Working with Dishes

Working with Dishes

When you create a new dish, this is the screen you'll see:


You'll need to add shapes by tapping +Shape and add ingredients by tapping +Ingredient, or tapping OK.

Tapping print on a dish will bring you to print preview - Foodini will not automatically start printing.

Grid

 = grid toggle: add a grid to help align your shapes. Each square is approximately 1 cm / 0.4 inches.


The heavier dark grey lines mark the center of the Foodini dish:


Shape Coordinates and Dimensions

Sometimes you'll want precision when lining up shapes, Foodini can provide coordinates to assist.

Select a shape, and you'll see the shape coordinates and dimensions (approximate) in the following format:
(#, #) #x#
The number measurements are in millimeters/mm.

For example, the coordinates and dimensions of the rectangle are shown as (110, 55) 50x40:


Another example, the coordinates and dimensions of the heart are shown as (98, 43) 64x61:


If you move the shape or adjust the size, you need to deselect and reselect the shape to see updated coordinates and dimensions. 

Line Drawing

 = To toggle the line drawing feature on and off. Toggle it on to start drawing, then toggle it off when you are done.

Keyboard Shortcuts

You can create prints directly on Foodini's touch screen, and you can connect Foodini to another device like your laptop to use Foodini Creator. 

If you are a keyboard shortcut user, you'll find these useful:
Keyboard Shortcut
Function
Backspace / Del
Delete selection
Arrow key (Up, Down, Left, Right)
Small: moves selection 0.25mm
Option / Alt + Arrow key (Up, Down, Left, Right)
Big: moves selection 2.5mm
Control + C
Copies selection to clipboard
Control + V
Pastes selection from clipboard
Control + D
Duplicates selection
Control + P
Print preview
Control + TRotates selection 45º
+ (Plus Sign)
Scales up selection
- (Minus Sign)Scales down selection