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SRBaba
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Custom Symbol

Postby SRBaba » Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:40 am

Hi!
I'm Seb, I'm a new LxBeam user, and I have some questions.
Is anyone knows if we can use a software (like illustrator) to draw custom symbols ?
What king of file can we import in the "edit symbol" window ?

Thanx, have a nice day !

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Re: Custom Symbol

Postby admin » Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:52 pm

The following are links to PDF slides from teaching a comprehensive LXSeries workshop. There are a couple of methods of creating a custom symbol. The first is to just use LXBeams to draw your symbol using its regular drawing tools and convert that group of graphics into a symbol. The second is to create a detailed custom path using the path editor. Most of the standard built-in USITT type symbols are this type.

These slides walk you through step-by-step how to create a custom symbol using either of the above described styles. You can import a graphic and use that to trace over to make a custom path type symbol (which is the way used in the 1c slides).


16a-Custom Symbol part 1a (graphic).pdf
https://github.com/claudeheintz/LXWorkshop/blob/master/LX%20Workshop%20PDFs/16a-Custom%20Symbol%20part%201a%20(graphic).pdf

16b-Custom Symbol part 1b (path).pdf
https://github.com/claudeheintz/LXWorkshop/blob/master/LX%20Workshop%20PDFs/16b-Custom%20Symbol%20part%201b%20(path).pdf

16c-Custom Symbol part 1c (edit sheet).pdf
https://github.com/claudeheintz/LXWorkshop/blob/master/LX%20Workshop%20PDFs/16b-Custom%20Symbol%20part%201b%20(path).pdf

17a-Custom Symbol part 2a (graphic).pdf
https://github.com/claudeheintz/LXWorkshop/blob/master/LX%20Workshop%20PDFs/17a-Custom%20Symbol%20part%202a%20(graphic).pdf

17b-Custom Symbol part 2b (path).pdf
https://github.com/claudeheintz/LXWorkshop/blob/master/LX%20Workshop%20PDFs/17b-Custom%20Symbol%20part%202b%20(path).pdf

SRBaba
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Re: Custom Symbol

Postby SRBaba » Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:06 am

Thank you!
Best regards.