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how do i export a corel Draw 11 / clipart file?
This may be a daft question and I apologise in advance for sounding like the new girl…but that’s what I am.
I have taken a clipart image and in Coreldraw turned it into a wireframe/line drawing which I have then edited with no problems.
However: I then need to send the edited wireframe image to my colleague who outputs the file to a cad ram/plotter
Why then
1- when I attempt to re open the edited file (and my colleague gets the same problem) does Corel revert to an enhanced view and only shows parts of the image: but when we click wireframe it is there as it should be?
2- why can my colleague then not open and output the file to the plotter machine?
I have done it successfully on one occasion but I don’t know how I did it, I just kept clicking buttons until it worked.
Ann
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5 Replies
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Hi, not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but could’nt you export it as a dxf file? as most plotters can read this.
Hope it is of some use
George
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..will give that a go
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hi, i am corel person
from what I am reading, you are hoping to “plot” a clipart image and it looks great in wireframe but when you view it in “enhanced” it looks different to your wireframe edit.
1: Yes it will, that is the normal behavour, but I suspect it will plot okay if the nodes are correctly sorted (you are controlling a knife path at the end of the day)
2: experience and how well u made it.
To edit correctly, wireframe only shows the detail without any colours applied (outlines and fills), so you really could do with learning more on how to control :-
Colour, Fills & Outlines
Size thickness of Outlines (outlines are not very useful to some cutter programs, it needs a line to follow)
Combining a Shape to a Shape (Combine command in the menus)
Master “Shaping tools”, particulary Weld (allows you to quickly join shape to a shape.If you done no corel work in the past then I suggest you spend several hours going over the tools and understand vector based designs and get the basics. Each line (wireframe) is a bit of information that the plotter will follow, all the other features like transparency, outlines and anything else is purly for design and you must focus on creating cutter paths while you design to make it simple for you to output.
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I really appreciate you taking the time to post a reply…I can get around Corel basically and tend to create some great outputs but I know this is more by luck than judgement.
I have never understood the ‘reason’ why or how the desired effects are achieved: this comes from being self taught I’m afraid.
I am here today working on some more designs and your advice is really useful: I was at the point of tearing some hair out last week. Many thanks.
Ann
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Select your drawing and then right click on to colour palete, to get outline. Now it should work.
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