The BobART Manager

Introduction

This topic will explain the BobART Manager, will show where to find it initially, and provide a link for the topic that shows how to relocate the BobART Manager. This topic will also give a brief explanation of BobART itself.

The BobART Manager

The BobART Manager is located, by default, on the left side of the application, docked with the Data Entry Manager, the CAD Tree Manager, and the CAM Tree Manager. The location of the BobART Manager, however, can be adjusted to preference, as explained in the  Introduction to Docking Panes topic. The BobART Manager is what gives you access to all BobART functionality, which is explained in the following section.

BobART

The BobART module provides enhanced tools for creating, modifying, and maintaining embossed models and vectorized geometry. The BobART Tree is used to load images, vector image files, and various BobART files (.bart, .bbas, and component/.stl) that are used to create embossed models.

The Quick access menu

The quick access menu puts the most commonly used features from the context menu at your fingertips. This menu contains: 

 

  • Load Image - displays the Open dialog box. Select a file type, then select and open an image file. The image is displayed in the graphics area and the feature tree is added under Images (to be vectorized).

 

Tip: If an image that you want to load is not listed in the Open dialog box even though the proper location is selected, click the arrow next to Files of type, and select All files(or the appropriate file type) at the bottom of the list. You can use the Files of Type list to view all the file types that you can load. For a list of these file types, view the Supported File Types.

 

  • Blank/Unblank All Images - hides or shows all images in the graphics area simultaneously.

  • Blank/Unblank Emboss - hides or shows the embossed model in the graphics area. You can also press E after clicking anywhere in the workspace (so that it has key focus).

  • Regenerate - recalculates all of the emboss features in the BobART tree.

  • Delete - removes the highlighted item from the BobArt Tree.

The BobART Tree

The following tree items are always visible in the BobART Tree. You right-click these tree items to display a shortcut menu as explained in the BobART Overview.

 

BobART Manager

Images

Emboss Model

Related Topics

The BobART Overview