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§9.6 Advanced options, continued
9.7 AxiDraw Manual Controls
The Manual tab of AxiDraw Control allows you to manually execute select, basic com-
mands and utilities. Select the operation to perform with the Command drop-down list,
and then click the “Apply” button. For the two motor walking commands, you can also
specify the distance to move the AxiDraw carriage.
The manual commands are as follows:
Raise the Pen, Lower the Pen
These two commands move the pen to the pen-up or pen-down position.
Curve smoothing
(Default: 10.0)
The curve smoothing factor affects the precision with which curves are interpolated for
plotting. The default value of 10 is a good choice for almost all circumstances. Low values
(below about 5) may cause smooth curves to appear as a series of straight segments.
Cornering speed factor
(Default: 10.0)
When not in constant speed mode, this factor controls how much the machine slows
down while going around sharp corners. Higher values cause less slowing down. Moving
faster around corners improves speed, while going more slowly improves precision. One
of the most noticeable places that this controls is the precision while drawing circles (or
letters with circles, such as “O”) while writing text.
