Contour Corel Draw 11

[Rodney Gold]

A countor cut line can be done by selecting the bezier tool out of the freehand tool flyout (freehand tool is under the magnifying glass) and then using relatively long lines , trace around the objet and close the curve.
Then select the shape tool (under the top arrow) and right click on a line segment. Hit the “to curve” option and you can now manipulate the line to a curve to follow where you traced using either its bulge or the 2 handles either side of it.
Thats the “cleanest” way. There are other strategies.
If you want what COREL calls a countour (offset line) then hit the interactive blend tool (under the A) and select the interactive contour tool and use the property bar on top of the drawing to set distance , inside or outside etc.

[James White]

Thanks for that.

James

[davebrittain]

to cut with corell you need to name your colour contour cut

[davebrittain]

sorry cutcontour

[Future Freak]

quote anjasola:

Hi,

Can anyone explain how to do a contour line around an object in Corel Draw 11 ?

James

Press CTRL-F9 to add the Contour docker to the right hand side – then select your object and then goto the contour docker and you’ll be able to choose the settings for the contour. I tend to find that this produces a lot of nodes on curves.

Another way I like to do it, which produces nicer curves IMO is to set the thickness of the outline to quite fat – then “convert this outline to an object” and then delete the inside points of the object by hand. A little bit longer to do – but smoother.

[Rodney Gold]

If you use the shape tool on the contour that has lots of nodes , you can reduce them.
When you select the curve , at the top you will see options for the tool , there is a “select all nodes” option right at the end , it’s next to the rubber band thing , sort of a square with lots of dots in it. Select all node , then next to that square at the top menu is a box with a little slider , type in a no like 30 and then enter. It reduces all the nodes BIG time (but can mess with the curve) , choose a no that reduces nodes but still retains the curve shape.

[Future Freak]

quote Rodney Gold:

If you use the shape tool on the contour that has lots of nodes , you can reduce them.
When you select the curve , at the top you will see options for the tool , there is a “select all nodes” option right at the end , it’s next to the rubber band thing , sort of a square with lots of dots in it. Select all node , then next to that square at the top menu is a box with a little slider , type in a no like 30 and then enter. It reduces all the nodes BIG time (but can mess with the curve) , choose a no that reduces nodes but still retains the curve shape.

heheh – nicely explained. I do use this too – however I normally find that setting it to 1 produces results that don’t send your curves into unrecogniseable scribbles and waves 🙂