Corel X7 Question

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I have used Corel 12 and X4 but just upgraded to X7 and purchased a Roland Versacamm printer/cutter and am using Versaworks. For contour cutting I have to make several clicks to get to the Roland Contour Cut Color (click on the outline tool, click hairline, click color, click other, click a dropdown to choose Roland, then Versaworks and then the contour color). Is their a simple way that color could be on the desktop in a docker or something. It should be easier than what I am doing.

 

[letterman7]

In the contour flyout in Corel, you can choose both your fill and line color in one shot.

 

[w2csa]

You could make the pinpoint size and cut color the default at startup.

 

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You could make the pinpoint size and cut color the default at startup.

How do I do this?

 

[J Hill Designs]

set them with no object selected.

 

[Stormyj]

I'm a little confused. I have a palette with the cut contour already premade. I outline, while object is still selected, I right click cutcontour on palette and then set it to hairline. Done. Ive attached an image. The bright pink is the cutcontour while the other colors do other things.

 

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Okay, this is my scenario. We are a "Monogram Shop". We are in the South and everyone monograms everything. What I do with my Roland Versacam is I will take a pattern, be it a jpeg or vector, and I will use it as my background print. I will make the person's monogram out of a truetype font and set that on top of my background print. I will then click the "X" on the color fill for the font to be transparent so the print will show up through the font, and then I have to outline the font in a hairline font and then change it to the Roland Contour Cut color. That is where it is taking me so many steps. I would like to just be able to click on the font, then click on the outline pin and when I choose hairline, it will already be my "contour cut". That would save me so many steps. I do so many of these shirts a day that if I can save a few clicks a shirt, it adds up.

 

[Stormyj]

Can you post a picture of an example of what you are doing. Hard to visualize it. Im pretty good at Corel so I might know a shortcut or already have a macro to do what you are asking.

 

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Can you post a picture of an example of what you are doing. Hard to visualize it. Im pretty good at Corel so I might know a shortcut or already have a macro to do what you are asking.

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Here is an example. The pink outline is thicker than a hairline just to make sure it would show up. The 3 letter monogram is a truetype font. When I send this to the printer, the background will print and then the pink will cut. I then weed it, laminate it and heat press it on a shirt.

 

[J Hill Designs]

ok with nothing selected, hit the T for typing -- then set the path attributes -- it should say 'apply to artistic and/or paragraph text' with checkboxes for each. set the color, reapply to artistic, set width, apply to artistic'

now everytime you type with the T button it will be how you set it

 

[LUV DEM TIGERS]

ok with nothing selected, hit the T for typing -- then set the path attributes -- it should say 'apply to artistic and/or paragraph text' with checkboxes for each. set the color, reapply to artistic, set width, apply to artistic'

now everytime you type with the T button it will be how you set it

I will try that when I get back in front of the computer that has X7 on it and the Roland printer. Thanks a lot.

 

[Stormyj]

ok with nothing selected, hit the T for typing -- then set the path attributes -- it should say 'apply to artistic and/or paragraph text' with checkboxes for each. set the color, reapply to artistic, set width, apply to artistic'

now everytime you type with the T button it will be how you set it

This must be within Versaworks. I do all my work in Coreldraw. If it was me, I would just powerclip the jpg into the text and then set the test outline to hairline and spot color for cutcontour. Less ink, less mess. Easy peasy puddin and pie.
Heres a video

[video=youtube;Q6PAOUNkkE8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6PAOUNkkE8&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[J Hill Designs]

this is all within corel, so he doesn't have to fuss with the outline each time - its just auto set that the type tool will have the correct no fill and cutcontour stroke to begin with

 

[LUV DEM TIGERS]

This must be within Versaworks. I do all my work in Coreldraw. If it was me, I would just powerclip the jpg into the text and then set the test outline to hairline and spot color for cutcontour. Less ink, less mess. Easy peasy puddin and pie.
Heres a video
https://youtu.be/Q6PAOUNkkE8

I am going to start doing a contour around my cut, and powerclip the jpeg into the contour to cut down on ink. I figured that out yesterday but just for showing I showed the jpeg behind the contour cut.