Create HelioDisk JobTicket

With this node you can create a Hell-Gravure HelioDisk production (.pro) file.

It has the following configuration options:

  • TIFF Files: here you can specify the TIFF files that you want to engrave. Select the pencil to open Expression Builder.
  • HelioDisk .PRO File: here you can specify the output path and name of the generated production file. If you leave this field blank, an output file with the original name with extension .pro will be written in the same folder as the input TIFF file. The used file path follows the standard input-output file name combination rules in CLOUFLOW. See Output File Path Generation for more information.
  • Overwrite existing file: if you select this checkbox, files that already exist will be overwritten. If you leave this checkbox unselected, existing files will not be overwritten and an error is displayed.
  • Convert to Job Ticket: if you select this checkbox, the HelioDisk application is called to convert the production file into a HelioDisk Job Ticket.
    Note: The logical HELIODISK_PROGRAM needs to be configured correctly to use this option. You need to configure it to point to HelioDisk.

  • Job Name: here you can specify the name to assign to the job (inside the production file). If you leave this parameter blank, the original name without extension will be used.
  • Job Comment: here you can specify a comment to assign to the job.
  • Print Material: here you can define the material the job will be printed on. This parameter is only used to find the predefined Test Cut Data inside HelioDisk.
  • Set All Parameters: if you select this checkbox, all parameters will be set in the production file. That means that all parameters will be set when the file is opened in HelioDisk, even if they are (incorrect) default values. It is the operator's responsibility to find the parameters that still need to be configured. If you leave this checkbox unselected, parameters that are default and/or empty will not be set in the production file. That means that the operator still has to run over the unspecified options to configured them after opening the file in HelioDisk.

Defaults for all Cylinders

  • Engraving method: here you can select the default engraving method to use for all Cylinders.
  • Engraving formation: here you can select the (default) engraving formation to use for all Cylinders.
  • Mirror in circumferential direction: if you select this checkbox, the default mirroring for all cylinders will be set to circumferential direction.
  • Screen Value: here you can select the (default) screening value to use for all cylinders.
  • Screen Angle: here you can select the (default) screening angle to use for all cylinders. This parameter is ignored when the field Screen Angle-list is not empty.
  • Screen Angle-list: here you can select the sequence of screening angle to use for cylinders. This is a comma separated list of angles for each subsequent cylinder. The first value in the list will be assigned to the first cylinder, the second value to the second cylinder, etc. The first (and next) values will be used again if you have more cylinders than entries in this list. For example, if your list contains 1,2,3 and you have 4 cylinders, 1 will also be assigned to the fourth cylinder.
  • Gradation file: here you can select the (default) gradation file to use for all cylinders.
  • GBS offset: here you can select the (default) GBS offset to use for all cylinders.
  • Cylinder Name: here you can select the (default) cylinder name to use for all cylinders.
  • Cylinder Length: here you can select the (default) cylinder length to use for all cylinders.
  • Quality, Sharpen Axial: here you can select the (default) quality sharpen value in axial direction to use for all cylinders.
  • Quality, Sharpen Circumference: here you can select the (default) quality sharpen value in circumference to use for all cylinders.
  • Quality, Font Width (interpolation file): here you can select the (default) interpolation file for font width to use for all Cylinders.
  • Gradations folder: here you can select a (default) folder where gradation files can be found. If you (always) configure the gradation files with a file URL, you can leave this setting empty. If you only specify a name for the gradation files, you can specify this location.
  • Font Width folder: here you can select a (default) folder where interpolation files for font width can be found. If you (always) configure the interpolation files with a file URL, you can leave this setting empty. If you only specify a name for the interpolation files, you can specify this location.

Job Details

  • Use Job Details: if you select this checkbox, the detailed job and cylinder info will be read from specified data. This data is a JSON file that complies with a fixed data structure. See Data Structure of HelioDisk Job Details for more information on the data structure of the HelioDisk Job Details.
  • Job Details: here you can select the detailed job and cylinder info.
  • Sort and match Job Details and plates: with this drop-down list you can select the order of the cylinders in the .pro file. Options:
    • Sort by Job Details: if you select this option, the cylinders will be sorted according to the cylinder order in the job details. The information derived from the plates will be re-ordered to match that order (based on the separation names).
    • Sort By Plates: if you select this option, the cylinders will be sorted according to the plate order. The information found in the job details will be re-ordered to match that order (based on the separation names).
    • Sort By Index: if you select this option, the cylinders will be sorted as is. In this case the amount of cylinder entries in the job details is expected to be the same as the amount of plates.

Text Cut Layout

  • X Origin: here you can specify the x origin of the test cut (see field X origin base).
  • Y Origin base: here you can specify if the origin of the test cut layout is relative to the cylinder or to the engraving.
  • Y Origin: here you can specify the y origin of the test cut (see field Y origin base).
  • X Origin base: here you can specify if the origin of the test cut layout is relative to the gbs or to the picture.
  • Width: here you can specify the width of the test cut.
  • Height: here you can specify the height of the test cut.
  • Line Order: here you can specify the line order in the test cut.
  • Single test cut width: here you can specify the width of a single cell in the test cut.
  • Single test cut height: here you can specify the height of a single cell in the test cut.
  • Line Length: here you can specify the line length to use in the test cut.