I have wood frames I’m looking to make some LB templates. And am trying to learn all the tricks so that the personalization could be done by less technical staff.
We scanned our frames and I used the trace tool to just get frame outline + picture cutout. I set as T1 frame.
I then have either text box or small graphic that will be going into each corner.
I’m looking for a way to consistently get a repeatable gap between text + edge of frame.
I thought the dock tool would be able to “dock right + pad” and the top of the text would dock to the top of frame. But dock right the text always leaves the canvas / frame. Then if dock left (Portrait layout, right=top) it will align with the bottom of text to the frame. Anyway to get top of text to dock?
The reason is the text length + size could greatly change and was hoping for easy H center align + dock would quickly get them where we need them.
Only way I’ve discovered thus far to make it work is more granular of getting frame rectangle size. Add + 20 X for my workspace position of 20x… Set text to right center orientation bullet and set it to x ~3 mm less that the total frame width + 20. It works but math and not as simple proof for our staff as I would of liked.
Am I missing something with dock? Thank you.
Example: Text within frame dock right and leaves frame.
Yes @SMlux , I have a workaround. I used T2 to make it work.
While testing I discovered that Docking inside a shape doesn’t work as one might expect. The Text ( or a test rectangle ) leaps out of the shape. From outside the shape, reversing the direction of the Docking, for either the text or test rectangle makes either dock to the outside edge of the shape it was in (before it leapt out.)
If the text is touching or crossing the heart, the docking command won’t move the text at all.
I drew a rectangle on the T2 layer at approximately where I’d expect the text to land. The text will dock on the outside of the T2 Tool Layer Rectangle - whether the tool layer is visible or not.
Switching off the Show feature on the T2 layer hides the tools on T2, but objects still dock, with padding as expected. Switching off Frame should allow LightBurn to not include it in the Framing. It should seamlessly place the text in a repeatable way each and every time.
Yes the separate T2 rectangle did allow dock + pad to work. Kinda strange T1 frame trace behaves differently.
I also tried with just T2 lines and it works too. So I went with T2 outlines of 3mm from T1 frame trace.
Thank you for sharing a working solution!
It seems quite close.