[amayausers] Re: Digitizing question
- From: "Cheryl Rotter" <tsiemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:46:18 -0700
Roland,
You?re right, thanks for the info. I got my answers from Jeff, I used an
auto appliqué feature in DS 2005 and then dropped and drug the elements
in the tree view to sew in the order I needed them to. (after I
converted the elements of the auto appliqué to wireframe) I think its
going to work. It will sew all the outlines for the 11 letters, and then
stop for appliqué, then sew the tack down and the cover stitch. I
appreciate your ideas.
cr
Cheryl Rotter
Team Sports Ink
5111 Grumann Dr. Ste #1B
Carson City, NV 89706
775-884-3550
-----Original Message-----
From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish
III
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:51 PM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Digitizing question
I do tons of vector line art graphics...all day, every day....and can
tell you if you try to resize by percentage, you are not getting the
correct 'outline' and that's why it looks off center. It isn't a
'percentage' of shrinkage you need-it is an 'inset' by a set amount...if
I need to make shadows in designs for cutting vinyl, I duplicate the
outline, then go to 'inset path' and decide what 'measure of inset' I
want...(okay, we're talking Mac graphics here, bear with me).
If I'm working on 12" high letters for example, and want an inset shadow
or line at 1/4", I can set the 'inset' to .25 and click...and I get a
perfect 'tracing' of the entire outline 1/4" inside the original line.
If I don't know what I want it to be, I can set it to .25 and say 6
paths, and it will make 6 perfectly spaced inset paths. But if you will
visualize the letter Q in Times Roman....the 'sides' of the Q are
thicker in the middle and thinner top and bottom...so these 'inset
paths' will start to meet and disappear at the narrow sections. Instead
of 6 paths, it will drop to 4, then 2, etc. Okay? THIS is what you need
for your 'smaller' outline. A true 'percentage' is only making the
ENTIRE outline or design smaller in all directions.
Just make one letter, then duplicate it on top of itself....now in your
Scale (design shop) set it to 90 percent, duplicate it, set it to 80
percent. Do a couple more if you want-and then look at what you
made...try and line up ANY of them dead center and you will see the
result. They cannot be used to make an 'inside' line of each other. Two
different animals...inset line and scaling...
Roland
From: "Cheryl Rotter" <tsiemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: Team Sports Ink
Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:54:49 -0700
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Digitizing question
Dorothy,
I tried resizing by % but it didn¹t seem to stay centered. I¹ll try
again. Thanks for the suggestion
Cheryl Rotter
Team Sports Ink
5111 Grumann Dr. Ste #1B
Carson City, NV 89706
775-884-3550
-----Original Message-----
From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DLCompton@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:14 PM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Digitizing question
I know nothing about DS but can you select just the tack down section
and reduce it by say 1%?
Dorothy Compton
Bee Embroidered
www.BeeEmbroidered.com <http://www.beeembroidered.com/>
(916) 635-7467
Rancho Cordova, CA
In a message dated 9/19/2005 1:11:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
tsiemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Hello all,
I am stumped with a design I am digitizing. I am setting up a tackle
twill application for a cheerleading warm up full back. I have the art
and used auto digitize to drawn an outline. No problem. I then
duplicated the outline for the tackdown and asked for a -15 point offset
on that part of the design. My design is not sewing offset, it
continues to follow the outline. The final part of the design is a
satin stitch in a contrasting color and it has no problems either. I
just can¹t get the tack down to move inside the line to act as a tack
down. I was going to use the auto appliqué feature, but the design has
11 single letters and auto appliqué stops the design 11 times for the
appliqué application. Too slow to get out 44 of these warm ups in one
day. Any ideas?
cr
Cheryl Rotter
Team Sports Ink
5111 Grumann Dr. Ste #1B
Carson City, NV 89706
775-884-3550
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