what would be the fastest way to trace this image please?

[John Gregson]

Hi Richard,
Not quite sure how others do it but I draw a straight line and then use the node edit. Attached a corel8 version, needs a lot more work but you’ll see the theory if you click on the nodes.

Just though i’d add i’m self taught so this is probably the wrong way to do this :lol1:

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lines.cdr

[Chris Wool]

how about.

draw a single line through the middle of one of them, apply a nib width to suit.
convert out line to object.
un group and delete the centre line
duplicate for others

chris

[Peter Normington]

I would just use a curve drawn on a grid (use the snap to line option)
then choose the thick line option and if cutting weld, if not leave at the desired thickness, and create duplicates

Peter

[Richard Urquhart]

Thanks guys. I found it faster in flexi sign by drawing over the top of the wavy line then editing the nodes, this has given me some ways to try thanks all
rich

[Richard Urquhart]

So when you draw a line you right click on the line at the point and add a node ?

[Chris Wool]

yer

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richwave.cdr

[John Harding]

scan

choose the best

tidy with optimise 3 point arc tool

step and repeat for amount of lines required

thats how i do it – bout 10 mins

John

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[Jill Marie Welsh]

Hell I’d just use a ( or a ) from a plain sans-serif font, rotate it 90° copy paste flip and weld it to the desired length.
Then copy and paste that till I had a stack.
Love….Jill

[John Gregson]

Love all the different techniques 😀
same software – 1000’s of variations.

[Harry Cleary]

quote Jillbeans:

Hell I’d just use a ( or a ) from a plain sans-serif font, rotate it 90° copy paste flip and weld it to the desired length.
Then copy and paste that till I had a stack.
Love….Jill

Americans!!! 🙄 🙄 🙄 😀 😀 😀 😀 nice one Jill!

[Richard Urquhart]

Thanks guys and girls
John I normally do it the way you suggest, however its not accurate enough for this and would be better to draw from scratch this way each point in the wave will be exact, however at first I found it faster in Flexi but the vector looks so much better not traced Rich

[Jill Marie Welsh]

30 seconds tops.
Neener neener neener.
😛
Used a Bank Gothic (
It’s not an American thing, Harry, men just complicate everything.
Love….Jill

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Graphic1.cdr

[Harry Cleary]

quote Jillbeans:

30 seconds tops.
Harry, men just complicate everything.
Love….Jill

I’ve never heard that before!

[Mike Fear]

If I was doing it and wanted it to be very accurate and uniform I would…

Draw a circle, then use the arc tool to change it into a partial curve – from say 230 to 310 degrees – this way you know it is symmetrical and the curve is the same either side of the lowest point

Copy and Paste, then rotate it 180 degrees, now you have the upward and downward curve, both identical. All you need to do then is copy as many as you need, and line them all up end to end and combine them to form one line.

This then gives you the centre line of the wave, use the outline tool to give the thickness of outline you want, then convert to an object.

What you now have is the basic component of the wave, all symmetrical and accurately drawn. All you need to do then is to copy and paste them to make a stack of as many as you need, use the alignment tools to align and distribute them all evenly ( I would put in waves for the white spaces as well to get the spacing correct, then delete them afterwards ) fill them in the colours you want and you’re done.

Autotracing and fiddling with the nodes is OK, but it will take a lot more work to get something really accurate and even looking.