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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/
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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
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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 ]
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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.
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.
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