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Re: getting text co-planar with a sloping front panel

K
Ken
Wed, Jul 20, 2022 12:20 AM

Thanks to all who provided suggestions on this topic, it is now solved
thanks mostly to a suggestion from Ray West. He suggested rotating the
whole box to put the front face flat on an axis, then the text &
decorations could also be flat on the axis.

While working out what was needed to rotate the box, I found a couple of
errors in the maths I had done to produce the 2d outline of the box.
Once I had corrected them, it was then easy to get the text and
decorations to line up with the sloping front whilst it was still as I
had originally drawn it. I have now printed it off and the result is
exactly what I have been aiming for for the last 2 months.

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Cheers, Ken
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'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses
"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'

Thanks to all who provided suggestions on this topic, it is now solved thanks mostly to a suggestion from Ray West. He suggested rotating the whole box to put the front face flat on an axis, then the text & decorations could also be flat on the axis. While working out what was needed to rotate the box, I found a couple of errors in the maths I had done to produce the 2d outline of the box. Once I had corrected them, it was then easy to get the text and decorations to line up with the sloping front whilst it was still as I had originally drawn it. I have now printed it off and the result is exactly what I have been aiming for for the last 2 months. -- Cheers, Ken bats059@gmail.com https://vk7krj.com/index.html https://vk7krj.com/running.html https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html 'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses "telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single moment.'