Hi All,
I have just downloaded the 'Front Panel Designer' software with a view
to designing some of my own Dotcom panels. To be truthful, I'm
struggling with it.
I wondered if anyone had a Dotcom panel layout in the 'FPD' format
that I could edit, to try and learn the ropes, so to speak.
I don't want to copy anyone's design, I'd like to come up with
something new. I've found someone in England....
http://monopole.ph.qmul.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/cnc.htm
...who can engrave panels at a very reasonable price....if I can
provide the FPD file.
Any help would be appreciated.
Take care,
Clive.
--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, "~Morbius~" <morbius@b...> wrote:
>
> So, you're looking at buying a laser engraver? If so... you really
should get some decent engraving/signmaking software. Corel is much
more for printing/publishing, and can't do many of the things that
you're gonna need to do, and is not well suited for this. Decent
sign-making software would allow you to match fonts easily. You can
even scan an original, then overlay your next text sized to fit... and
locate the matching font, kerning, word spacing, line spacing, stroke,
% of slant (some incorrectly think of this as 'itallics')...
everything about it.
>
> Engravers don't deal with photos or even colors, but rather
vector-graphics.... just lines. These files are very small in size...
and the engraver is only following the outlines and fills. This is
much better than scanning the original art, then vectorizing it, then
trying to clean it up. Doing lines, circles, shapes, dials, etc. are
all things vector graphics are perfectly suited for.
>
> ~Morb~
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mate_stubb
> To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:56 PM
> Subject: [dotcomformat] Re: Wild idea
>
>
> FWIW, from my standpoint there aren't many MOTM purists, in the sense
> that they only want modules produced by SynthTech. After all, the slow
> trickle of new SynthTech modules was what fueled demand for stooge
> panels in the first place. If MOTM had sprung full blown into the
> world like dotcom did, I doubt I would ever have gotten started.
>
> In fact, the hottest recent trend for stooge panels has been your
> designs, Ken. Since Oakley has bowed out, and we've covered most of
> the exotic Blacet stuff already, people are branching out and
> discovering other stuff. It's like a plague of locusts, fanning out
> and sucking up all the module designs in the world!
>
> However, MOTM folk DO like their panels to match. That's one thing
> that worries me about this whole scheme. I guess the "perfect world"
> thing would be to offer the new custom fast turn around stuff
> alongside the perfect match silkscreened stuff. It's just like
> wrestling cats to line up metal vendor, metal painter, silkscreen
> maker, customers, etc.
>
> Moe
>
> --- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, sasami@h... wrote:
>
> > I think the reality of the situation is that there are a lot of
> people who
> > are not too fussed if their panels exactly match MOTM or whatever,
> going on
> > the number of times I've seen red, blue and green panels alongside
> MOTM. The
> > true MOTM purists wouldn't want custom modules anyway.
>
>
>
>
>
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