Creating A Shade Or Drop Shadow - Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual

450 Chapter 41:
Adding Shadows

Creating a shade or drop shadow

When creating a shade or drop shadow, specify where the shadow will appear by indicating
either the Depth and Angle, or the Distance offsets in the X and Y directions in the Shadow
dialog box.
Depth and Angle
Depth is the distance between the shape and its shadow, but measured along the angle. The
value of the depth can be larger than the shape height, but is traditionally equal to the thickness
of the letter stroke of the original.
Angle determines the position of the shadow based on the lower left corner of the shape.
Positive angles create a shadow above the selected design, and negative angles create a shadow
below the selected design.
Distance offset
Distance is the space from a point on the original shape to the corresponding point of the shade.
Click Distance, the X and Y offset boxes display.
The X and Y offsets specify the distance and direction of the shadow. X places the shadow on a
horizontal plane (to the right or left of the original shape) according to the value entered. Y
places the shadow on a vertical plane (above or below the original shape) according to the value