Recent content by Alan D

Try making your page size the size of the sign and ensure your objects are on a printing layer. Alan D

Not sure of your question but F8 resets workspace on Corel startup AlanD

I was thinking more of an uptodate comment on how different users use it/them within their particular workflow rather than a general comparison but thanks for you invaluable help anyway, it gives me an insight on what to expect when I ask a genuine question. Alan D

For those interested SP1 for X4 is now available Over the next few days (maybe longer) depending on server load X4 users will be prompted to update automatically but if you want to do it now the link is http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1157481830100?pid=1213733086367 Alan D

Personally I would like to hear from Illy users here, I would be interested to hear what they believe is better in Illy than Corel. I have had both and took off Illy because it couldn't hold a candle to Corel - granted that was sometime ago and obviously Illy has improved but so has Draw. I...

Jackpine I agree with you and not only eps - AI , PDF, cut and paste and there is even a 'Corel to Signlab' option under the Application Launcher in Draw work equally as well if not better. Cadlink also merged with The Electric Studio in Hitchin the UK, they wrote Sign Studio and many of the...

I suspect you may be using the wrong import filter. The eps filter will only display a low res header (used for the likes of Quark) for positioning and sizing only and will only print correctly to a postscript device. For editable eps use the 'postscript interpreted' filter, this will give an...

Fillet works very well only snag is it doesn't work on contours unless they are broken from original object and then it will round the inside curves too, this is not always wanted for an outline/contour, so you can either do this with the outline tool using round corners, place behind and weld...

I think hand tracing is the route for you. X3 and X4 users could put the image into Powertrace, merge some of the colours and slide the detail control to the left to get a useable outline at least node editing would be reduced. Alan D

I have to admit I prefere Signlabs cutting front end but Cutting master is very good for a freebie and it also has the automatic weld, Signlab doesn't have that at all. Brian, watch your fingers on that razor blade. Alan D

I think the Graphtec plugin is one of the better freebies I've seen, looking at the start screen it looks as if Scanved Amiable has something to do with so I assume it is similar to Flexi Alan D

Oh yes much better thanks. I'm going for a lie down now that my job is done.:smile:

I said curve direction in my earlier post. Apparently there is a couple of ways of describing curve direction and it was altered in X3 so you sometimes come across this anomally with imported objects and even files from previous version of Corel. One to watch out for. Corel does have an...

In Corel you would trim rather than weld. I think the difference in terminology between programmes is very confusing, weld in Corel would lose shapes of a different colour. I think Signlab has some of the best weld options I've seen and used. Kottwitz Graphics is right might be an unclosed...

Not sure I'm understanding the question correctly (any chance of uploading a file) but this maybe because of curve direction and you may find this with combined objects imported from other programmes. In node editing mode change the direction of the curve. Just for my info are you allowed to...