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VISION SOFTWARE Reference Manual Revision 2 Vision Engraving & Routing Systems 17621 N. Black Canyon Hwy. Phoenix, AZ 85023 www.visionengr

10 Vision Software User's Guide Fax Numbers Domestic Fax 1-800-266-1676 International Fax 602-439-0500 Mailing Address Vision Engra

100 Vision Software User's Guide Corner Radius: This is the radius amount of the corner of the border. The larger the number is, the ”mor

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 101 Rotation This feature is used to rotate the entire plate.

102 Vision Software User's Guide You can select which way you would like to rotate your plate by clicking on the selection you want. If yo

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 103 Material width: This is the width of the piece of material that you would be putting on your machine. Mate

104 Vision Software User's Guide Top margin: This is the margin from the top edge of the material to the top edge of the multiple plates.

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 105 Plates go down first: This will change the order of the way the multiple plates are calculated. If this is s

106 Vision Software User's Guide Times to repeat layout: This will engrave the job the entered amount of times. Stop before each layou

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 107 This works with multiple plates or batching of single plates. First serial number: This is the number you

108 Vision Software User's Guide Serial number: This defines how the text will look. You can use the space bar to ”toggle“ through the se

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 109 1) Overwrite it: This will get rid of the existing text and replace it with the serial number. 2) Append to

Chapter 1 - Before You Begin 11 3. VISION has a demonstration trial package provided to determine its suitability for your particular applica

110 Vision Software User's Guide The first two lines of text that will not be columnized are now setup. From the text screen, press the

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 111 Click on Show existing line graphics. You will then notice that the 2 lines that are not columnized will a

112 Vision Software User's Guide Number of Columns: This is how many columns you would like on the plate. Lines per Column: This is how ma

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 113 If you like the way the preview looks, you can click OK to accept the column layout. If you would like to

114 Vision Software User's Guide Width: This is how wide each column is. It is automatically calculated, but you can change it if you woul

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 115 Line Height: This is the height of the characters in the columns. This number is calculated automatically, b

116 Vision Software User's Guide Pass Depths This feature will allow you to enter the depth you wish to engrave either in one pass or mul

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 117 To surface: This value is ignored when using the Vision Serial Controller or the VE-810 Engraver. The surface

118 Vision Software User's Guide Extras Menu Suggestions This feature will recommend a cutter size that you should use for each line on y

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 119 Note: These are only suggestions. You will need to round to the closest cutter size that you have. Vision wi

12 Vision Software User's Guide which this limitation is contravened by law, liability is limited to the amount that the affected party has

120 Vision Software User's Guide section in the manual on the Vision Main Screen for more information on changing the material type speeds.

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 121 Block Display This feature will show you a block view of your layout. Since the Block Display uses boxes

122 Vision Software User's Guide Graphic Display This feature will show you an actual graphical view of your layout. This is a good way

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 123 Re-order This feature will allow you to change the engraving order of your lines in your layout. It is ofte

124 Vision Software User's Guide LineHeight Descending: This will change the order of engraving to work from the largest letter size to th

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 125 X Position: The distance from the left home point that you want the cutter to move. Y Position: The distance

126 Vision Software User's Guide Window Menu Cascade This feature will layer all of the open jobs on the screen so that the title areas o

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 127 Calculator This feature will open the Windows Calculator program. It is handy if you need to figure out t

128 Vision Software User's Guide Calendar This feature will open up a calendar program.

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 129 International Characters This feature will show you a list of the international characters and the ASCII n

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 13 Chapter 2 - Installing Vision The Software Protection Key Upon purchasing VISION you will receive either a uni

130 Vision Software User's Guide To use an international character, click on the desired character and make a note of the number shown a

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 131 System Menu Devices This feature will allow you to change information about the machine driver that you are

132 Vision Software User's Guide To change any of the parameters relative to the driver you are using, you must first click on the driver

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 133 X, Y and Z Size: This is the size of your engraving table. This number is entered in metric which is the c

134 Vision Software User's Guide Chg Devices Temp This feature is used to change the current device that you are using temporarily. It i

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 135 To change the devices temporarily, click on the first device under Select Device. Then click on the driver yo

136 Vision Software User's Guide You can change any of these numbers to make it ”Default“ to the new values when you create a new job in

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 137 Select the device you would like to change and click Okay.

138 Vision Software User's Guide Select the type of device you want. There are two choices of devices available: Single Driver and Driver

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 139 Select the device you want. Note: If the driver is not shown than the driver file is not in the Vision di

14 Vision Software User's Guide When VISION detects a valid key it switches into registered mode, identifying itself by placing a serial nu

140 Vision Software User's Guide Change Screen Font This feature allows you to customize the way that the Vision screen and menus look.

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 141 You can choose the Windows font that you like. Note: Choosing too large of a font size may cause the menus t

142 Vision Software User's Guide Goto Vision Web Site This feature will start up your default web browser and enter in Vision Engraving S

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 143 About Vision This feature will display the version number and build number of the Vision program.

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Chapter 5 - Other Features 145 Chapter 5 - Other Features Moving Lines Graphically Let’s load the simple job that you created in Chapter 3. To

146 Vision Software User's Guide You should now have the job on your screen. Press the F8 key to get a graphical view of the job. Click o

Chapter 5 - Other Features 147 This has many of the line parameters for that line that you can change. As you change these, they will be s

148 Vision Software User's Guide The first icon is the exit icon. Clicking on this icon will exit out of the graphic display window and

Chapter 5 - Other Features 149 The next icon is the zoom out icon. Clicking this icon will zoom out to the normal view. The next icon is t

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 15 If another program is using a different software protection key, they can be plugged together. If one program

150 Vision Software User's Guide The next icon is the grid size icon. Clicking this icon will allow you to adjust the space between each

Chapter 5 - Other Features 151 Re-Engrave Re-Engrave is a very important feature. There are two types of re-engrave: plate Re-Engrave and line

152 Vision Software User's Guide Click the OK button and then only the selected line will be sent to the engraver. You can re-engrave m

Chapter 5 - Other Features 153 has been lost, you have simply added another job on top of your existing job. Now that we have Simple Job in fr

154 Vision Software User's Guide Click on the OK button and a picture of your layout will appear on the screen. You will notice that th

Chapter 5 - Other Features 155 You can drag this yellow line to the right or left to try to move it in between as many characters as you can.

156 Vision Software User's Guide This will show you how far to move your plate for each section that Vision needed to break the larger job

Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 157 Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs Sample Job 1 In this sample job, we will create a nametag with 3 lines of

158 Vision Software User's Guide Note that you do not need to change the Text occupies section. This will be calculated by the Vision p

Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 159 Click on the Okay button. Our layout is now created. For line 1 type ”John Smith“and press Enter. Fo

16 Vision Software User's Guide Type the location of the CD drive followed by “:\setup.exe” in the command line. Click on OK. The

160 Vision Software User's Guide Type in a capital letter A in the text area for line 4. Press the F8 key to get a graphical view of th

Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 161 Next, press the Page Down button on your keyboard twice. You will notice that the cursor moved from th

162 Vision Software User's Guide Press the F8 key to look at the layout we have created. Press the <enter> key on your keyboard t

Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 163 The job is now saved. Next we will set up a job involving multiple plates and merge a text file into t

164 Vision Software User's Guide Go to the Options Menu and click on Multiples and enter the information that is shown in the picture below

Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 165 Now press the F8 key. The matrix will now have four different names and titles. Sample Job 2 In this s

166 Vision Software User's Guide Go to the Plate Menu and click on Autoplate. Type in the information as shown in the picture below. T

Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 167 Click on the Okay button. Make sure that the line that is highlighted is the first line. If it isn’t,

168 Vision Software User's Guide Click on Okay. We have just arced the first line of our plate. Press the F8 key to look at the layout so

Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 169 The job is now saved.

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 17 Select Vision Engraving Software and click Next. Note: You can install a demo version of Vision Pro or Visio

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Appendix A: Hot Keys 171 Appendix A: Hot Keys The following is a list of all of the keyboard functions and hot keys for the Vision Program: Wh

172 Vision Software User's Guide [PAGE UP] Moves to the previous line’s information. [PAGE DOWN] Move to next line’s information. [SHIFT]

Appendix A: Hot Keys 173 Within the text entry area, the following commands are available. [ARROW LEFT] Moves to the next character left. [AR

174 Vision Software User's Guide [<] This will subtract one quarter of a space between the characters in the text area of the main scre

Appendix B: Troubleshooting 175 Appendix B: Troubleshooting Problem 1: When you try to engrave the job and it shows you an error like the follo

176 Vision Software User's Guide 3) Is there a dongle chip installed in the Vision Serial Controller? To check this, take the cover of the

Appendix B: Troubleshooting 177 Solution: The engraver is probably connected to the wrong serial port. Close all jobs, go to the System Menu

178 Vision Software User's Guide engraver at the back of your computer. Turn the system back on and see if the mouse works. If it does, g

Appendix B: Troubleshooting 179 Change the Serial port number to a different port. Generally the engraver will be hooked up to either port

18 Vision Software User's Guide The welcome screen will now appear. Click on Next.

180 Vision Software User's Guide Click on OK twice and then re start Vision. Problem 6: You start the Vision program and it gives you a

Appendix B: Troubleshooting 181 This problem normally occurs if you install Vision into a directory other than the default directory (c:\vis

182 Vision Software User's Guide You will need to change the default font directory to match the directory where your Vision fonts are i

Appendix C: Error Messages 183 Appendix C: Error Messages The following is a list of the known Vision error messages. # Error Message Probab

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Index 185 Index A About the Manual... 7 About Vision ... 143 Autoplate... 93 B

186 Vision Software User's Guide International Characters... 129 Intro Screen ... 32 L License Agreement...

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Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 19 The Vision Software License Agreement will now be shown. In order to continue the Vision Installation, you mu

COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK NOTICE  Copyright 2001, Western Engravers Supply, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The VISION package may not be reproduced in

20 Vision Software User's Guide Select Complete Installation and click Next Select the language you would like to install Vision in an

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 21 Select the Vision Serial Controller type you have. You can tell by looking at the front panel of the contr

22 Vision Software User's Guide Select the system type that you have. Standard Vision Machine is a stand alone flat material engraver.

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 23 Select the type of system you have and click Next.

24 Vision Software User's Guide Select a Program Group Name or leave it as it is and select Finish. The software installation is now com

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 25 1. Put your floppy disk into your computer’s disk drive. This is usually drive A. 2. Using the mouse, RIGHT

26 Vision Software User's Guide 5. Press the Page Up button on your keyboard 3 or 4 times until you see the words 3 1/2 Floppy (A:). LE

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 27 6. Single LEFT mouse click on the file name in the right side of your screen that you would like to copy to

28 Vision Software User's Guide 8. Scroll down the folder list until you see the Viswin Folder. Double click on the Viswin folder. Your

Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 29 10. Go to the Edit Menu and then to Paste. Your Vision Logo, Font or Job is now copied to your hard dri

Table of Contents iii Table of Contents WELCOME TO VISION!...5 CHAPTER 1

30 Vision Software User's Guide Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics Terminology To begin, you should learn some of the common terms used

Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 31 Select Point and click on an object so the object becomes active - the object will generally be highl

32 Vision Software User's Guide Intro Screen This is the first screen you will see. It contains four areas, which are described as follow

Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 33 Be sure to note the VISION version number at the left side of the line. When calling for software sup

34 Vision Software User's Guide This is a common feature in Windows programs. Clicking the different icons will give you different results

Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 35 D. Blank work area This is the area that will contain the details of your job when you open, load or c

36 Vision Software User's Guide Type in 3 for the Plate Width, 1.25 for the Plate Height and 2 for the Number of lines. The screen shou

Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 37 Click on the Height for the second line and change it to .2. Your screen should look like this:

38 Vision Software User's Guide Click on the Okay button. You will now be taken to the Main screen where you can enter the text for the

Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 39 Type the name John Smith and then press the [Enter] key on your keyboard. The cursor will move to

iv Title WINDOW MENU ...126 SYSTEM MENU...

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Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 41

42 Vision Software User's Guide Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus Main Screen Material Type: This feature will allow you to set the maximum en

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 43 on Programs, Vision Engraving Software and Edit Material Types. You can change the Number of material entries

44 Vision Software User's Guide Line Height: This is the letter height of the current line. You can change this by clicking on it with th

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 45 to right between the left and right margins. Left - This will move the text to the left margin. Right - This wi

46 Vision Software User's Guide File Menu New Job This feature creates an empty job in the main VISION screen using the defaults defined

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 47 Load Job This feature allows you to open a previously saved job. Selecting this feature brings up the Load L

48 Vision Software User's Guide You may either, type the filename and click OK, or you can select the name of the job with the mouse poin

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 49 Note: Vision defaults the Job Load and Job Save directories to your hard drive C and in a directory called \Vis

Welcome to Vision! 5 Welcome to Vision! Congratulations on the purchase of VISION. VISION represents the latest technology in engraving and ha

50 Vision Software User's Guide You will need to type the filename and click OK. If you would like, you can enter in any job comments t

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 51 Note: Vision defaults the Job Load and Job Save directories to your hard drive C and in a directory called \Vis

52 Vision Software User's Guide on Edit Vision defaults. This will bring up the Cipher.sys file into the Windows Notepad. Go to the secti

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 53 When importing Dahlgren Superpro jobs, you must configure Vision to tell it which fonts are setup in the Superp

54 Vision Software User's Guide If you are importing jobs from Superpro versions 3.12 or 3.50, you must edit lines 11 and higher. You must

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 55 The Print range box allows you to either print the entire layout to your printer or just certain plates to you

56 Vision Software User's Guide Graphical Print This feature will print an actual copy of the layout to your printer. It will bring up t

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 57 Page control allows you to center your job on the paper if you have them selected. Fit to Page will expand or

58 Vision Software User's Guide Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F9. By pressing the F9 key, Vision will automatically bring up th

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 59 Ignore clips: If this is selected, the engraver will try to engrave a job even if it is off of the plate. If i

6 Vision Software User's Guide you think would improve VISION, please send us a note by mail, fax, phone or email. For Your Records To e

60 Vision Software User's Guide Close Job This feature will close the job that you are currently working on. If you have not saved the

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 61 This will let you know that the job will be lost unless it is saved. Note: You can also close a job by clic

62 Vision Software User's Guide If you select Clear all lines from layout, Vision will erase the whole job and let you start a new one.

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 63 Plate 1 to 1: This allows you to select the range of plates that the text will be removed from. Exit

64 Vision Software User's Guide This feature will exit you out of the Vision program. If you have not saved the job, Vision will display a

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 65 Copy This feature will Copy or store the information from the current line of text and allow you to Paste the

66 Vision Software User's Guide clicking on the Select All Icon. The Clear Icon will erase all of the selections chosen. The Values colum

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 67 and to by entering the line numbers in the Start Paste At Line and Finish Paste On Line section. 3) All Lines:

68 Vision Software User's Guide There are eight types of logos that can be loaded into Vision. The type of logo you want to load can be

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 69 3) Casmate SCA file: This file type is created in some of Scanvec’s programs, such as Casmate or Enroute. This

Chapter 1 - Before You Begin 7 Chapter 1 - Before You Begin About the Manual This manual will enable you to install, set up and use the VISION

70 Vision Software User's Guide works. Unfortunately the technique differs from reflected light (paper or your engraving) and transmitted

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 71 8)) G-Code ascii: This file type is used for importing G-Code files. There are many types and variations of G-

72 Vision Software User's Guide Font Load This feature will allow you to select the font that you would like to use on your layout. Note

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 73 There are two types of fonts that can be loaded into Vision. The type of font you want to load can be changed b

74 Vision Software User's Guide Translate to Braille

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 75 This feature will change the current line of text into Grade II Braille. It will translate the text, change th

76 Vision Software User's Guide Insert Subline This feature will allow you to change line information in the middle of a line. It can be

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 77 Delete Subline This feature will allow you to delete a subline from your text. Move the cursor to the sublin

78 Vision Software User's Guide To Lower This feature will change all of the text on the current line to lower case. First Word This fe

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 79 Pause Point This feature allows you to program a cutter pause anywhere in your job. Move the cursor to the p

8 Vision Software User's Guide Chapter 6 This chapter walks you through creating sample jobs step by step. Appendix A This section list

80 Vision Software User's Guide Merge Text This feature is used to import a standard text file into Vision. The text file can be crea

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 81 You can import the text to a single line or multiple lines easily. If you are importing to a single line,

82 Vision Software User's Guide When you are done importing the first line, you simply go back into merge text and import the text for the

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 83 Delete Line This feature will delete the current line. Move the cursor to anywhere in the line that you woul

84 Vision Software User's Guide When determining the parameters for arcing, it is helpful to think of a circle with the text going aroun

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 85 End angle: This number will determine the degree amount that the arc will end. Zero degrees is at 12 o'cl

86 Vision Software User's Guide This feature will change a normal line into an arced line by defining the margins on your plate. The on

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 87 Rotation This feature will allow you to rotate your line.

88 Vision Software User's Guide You can select which way you would like to rotate your line by clicking on the selection you want. If you

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 89 Number of cuts: This allows you to make a wider cut for the underline without changing cutters. If you ente

Chapter 1 - Before You Begin 9 Taking Inventory The first checklist below describes the software package contents for new users. The second ch

90 Vision Software User's Guide with the arrows to the text section that you would like underlined and then go to the underline feature. Ed

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 91 X Center: This number is how far from the left side of the plate that the center of your line will be. Y Cente

92 Vision Software User's Guide Baseline: This is the distance from the top of the plate to the bottom of the letter. Line Ht: This is

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 93 Plate Menu Autoplate This feature is used to create a layout in which Vision calculates the spacing of the la

94 Vision Software User's Guide If you enter in the numbers that Autoplate asks for, Vision will create the layout. Plate Width: The width

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 95 Bottom Margin: This is the bottom margin of your plate. Autoplate will not let text inside of this margin. Le

96 Vision Software User's Guide Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F5. If you have a line that is arced, Autoplate will clear the arc

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 97 Condense Mode This feature allows you to change the Condensation mode of the plate. Condensation is how t

98 Vision Software User's Guide All lines equally: This looks at the entire job and applies the condensation of the longest line to all ot

Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 99 Number of Borders: This is the total number of borders on the plate. Vision allows you to have up to eight