Accurately positioning objects: Corel X4

[Martin Pearson]

Alistair I don’t use coral so not really sure but can’t you just select the items you want to weld without moving anything? That’s what I normally do as it saves all the problems of re aligning.

[Harry Cleary]

I will be interested to see how others do this as well Ali, if you are just starting in Corel, start by learning how to use the ‘layers’ function, terrifically handy and efficient, especially for printed work.

[Glenn Sharp]

Hi Alistair

I’m not sure if you’ve just used the dropped shadow as an example but I don’t understand why you would need to move away the text to weld the shadow anyway ??

If I need to move objects knowing they have to go back in position I do as you have already said and use the nudge……I set the nudge to a decent amount and then super nudge (shift, arrow) 3 times (once you are in the habit it becomes second nature) to move the object to one side

In corel there are probably countless ways of doing this but nudging has always worked for me

I have used corel for about 18 years now and I’ve never felt comfortable with layers so I’d be interested to see if many people are using them

[Alan Drury]

I use layers but not in this context. For a duplicate you can cut and paste or move object and press space bar for duplicate or press + key for duplicate or set duplicate distance with nothing selected, select objects and use Ctrl D or open the transform docker set distance and use apply or apply to duplicate option, probably more.
Alan D

[Chris Wool]

quote :

1. What is the best way to move and object, carry out other tasks, then move the original object back to the exact position it was in.

if you double click the ruler bar and set the nudge to say 50mm select and move the object with the arrow keys, do the other tasks and nudge it back again. with the same nudge settings

simples

chris

[Warren Beard]

I do it a different way (although in Illustrator), I hide the object from the top and then do what ever I need to and then unhide when done, it is quick and does not move anything and so if needed to keep putting it on top and removing it as you work it is quick and easy as both options are on short cuts which is always the "shortest" method.

cheers

Warren

[Alistair Richards]

Ok thanks all, another quick question then,

When a sign is all designed and ready to lay up, in signblazer there is a measure tool, so I could measure up say the distance of vinyl from the edge of sign and copy to board. Is there a way of doing this in corel without having to add dimensions, i.. draw an imaginery line that the computer then gives a dimension readout to.

Thanks

[Glenn Sharp]

Ali,

If I understand you correctly I find the easiest thing to do is draw a rectangle from the corner of the board to the start of the image

Alternatively……In the very top, left corner of the ruler, you can click and drag that down to the corner of your of your board….this zero’s the guidlines in on that corner and then you can pull other guidleines in to the edge of the vinyl to get an accurate reading

clear as mud I bet 😀

[Glenn Sharp]

[Ian Muir]

oops that went wrong, use the rectangle (usually) of your sign blank to drag, right click to duplicate and read measurements from this.

Ian :lol1:

[Alan Drury]

I normally just drag guide lines down and read off the measurements, jotting them down on a print out. Guidlines can be made printable
Alan D