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can anyone help please with cut-paths in corel?
Iam using corel to handle print and cut for my Versa Camm.
Ive had a few problems with trying to work out cutting paths.
A job was supplied to me recently made in coreldraw. The customer asked for the same job to be supplied in several different sizes.
The art work was quite compex in its make -up, lots of intersecting shapes with different line thicknes etc. The first problem is how to make a single cutting path around the whole shape. I had a go at combining the whole image using weld but it seemed a bit hit and miss as to what it did weld and what it didnt. In photoshop the process is quite simple by using the magic wand and inverting the selection and exporting the path. Is there a way of "magic wanding" in corel draw for selecting a whole image?
I found the only way of making a cutting path was to make a new path using the pen tool….took ages.
The other problem was when i re-scaled the image the cutting path didnt adhere to the graphic, I usume this is because the outline width of the graphic elements dont scale up or down proportionatly. Is there a way of "locking" the outlines in a graphic so that when scaling, the outline width scales up or down how it should?
Any Ideas??
Thanks in advance
Mark
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11 Replies
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Hi Mark,
1) As far as I know there isnt a way of automatically creating a cutting path to fit a complex design in Corel (and ive been using it 11yrs!)
2) If you want the line thickness to stay the same as you reduce or enlarge the original you need to select the outline tool and tick off "scale with image" Unfortunately this is not a global change unless all your outlines are of the same colour and thickness ! So it could be very tedious to apply it to each object in turn. If there are only 2 or 3 different thicknesses you could do a "find" objects search for each outline thickness and then apply the "scale with image" option.
3) You could also make use of the "convert outline to object" command but you then need to manually delete the original outline object – this method does away with the need to worry about scaling the outlines.
If you want to send me the file I will have a look for you (mod-edit)
Hope that helps !
Nigel
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Its a bit hard to say without seeing it…i would weld it all together as you said and delete the inside.??
Hopefully it would leave an outlineSimon
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so you get them too
in the nib box is scale with image & fill behind check boxes for the outlines
creating surround cut path
you could take a copy break it apart and weld the important bits
then contour outside to suit
you could draw shapes then weld shapes together
you could convert a copy to bit map make it all as black as posible
gamma etc… convert to one bit black & white then corel trace
remove bits you dont want then contor for the distance away from the image
you could tell the customer you done this you sort it out
you could lose the job
but thake time to learn to draw with the bez bezia drawing thing cos
you will be suprised how quick it can be and how nice you can get the curves
out of interest you might send me the file so i can see how bit the problem realy ischris mrsticker (mod-edit)
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Thanks for your input everyone, id better go and explore some of those sub,sub, sub sub menus in corel.
Looks like I’d better start saving for SignLab 6!!
Thanks again.mark
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Hi Sticky!
I bought a used Corel 9 last November.
In December I installed it.
I am still too terrified & intimidated by it to start it up!
It looks exotic and mysterious.
Maybe by spring I will give it a whirl.
Love-JILL -
Jill, same version I’ve got, its a piece of cake to use but at the same time lots of features and stuff that you’d pay thousands for in other software. Go on, you know you really wanna try it 😉 If you need any help getting going with it, my email is (mod-edit)
Cheers, Dewi
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I agree with Dewi Jill, you will not find a more intuitive and comprehensive graphics program than Corel. Yes, its complicated if you want it to be but I taught my mum and dad to use it in about 1hour and if they can learn it…..need I say more 🙂
Seriously, once you know the basics the rest is so simple its real easy and you will have all out collective knowledge to draw upon of course !Go for it, I say 😛
Nigel #1
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to all
coreldraw has come to the fore (not front) posibly because of all the print & cut stuf about its whot software you are used to is how easy or difficult
corel is…… software is only a tool to help you ??
there are tricks in signlab & others that are realy good an not so easy to duplicate in corel but the number of times i need to doit is so small it’nt worth the dosh But i have been using corel to cut from for about 6 years & put my money into printers cutters
so Mark the choice is yours with roland & others pushing the use of corel & illistrator it would not surprise me if the likes of signlab etc might be a little woorried one local chap still uses a DOS programme.. works for him
sorry of the fhread and on me soap box tis bl//// clold boychris
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Hi Mark.
When It comes to printing your objects at different sizes, you can scale your objects in ColoRIP.
Load in your job, set the size in the output panel and RIP it. The cahnge the size and RIP it again. When finished you can nest all your different size jobs together to get best economy from your media.
Happy Printing,
Mike
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Have you tried using the Create Boundary tool
might work if all grouped 1st ?
using X3 -
over 3 1/2 years between posts 😮 thats got to be a record 😛
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