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Trimming Question

Posted by Paul Humble on March 11, 2009 at 3:46 pm

Is there a simple way to make a square object trim to a shape in Corel? I know about the Trim tool, but it trims away the piece I want to keep.

Might be easier if I explain what im trying to do, im trying to checker the A panel on a Mini restoration im doing but thought as its my own car id play with new methods. I laid out a chequerboard pattern on X3, got my Impact disc and tried to trim it into the panel, but instead it trimmed away the inner checks.

Am I making sense? Hope so because my hands are waving all over the place! lol

Alan Drury replied 15 years, 2 months ago 5 Members · 11 Replies
11 Replies

Kevin Flowers

Member
March 11, 2009 at 3:48 pm

Paul
don’t know corel but outlines are no good for using as a template,

Kev
Paul Humble

Member
March 11, 2009 at 3:50 pm

I know the impact stuff isnt exact, but as I said its just my own car so I thought id try new methods which I can then transfer to other jobs.
Harry Cleary

Member
March 11, 2009 at 3:52 pm

have you tried the front minus the back commands? Not sure if that is what you mean.
Chris Wool

Member
March 11, 2009 at 3:59 pm

wouldn’t trust the outlines, sorry brian.

create a closed loop shape with one edge as you want it trimed trim that from the grouped graphic. may have to do it 3 times to do a triangle.

i am good at explaining things i am 🙁
Alan Drury

Member
March 11, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Create boundary of the vehicle, powerclip checkers (may need combining first) into the boundary.
Alan D
Paul Humble

Member
March 11, 2009 at 5:31 pm

quote Alan Drury:

Create boundary of the vehicle, powerclip checkers (may need combining first) into the boundary.
Alan D

I tried that Alan but when I went to cut/plot it extracts the contents automatically for some reason.

Thats what confused me originally.
Alan Drury

Member
March 11, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Export as eps and reimport the eps into Draw.
Alan D
Chris Wool

Member
March 11, 2009 at 7:11 pm

cant add file here see another post

chris
Paul Humble

Member
March 11, 2009 at 10:05 pm

Cheers guys, ill take a look at this in the morning when ive got my work PC infront of me.

I never thought about saving as an EPS then reopening tbh, and I cant open your file at the moment Chris as ive not got X3 on home PC.

Thanks as ever

Paul
Chris Wool

Member
March 11, 2009 at 10:25 pm

paul its a v10 file

chris
Alan Drury

Member
March 12, 2009 at 8:47 am

Paul, don’t save as – export it. Same applies to opening, don’t open eps files import them and also use the specific filter NOT all file. Generally using this method of exporting and importing yields more reliable results.
Alan D