and a text object will be created.A properties bar is floating in the working area like below,make changes to the properties as needed. Here are some possibilities:


Set text font

Set text size

Set text color

Toggle bold

Toggle itatic

Toggle uderline

Align left

Align center

Align right

Insert pre-built naming format,see naming format for details.

Edit text...

Circular Text

Select "circular text object"on the objects toolbar or from "object menu"

Inverse display circlular text .

Toggle circular text displaying mode.

Shape

Select "shape object"on the objects toolbar or from "object menu".hold left mouse botton and move mouse then release mouse button and a shape object will be created.

On property bar you can :

Change type.
Modify text object's X pos , Y pos , width and height.
Change shape object's back color,border color and border width.

Images

Click on on the objects toolbar or select image from "object menu.

:Enable/Disable transparent.

:Transparent color.

:Flip image.

:Mirror image.

:Rotate left 90 degree.

:Rotate right 90 degree.

:Lighten.

:Darken.

:Soften.

:Sharpen.

:Negetive.

:Grayscale.

:Enable/Disable alpha channel.

Background Image

Background image is an image object that under all other objects,background image has the same width and height as the label's and is not moveable.You can edit background image as normal image object except of moving or resizing.

Moving an object with the mouse

1.Select an object.

2.Move mouse over it and drag.

3.Release the mouse button. The object is moved to the new location.

You can also use key up,down.left,right to move the object.