Software Tutorials T S V3 DESIGN Software Tutorials for TechSoft Design V3 TECHSOFT The Educational CAD/CAM Specialists
TECHSOFT Software Tutorials for TechSoft Design V3 C Copyright TechSoft UK Limited 1995 - 2019 TechSoft UK Ltd., Falcon House, Royal Welch Avenue, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, LL18 5TQ U.K. Tel: +44 (0)1745 535007 Fax: +44 (0)1745 535008 Email: sales@techsoft.co.uk Website: www.techsoft.co.uk All rights in this booklet and the program are reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation, without the prior written permission of TechSoft UK Limited is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The program described in this booklet is subject to continuous development and improvement. All information of a technical nature and particulars of the program and its use (including the information and particulars in this booklet) are given by TechSoft UK Limited in good faith. However, TechSoft UK Limited cannot accept any liability. Released: September 2019 Page 2 Software Tutorials
TECHSOFT Software Tutorials for TechSoft Design V3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 About this Booklet 4 4 Software Overview 4 Educational Use SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5 INSTALLATION 5 SPECIAL FEATURES 6 Text and Fonts 6 Bitmaps and Vectorisation 6 Fills and Patterns 7 OUTPUTTING 8 Printers / Lasers / Print and Cut Systems 8 Knife Cutting / Engraving / Milling / Plotting Devices 8 TechSoft Design V3 HELP 9 TUTORIALS 10 Tutorial 1 - Screen Layout, Menu Selection, etc. 10 Tutorial 2 - Setting Up the Software to Suit Your System 11 Tutorial 3 - Basic Drawing, ie., lines, circles, arcs, curves, etc. 12 Tutorial 4 - Object Selection and the Marquee Box. 14 Tutorial 5 - Editing the Drawing 16 Tutorial 6 - Transformations 19 Tutorial 7 - Line Styles and Line Colours 21 Tutorial 8 - Using Fills 23 Tutorial 9 - Creating New Fills 26 Tutorial 10 - Text 30 Tutorial 11 - TechSoft Fonts 35 Tutorial 12 - Loading a Bitmap Image and Clipping It 38 Tutorial 13 - Clipping an Image to Fit a Shape 40 Tutorial 14 - Bitmap to Vector Conversion 42 Tutorial 15 - Contours 47 Tutorial 16 - Double Lines 50 Tutorial 17 - Construction Points 52 Tutorial 18 - Scaling and Drawing to Scale 54 Tutorial 19 - Grouping and Adding 56 Tutorial 20 - Dimensioning and Layers 58 Tutorial 21 - 3D Effects and Exploding 61 Tutorial 22 - Exploding and Making Paths 64 Tutorial 23 - Coordinate Data Entry 67 Tutorial 24 - Closing Boundaries (for Boundary Fill and Contour) 69 Tutorial 25 - Setups and Customising the Software 71 Software Tutorials Page 3