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Turning Illustrator stroked shapes into outlines in signlab
Hi all,
I’ve done this before but really can’t remember how!
Using Illustrator CS and Signlab 7.1 – Basically I’ve got a shape in illustrator, a square made up of a white fill with a black stroke. What I need to do is export or copy to signlab keeping the square the same (stroke as border)
As soon as I export or copy, and then open in signlab the square loses the stroke…..I’ve definitely imported files from illustrator before and had the desired effect, where the stroke turns into a shape which I can then cut.
Really scratching my head on this one so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dan 🙄
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4 Replies
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Dan there are a couple of ways to do it, but signlab should regognise a line with thickness. however when you import to sign lab you may need to weld it if you want to scale it up, as the line will not enlarge in proportion. but stay the same thickness.
why not just draw the square in sl though?
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Thanks Peter,
I was just using the square as an example, the outline I have in illustrator is of a heart and needs to fit round an existing printed heart. So I’m adding a vinyl outline to a digi printed heart. Hope I’m making sense. Thanks.
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Hi Dan,
the way i would do it is to expand the stroke in illustrator ( object – path – outline stoke) so it’s an actual cut path. Back save it as .eps illustrator 3 file then import in to signlab.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks Stephen, spot on mate.
Cheers
Dan
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