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New Lamacoid Builder features as we ship them, plus straight answers about lamacoid labels, tags and nameplates: where they belong, what the electrical code asks for, and how to size and colour them.
The new Lamacoid Builder: design, preview and order on one screen
Three panels, live actual-size preview, spreadsheet import in any layout, stencil fonts, Canada Post rates and free Burlington pickup. Here is what changed and how to use it.
Read the post →Order hundreds of tags from the spreadsheet you already have
Bulk order reads your tag list in whatever layout it is in, works out the text, size, colour and quantity columns, and shows you everything before it is added.
Read the post →Electrical panel labels: how to label a panel so anyone can read it
The four labels every electrical panel should have, what each one says, the sizes and colours that work, and a step-by-step way to label a whole building.
Read the post →How lamacoid labels are made: the machine, the laminate and your file
Inside a lamacoid shop: the two-layer laminate, the laser engraving machine that cuts every tag, and how a design in the builder becomes a finished plate the same day.
Read the post →Lamacoid colours: which colour combination to use for each job
Background first, letters second. The common colour pairs, what each one tells the person reading it, and where each one belongs.
Read the post →Lamacoid sizes: choosing letter height and plate size
Start from how far away the tag will be read. A quick table of letter heights by distance, the five common plate sizes, and how the builder sizes a plate for you.
Read the post →Lamacoids and the electrical code: what to engrave and where
A plain-English tour of where the Canadian Electrical Code and the OESC call for permanent marking, and how engraved tags cover it: disconnects, panels, solar PV and arc flash.
Read the post →When to use lamacoids: the jobs lamacoid labels and tags do best
Panels, disconnects, MCCs, control stations, valves, solar installs and nameplates. The places where a permanent engraved tag is the right call, and why.
Read the post →Have a lamacoid question?
Send it in. If it helps other people too, the answer becomes a post here.
Email your question →Builder changelog
Every feature, as it ships- New three-panel builderDesign, Preview and Your order side by side, with the plate drawn at actual size while you type.Details →
- Bulk order from any spreadsheetUpload your .xlsx, .xls or .csv tag list in whatever layout it is in. You see every tag before it is added.Details →
- Stencil fontsLlamacoid Stencil, Saira Stencil One and Allerta Stencil added to the font list.Details →
- Ship-to address and Canada Post ratesType a postal code for live Canada Post rates and add the delivery address, or choose free pickup in Burlington.Details →
Put it to work
Design a tag and see it at actual size, or send us the list and we will build the order for you.
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