Font in Cut List Too Big

[gdon_2003]

I am designing an 18" x 16.5" segmented ring (x2) for a cat condo cat perch. I updated to the latest version of Woodturner Pro and in the previous version and the newest version I downloaded and installed when I bring up the cut list the font is way too big. I cannot figure out how to make the cut list font smaller. How do I get the cut list to print with smaller font so I can see each field in the cut list. Here is a screen shot of the problem. In the print preview it looks exactly like this.

 

[mfisher]

Good morning.
- It would be helpful if you would attach your .wtp file.
- In WTP what is your Print Setup. Check your settings.
File / Print Setup
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- one option is to export the file and use EXCEL to print out the summary sheet

- Your screen resolution should be 100% and 1920x1080

 

[Lloyd Johnson]

Mike is correct in that your Scale in Display Properties may not be set to 100%. Another possibility, though, is that you may have changed your Accessibility settings to increase the font size to address poor eyesight.

If you have adjusted the accessibility settings, it will make the software almost impossible to use. When programming in C++ or C# using Microsoft’s Visual Studio software, you have to create fields and then specify the font and the font size for those fields. If you instruct the operating system to change the font size either through video scaling or accessibility changes, you’ve overridden the software’s font settings.

Now if you have changed the accessibility settings and need to keep those changes, there is something else you can do. In Woodturner PRO, when you are viewing the Summary View, click File > Export to csv. Save that file to your disk and then open it in Excel and you will be viewing the Summary in Excel giving you complete control over formatting, deleting columns, performing calculations, etc.

Anytime I make a design using Woodturner PRO, I always export it to Excel where I can delete any column I don’t need and get the contents to the bare minimum. I then select the whole document, increase the font and have Excel force the contents to a single page which I can pin to my bulletin board and see from a distance.

Here is a link to a tutorial that shows how I do this. It is in the first of the five tutorials on this thread. The transfer is from Segment PRO but it works identical to using it from Woodturner PRO.

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Lloyd

 

[gdon_2003]

I downloaded the print list and opened in LibreOffice Spreadsheet and it worked ok. However there seems to be an issue with the cut list dimensions. I am making a round tray basically that is part of a cat condo plan from Woodsmith. The tray will be two rows of .75" material. In the setup I told WTP to make the outside diameter 18" and inside diameter of 16.25". That would make the wall thickness 1.75" thick. I dont need that thick but that will give me some leeway to turn it to the size I need. The outside has to be 18" to fit in the plan.

Here is the file and the screenshot which tells me the board width should be 1 5/32". That should be wider to get the 1.75" thickness requested in the plan.

 

[gdon_2003]

Before I realized the board thickness error I cut a test ring. The outside diameter might be ok once turned but the inner diameter is way short. I did not double check my segment length but the width will not make it. ?????

 

[Mike Selser]

It seems to be a common mistake assuming that the wall thickness is equal to the OD minus the ID. The wall thickness is 1/2 that value since there is a wall on each side!

 

[Lloyd Johnson]

You are correct. The OD - ID = wall thickness mistake is the most common of all mistakes in segmenting.

The only one that could be more common is not understanding how the board length necessary to cut 12 segments with an SEL of 1” must be more than 12”.

 

[gdon_2003]

So how do I set to get a 1.5" wall thickness? The final outside diameter has to be 18" so what parameter do I use to set up for 18" OD and 16.5" ID?

Here is a picture of the project.

 

[Art Hudson]

Tongue in cheek here as I have not done this but I think the circle needs to be measured from outside flat center of the segment not from the peak points. These points will be turned away to make a circle that would read 18". To get 1.5" thick wall (one on each side) the inner diameter would need to be 15". I am guessing the segment would then need to be 2" wide to be able to turn outside down to 18 and inside up to 16.5.
Looking at the picture, I'm guessing the wall looks 1/2 to maybe 3/4 wide and 1.5" tall.
Sorry if I am totally wrong, just a sandbagger reading the posts trying to get an idea about what is happening in the segment world. Most of the conversations here are way above the function of this old brain.

 

[mfisher]

So how do I set to get a 1.5" wall thickness? The final outside diameter has to be 18" so what parameter do I use to set up for 18" OD and 16.5" ID?

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An OD of 18 and an ID of 16.5 will not give you a wall thickness of 1.5". To get a wall thickness of 1.5" with a OD of 18" you would need an ID of 15". In WTP. One thing you could use to help visualize is to turn on the View Glue line and adjust the ID.

 

[mfisher]

I am designing an 18" x 16.5" segmented ring (x2) for a cat condo cat perch. I updated to the latest version of Woodturner Pro and in the previous version and the newest version I downloaded and installed when I bring up the cut list the font is way too big. I cannot figure out how to make the cut list font smaller. How do I get the cut list to print with smaller font so I can see each field in the cut list. Here is a screen shot of the problem. In the print preview it looks exactly like this.

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Did you get this resolved?
Thanks for linking the catcondo file. When I opened it up and looked at the summary print preview it showed just fine on my laptop.
I suspect it has to do with your windows settings.

 

[gdon_2003]

I got my pieces cut. I got no answer on how to do it in Woodturner Pro so I used segcalc.

I cut some plywood 19" square and marked the center and attached two Nova face plates. I have a 100MM and 130MM. You use the 100MM and 130MM dovetail jaws to hold the Nova face plate rings. Trimmed off the ears of the plywood and have a turning meeting tomorrow and will either get them trimmed up or go over to one of the members shop that has a 22" capacity lathe. I only have a Jet 1642 so I cannot cut them out. After getting them rounded Will part them off the plywood. These will be part of a Cat Condo project for cats to lay in. See above for a picture.

How do you set wall thickness in Woodturner Pro. You set outer diameter and inner diameter but that does not set the desired wall thickness. In my case I need 18" outer diameter and 16.5" inner diameter making the wall thickness 1.5" See above screen shots for details.

My last project was a burial urn and asked how to change the wall thickness of the top ring on a segmented urn. The reply was you cannot set one ring with a different wall thickness. I had a bronze threaded ring on the top ring of bottom of urn and on the bottom ring of the top. I used SegCalc to do that one ring. Guess having two segmented project planners is required at times.

 

[mfisher]

I got my pieces cut. I got no answer on how to do it in Woodturner Pro so I used segcalc.

What did segcalc tell you the ring dimension would be for a 18" OD with a 1.5" wall thickness.
I am curious of what the ID came out to be.

I cut some plywood 19" square and marked the center and attached two Nova face plates. I have a 100MM and 130MM. You use the 100MM and 130MM dovetail jaws to hold the Nova face plate rings. Trimmed off the ears of the plywood and have a turning meeting tomorrow and will either get them trimmed up or go over to one of the members shop that has a 22" capacity lathe. I only have a Jet 1642 so I cannot cut them out. After getting them rounded Will part them off the plywood. These will be part of a Cat Condo project for cats to lay in. See above for a picture.

How do you set wall thickness in Woodturner Pro.

You can set the wall thickness by changing either the OD or ID measurement. In your case set the OD and adjust the ID.

You set outer diameter and inner diameter but that does not set the desired wall thickness. In my case I need 18" outer diameter and 16.5" inner diameter making the wall thickness 1.5" See above screen shots for details.

For me it seems a ring with an OD of 18: and a ID of 16.5 will produce a wall thickness of 0.75"

My last project was a burial urn and asked how to change the wall thickness of the top ring on a segmented urn. The reply was you cannot set one ring with a different wall thickness. I had a bronze threaded ring on the top ring of bottom of urn and on the bottom ring of the top. I used SegCalc to do that one ring. Guess having two segmented project planners is required at times.

Not true. You can have different wall thickness for different rings.

 

[Mike Selser]

How do you set wall thickness in Woodturner Pro. You set outer diameter and inner diameter but that does not set the desired wall thickness. In my case I need 18" outer diameter and 16.5" inner diameter making the wall thickness 1.5" See above screen shots for details.

You still seem to not understand that the wall thickness is one half of the OD-ID.

My last project was a burial urn and asked how to change the wall thickness of the top ring on a segmented urn. The reply was you cannot set one ring with a different wall thickness. I had a bronze threaded ring on the top ring of bottom of urn and on the bottom ring of the top. I used SegCalc to do that one ring. Guess having two segmented project planners is required at times.

You seem to be confusing Segment Pro with Woodturner Pro. In your previous post you were told you cannot set one ring with a different wall thickness in Segment Pro. You can do that in Woodturner Pro.