Text

Select the Text command in the Draw menu or left-click the Text command button in the toolbar to bring up the Static Text dialog box, as shown in Figure 4-36:

Figure 4-36 Static Text dialog box

Ø  Input the text to be displayed in TEXT in the dialog box above.

Ø  The size of the font to be displayed can be changed in the drop-down menu of Font Size. SKTOOL configuration software provides the font size of 7-56 pound.

Ø  Engineering designers can change the types of fonts to be displayed in the drop-down menu of Font. SKTOOL configuration software provides almost all font styles.

Ø  Language: For different languages, you can enter different text contents in the text box, different font and font size are also available..

Ø  In the dialog box, click the left button before the Bold and Italic box to change the fond.

Ø  The configuration software provides kerning and line spacing that vary from 0-15 through the fine-tuning button next to the kerning and line spacing

Ø  SKTOOL configuration software also provides up to 16 kinds of underline form, and can change the display position of text contents in the text box; you can also change the fill pattern and transparency.

Text renderings

Ø  When the font property is modified, click OK to close the dialog box. Move the mouse to where you want to place the text in the editing window; left click the left mouse button, and the system will draw a rectangle automatically.

Ø  To modify or re-input the text contents, double-click the text unit with the left mouse button, then re-enter the contents through the keyboard. You can use the Enter to change line feed when using the keyboard.

Ø  To change the size of the text background box, select the text unit, and then move the mouse to its edge; when the mouse becomesor or, click and hold down the left mouse button to pull the text box to the appropriate location; after that release the left mouse button to complete the operation.

Change the width of the text unit background

 Change the height of the text unit background

Change the width and height of the text unit

Ø   Dynamic Color

The colors of border, background and text can be changed by modifying the values of the corresponding registers. You need to check the corresponding option to enable the dynamic color function.

l  Data Type: Set the data type of the register.

l  Control Address: Set the address of the register that controls color changes.

l  Color Configuration: Multiple values and their corresponding colors can be configured. When the value of the register corresponding to the control address matches one of the configured values, the corresponding color will be displayed. (If the register value does not match any of the configured values, the color set in the configuration will be displayed.)