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SAMLight supports four different splitting modes. The following will give an overview about the differences. Not all Splitting Options are available for each Splitting Mode.

Vector Marking - Fixed Size Splitting:

Regardless of the positions of the entities, the split size is always the same. Some entities may be cut (this can be adjusted manually). The red lines represent the cut into different split parts.

Figure 343: Fixed Size Splitting

Vector Marking - Entity Based Splitting:

This Split algorithm avoids cutting polylines and groups single entities. If the total size of two or more entities does not exceed the set entities width (see above), the entities will be centered and marked together. The dashed lines in the View2D represent the center lines of the grouped entities, the external motion controller will stop at this positions for marking. With Extras → Splitting → Show split(s) you can preview the grouped entities. Entity based splitting allows use of more than one character string, but e.g. character rotation is not supported with Entity based splitting. The black lines represent the middle of the split parts.

Figure 344: Entity Based Splitting

Vector Marking - Character Based Splitting:

With this option for a job consisting of exactly one text object that consists of one single line, the splitting algorithm will place the splits between the single characters of that text object to avoid that geometry is cut. If you want to split several text objects (maybe even of different font sizes), use entity based splitting with the value of the widest character as Group width. The red lines represent the cut into different split parts.

Figure 345: Character Based Splitting

Bitmap Marking:

This option allows for marking a bitmap without the need to split the bitmap into parts manually. The motor moves between every line of the bitmap. It is possible to mark a bitmap on the fly. This feature is only available for USC-2, USC-3 and RTC5. The bitmap dimension may exceed the working area in the direction the belt is moving, but not in the other direction. No split lines are shown here since the bitmap will be marked line by line.

Figure 346: Bitmap Marking