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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Planar Text</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The following graphic illustrates planar text:</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Text Engraving on a Plane</div>
      <p class="para_topic">The figure below illustrates the resulting text:</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Planar Text Engraving Notes</p>
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            <p class="para_item">When multiple cut levels are required, the software generates equal depth cuts. The depth of each level is calculated as follows:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">top level = floor level + blank distance</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">bottom level = floor level + floor stock &ndash; text depth</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">depth for each level = (top level &ndash; bottom level)/ <b class="uiTerm">Depth per Cut</b></p>
                  <p class="para_item">This is divided equally between the levels.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">For example, if the text depth is 0.02:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">and <b class="uiTerm">Depth per Cut</b> = 0.01, then <b class="uiTerm">Planar Text</b> generates 2 levels with a depth of 0.01.
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                  <p class="para_item">and <b class="uiTerm">Depth per Cut</b> = 0.017, then <b class="uiTerm">Planar Text</b> generates 2 levels with equal depth of 0.01.
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            <p class="para_item">The system ignores check and trim boundaries.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create the text &nbsp;in a plane parallel to the floor plane.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To create the tool path, the system projects the text along the tool axis to the floor plane.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The default tool axis is the +ZM axis.</p>
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