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Impact Vehicle Help
I have just taken delivery of Impact Vehicle Library for use with Flexisign and the package is very impressive.
The main reason I bought it is to do Mini graphics for my mates Mini Garage.
I want to transfer a square vinyl image onto the roof and thought all I would need to do was ungroup the sections of the IVL image, copy the outline of the roof, reduce it by a few inches to give me the desired gap from the edge of the roof and use it as a template for the design.
Alas, its not that simple (is anything!!). Does anyone know how to do this?
Many thanks (again!!)
Paul
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9 Replies
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why can’t you just design it on the layout itself????? Or am I being thick and missing something here? 🙄
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quote Marcella:why can’t you just design it on the layout itself????? Or am I being thick and missing something here? 🙄Its just a Union Jack and I was hoping to use the outline as a template for other designs too. Just a time saver really, plus doing it this way will give me an exact profile of the roof but an inch and a half smaller all around.
But, I might be being thick more so! lol
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Paul
as good as Impact outlines are (i use them myself) they are not accurate enough to use as Templates as you want. A 2d outline of a 3d object will never be 100% accurate, the outlines are to allow illustrations to be shown to a customer.Kev
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quote Kevin Flowers:Paul
as good as Impact outlines are (i use them myself) they are not accurate enough to use as Templates as you want. A 2d outline of a 3d object will never be 100% accurate, the outlines are to allow illustrations to be shown to a customer.Kev
Its only intended to give me a ball park starting point as Jon will be trimming them on the car.
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OK, maybe it’s MY turn to be a bit thick…but why didn’t you just measure one of the minis and hey presto, no outline required, no oversizing for trimming, guaranteed 100% right – 100% of the time.
Seems an awful lot of bother top go to for a mini roof…
Dave
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By copying the outline of the roof from IVL and reducing it it means I have the shape that I need. I still will measure to make sure the size is right but as a Mini roof isnt square I thought this would be a bit quicker to do (its proving not to be). Ive never done this before so its all new.
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Ah, Paul – it comes with experience…(balancing time v money).
Taking that half hour to measure it accurately pays dividends in the long run. Think about it this way…you’ve tried to make it easy (software based in your office) for a couple of weeks…you are going to have to measure it anyway ‘just to be sure’. Just get out there with a pen, paper & a tape measure!!! (!) 😀 (!) 😀
Look at this way…at least you have a nice new shiny set of vehicle outlines for future work.
Dave
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Point taken Dave, I wish there was a course I could go on to learn all this stuff. Im keen as mustard and im enjoying trying, but I think some guidance would be a benefit.
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Paul most comes with experience, and paying attention to the advise you get on here, you will find it invaluable. Always measure for peace of mind specially when you are going near to the edge.
Lynn
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