Use the Badge Designer to create and modify badge designs as described in the following instructions.
Step 1 Select Badge Designer from the Admin menu.
The main window of the Badge Designer module displays all badge templates loaded into the system.
Step 2 Do one of the following:
· View or modify an existing template:
– Click an existing template name to view details of the template. Click the Front and Back tabs in the design window to view both sides of the badge template. Select the Preview Sample Data check box to preview the badge template with sample data, if included in the template design.
– Click Properties... to edit the name and size of the badge template. Skip to Step 4 for instructions.
– Click Design... to edit the graphic design of the badge template. Skip to Step 6 for instructions.
– Click Duplicate... to create a duplicate of the badge template.
– Click Delete... to delete the badge template.
– Click Print... to print a test badge template.
– Click Add...: to add a new badge template, as described in the following steps.
Step 3 To create a new template, click Add... to open the SVG Badge Format window.
Step 4 Enter the template properties:
a. Name: Enter a descriptive name.
b. Format: Select if the badge is single sided or double sided.
c. Orientation: portrait or landscape.
d. Card Size: Select a standard size, or enter custom dimensions. Standard size options include:
– CR-80 Flush Cut 54 x 85.7mm
– CR-80 Lip Seal 48 x 80mm
– Badge 67 x 98mm
– Badge 79 x 99mm
– IBM 59 x 82.5mm
Tip To modify an existing template, select the template name from the main window and click Design button. To edit the properties for an existing template, click the Properties button.
Step 5 Click
OK.
The Badge Format opens in the format, orientation,
and size configured in Step 4.
For two-sided badges, there is a separate window for the front and the
back of the templates, as shown below.
Step 6 Use the toolbar icons (located below the menu bar) to design the template. The icons include the following tools (from left to right):
Tip Hold the mouse cursor over an icon to view the icon title.
· Color: Click the icon to select a color then drag-and-drop the color onto a shape to apply that color.
· Mouse Pointer Tool: Select and move objects on the badge template.
· Rectangle Tool: Draw rectangle objects.
· Circle Tool: Draw a circle.
· Ellipse Tool: Draw an ellipse.
· Line Tool: Draw a line.
· Polygon Tool: Draw a polygon.
· Polyline Tool: Draw an a polygon with operator defined line lengths.
· Text: Add text to the template.
· Image: Add an image to the template.
· Quadratic Bezier Curve: Create a line between 3 points.
· Cubic Bezier Curve: Create a line between 4 points.
· Color Picker Tool: Select a color from the palette.
· Image Link: Create an image link to the ICPAM database. Options include: personnel photos or signatures.
· Text Link: Create a text link to the ICPAM database. Options include: Personnel and Badge Manager fields.
· Properties: Properties available for the selected object.
· Resources: Resources of the selected object.
Step 7 Draw a rectangle, as shown in the following example.
a. Click the rectangle button in the toolbar and drag a rectangle onto the badge template.
b. To edit the colors of the rectangle, click the Color button on the left side of the Tool Bar.
Step 8 Select a stroke color for the badge. The stroke is the outline of the rectangle.
a. Select the rectangle on the badge template to display blue arrows at each corner.
b. In the Properties section, select the Stroke tab.
c. With the Color radio button selected, use the Color picker and choose a desired stroke color.
d. Select an appropriate width value. The Width field increases the size of the stroke.
e. Press Enter or click outside of the field to apply the setting.
Step 9 Select a fill color for the badge. The fill is the color of the rectangle.
a. Click the Normal button (displayed as an arrow) in the Tool Bar.
b. Select the rectangle on the badge template. The rectangle is displayed with blue arrows at each corner.
c. In the Properties section, select the Fill tab.
d. With the Color radio button selected, use the Color picker and choose a desired fill color.
e. Press Enter or click outside of the field to apply the setting.
Step 10 Add a logo to the badge template:
a. Click the Image button.
b. On the template, click and drag a rectangle at a desired location for the logo to open the image browser.
c. Select a image with a supported file type (.jpg,.png, and.svg) on a local drive and click Open. The logo appears in the box, as shown in the following figure.
d. Click and drag the logo to a desired location.
Step 11 To add a dynamic text field to the badge template:
a. Click the Text Link button in the toolbar.
b. In the Properties section, select the Database Text Link tab, as shown in the following figure.
c. In the field drop-down, select the correct text link. This text link extracts the field from the database. For example the Title text link field extracts the personnel title from the database.
d. (Optional) In the Properties section, select the other attributes of the text, such as size and font.
e. Click and drag the text to a desired location.
Step 12 To add a dynamic image to the badge template:
a. Click the Image Link button in the Tool Bar.
b. Click and drag a rectangle on the badge temptingly where the image will appear.
c. In the Properties section select the Database Image Link tab.
d. In the field drop-down select Photo, as shown in the following figure. This object extracts the photo from the personnel database.
e. Click and drag the box to a desired location.
Tip Select Optimize Images from the File menu to resize all photos to the area they occupy on the badge. If the photos do not optimize with sufficient resolution, you may need to manually resize photos in an external photo-editor to achieve the best possible print quality. See Printing High Resolution Images for more information.
Step 13 Click the File button and select Save All to save changes.
Step 14 Click
the File button and select Exit
to close the Badge Format.
The new template appears in the Badge Designer,
as shown in the following figure.
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