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Miscellaneous Settings
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On this page SkyWriting, defocus and mark flags can be defined for a pen. The property page can be found under Mark → Edit... → Misc.

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Figure 117: Misc Pen Settings

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Figure 118: Example of SkyWriting

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Figure 119: BreakAngle

SkyWriting: SkyWriting is used to avoid marking while acceleration and deceleration of the mirrors from and to marking speed to achieve very exact marked vertices. Therefore the feature adds a acceleration (StartLength) and a deceleration length (EndLength) to vectors. It is required to find new values for the laser and the scanner delays. The SkyWriting parameters can also be used for black and white bitmaps.

StartLength: Adds an acceleration length to the start of vectors.

EndLength: Adds a deceleration length to the end of vectors.

BreakAngle: Only relevant for PolyLines: SkyWriting is only used if angle a between two successive mark vectors is greater than or equal to the BreakAngle value, see figure 119.

Enable: Enables SkyWriting for marking.

The following settings are only available with a RTC card:

Enable RTC5/6: Enables the hardware-based SkyWriting. You can choose between the Modes. For more information, please consult your RTC manual.

Mode: Choose between the three different modi.

TimeLag: Set up a time lag value.

LaserOnShift: Set a laser on shift.

All: The All buttons apply the value to all 255 pens.

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The defocus is saved in the unit bit. This means that the displayed value in mm will change if the Field Size is changed.

Defocus: This activates a focus shift on the Z-Axis. The unit of pen defocus is:

oUSC cards with FlatLense and Optic3D license: [mm]

oUSC-1 cards with FlatLense but without Optic3D license: Defocus not available

oUSC-2/3 cards with FlatLense but without Optic3D license: [216 bit / field size]

oRTC cards with SCANLAB 3D option: [216 bit / field size]

oRTC cards without SCANLAB 3D option: Defocus not available

MarkFlags: Contour or Hatch 1 & 2 can be activated for every pen.

Perforation: Open the perforation dialog.

Apply power changes after jumps: Delays power changes of the laser after the jump.

SCANahead line params (RTC6): If a RTC6 card is set in SAMLight settings following additional group box appears and gets activated if "Use excelliSCAN SCANahead" checkbox is enabled at RTC6 Settings dialog.

CornerScale: Corner sharpness in percent. 100% = sharp corners.

EndScale: Marking accuracy at mark/jump and jump/mark transitions. 100% = straight line ends.

AccScale: Determines the portion of the acceleration time (not: distance traversed) in which the laser is active, in percent. 100% = entire acceleration time. For more information about the 3 RTC6 SCANahead parameters above please consult chapter 3 and Ctrl Command set_scanahead_line_params of RTC6 and excelliSCAN manual.