Installation manual
284 ConCAD
Vectorized (TTF) Text Element
This element is available for laser templates.
Text The text string to be lased.
Font The font that will be used to lase the text.
Size The size of the font (in em heights). One EM equals the 
point size of the character (for example, a 16 point font 
will have an em value of 16 points).
Ratio Scales the aspect ratio of the font. A number smaller 
than one will shrink the width a number greater than 1 
will expand the width.
Rotation Rotation of the image (range: -180 to 180 degrees) 
around the alignment point
When rotating an element, the laser line or scan 
direction will also change with it.
Space Between 
Characters
The amount of space (in mm) between the font 
characters (1/16 em is the default value).
Use actual character 
width
Select Use actual character width to force a 
proportional font.
Text The text string to be lased.
Font The type face or family that will be used to lase the 
text.
Font Characteristic The angle and weight of the font.
Text Width Width of the text entered in the text field (in mm).
Size The font size (in points).
If text is wider These options are available when text width is greater 
than 0. Options are to Ignore, Crop text to maximum 
width, Throw a conversion error, Shrink to fit and the 
option to expand smaller text is available.










