I need to put a standard company label on various cylindricalassemblies.
I believe I have figured out how to use the decal function usingthe stock decals which come with Photoworks. The help files sstatethese stock files can be modified and saved using (their example)Photoshop Pro. I don't have that program, and all the stock decalsare in .p2d fiile format. I found this is a rather obscure 2D CADprogram and I can find no other program which will even recognizethese files, let alone allow me to edit them. I gave up and createdmy own decals from scratch, then tried saving them in the decalfolder in .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tif, and .gif formats. However, theTask Pane does not recognize any of these file types.
What file format will Photoworks recognize, and is there some otherprogram than Photoshop Pro which can easily edit the stock files?
BTW, I also tried extruding text onto a flat surface and thenbending it into a cylindrical shape using the sheet metalfunctions. I actually got it to work and the labels look good, butbending a simple two lines of text causes my computer to bog downfor as much as 10 minutes; editing the bend feature or text costsanother 10 minutes each; then I couldn't get the bent parts to mateproperly with the existing cylindrical surfaces.SolidworksPhotoworks
I believe I have figured out how to use the decal function usingthe stock decals which come with Photoworks. The help files sstatethese stock files can be modified and saved using (their example)Photoshop Pro. I don't have that program, and all the stock decalsare in .p2d fiile format. I found this is a rather obscure 2D CADprogram and I can find no other program which will even recognizethese files, let alone allow me to edit them. I gave up and createdmy own decals from scratch, then tried saving them in the decalfolder in .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tif, and .gif formats. However, theTask Pane does not recognize any of these file types.
What file format will Photoworks recognize, and is there some otherprogram than Photoshop Pro which can easily edit the stock files?
BTW, I also tried extruding text onto a flat surface and thenbending it into a cylindrical shape using the sheet metalfunctions. I actually got it to work and the labels look good, butbending a simple two lines of text causes my computer to bog downfor as much as 10 minutes; editing the bend feature or text costsanother 10 minutes each; then I couldn't get the bent parts to mateproperly with the existing cylindrical surfaces.SolidworksPhotoworks
