most know how to round corners in corel. but there is a way to round corners other than on rectangle shapes for when you cut vinyl... .... http://click.topica.com/maaapcMaaSuHJclACp6b/
[ June 13, 2002, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: Curtis hammond ]
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
man that's alot of work, it's a good thing Illustrator includes that as a standard feature! Posted by Howard Keiper (Member # 1250) on :
Graphtec owners can accomplish the same thing by de-tuning their machines: Press the CONDITION button Place the cursor beside OFFSET Use the DOWN arrow to reduce the numerical value from 0 to -2 or thereabouts Press ENTER
See what happens. hk
Posted by jaguar-trading (Member # 2392) on :
Just a quick note. If you read through the page you'll notice the following link:
It's a sweet little VBA script that you can make a part of Corel Draw and it will eliminate the time consuming factor from the equation.
It's not perfect but it is free.
Dan
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Mike - -
Be careful with the "round corners" filter in Illustrator. It doesn't always round them equally and when it does...the adjoining lines often move out of the original position,,,even if only slightly.
If I'm gonna round corners, I always take it from Illustrator into SignLab and then back to Illustrator till the drawing is complete. I hate the drawing tools in most sign packages...they are sooooo user unfriendly. That is why I compose mostly in Illustrator or CorelDraw.
[ June 14, 2002, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: Todd Gill ]
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
VINYL MASTER PRO....... piece a cake jeese take a look
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
Whenever I think that a round over filter (Illustrator) will do the job or most of it, I'll first place a guideline of the artwork under the line work BEFORE using the filter. Then, in wireframe mode, I can quickly see which corners weren't rounded properly and need to be adjusted. You'll find that some corners will round perfectly, and some not even close. It depends on the angle...90 degrees always works..anything else is iffy.More times than not, I'll create a circle with the radius I need, make it into a guideline, and do the manual drawing route on the corners. A bit time consuming, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Hey thanks Don...
You actually tipped me onto something I neglected to learn/do....and that is to use circles, placed into position and turned into guidelines...this is actually very helpful...never thought of or knew of turning things into guidlines...have a great day.
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
No problem. Guidelines are one of my favorite vectorizing weapons.
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