Editing Shapes And Text - Roland Stika Plus STX-8 User Manual

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Editing Shapes and Text

Dr. STIKA PLUS lets you take shapes that have been drawn and edit them in a wide variety of ways. Shapes and text created with Dr.
STIKA PLUS are collectively known as "objects."
Shapes Unsuitable for Cutting
The shapes shown below are not suitable for cutting. When editing objects, you should avoid creating shapes like these.
Open shapes
A shape is called an "open shape" when its start point and end point do not coincide. An open shape is not suitable for cutting, because
the sheet cannot be peeled off after the shape has been cut.
Partially overlapping shapes
Data like that in the figure below, where two shapes partially
overlap, is not suitable for cutting. Objects should be arranged so
that shapes do not overlap.
Editing objects
Enlarging, shrinking, and corners
Clicking on an object makes some marks appear around it. These
The object's size can be changed
freely by dragging. To make an
object larger (or smaller) while re-
taining the same vertical and hori-
zontal proportions, hold down the
[Shift] key while dragging.
Rounded-corner rectangles and start-shaped object are displayed with the mark shown below in addition to the marks just described.
Drag to enlarge (or reduce) the
radius of the rounded corners.
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Shapes that overlap are suitable for use as cutting data when one
shape is completely enclosed within another.
and marks can be dragged to change the object's size.
Drag to make the object larger
(or smaller) in the vertical
direction.
Drag to make the object larger
(or smaller) in the horizontal
direction.
Drag to make the angles more
acute (or more obtuse).