Am I doing it wrong?Įasy to see why you're confused, Richard, because apparently I was confused first! For some reason, I was thinking the OP was talking about making a stencil font, which must have been from another recent thread. So I have to zoom in on each bridge location to delete the tiny segment.
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Plus it requires lots of zooming as tabs might be only. But you would need two styles of "trimming tools" one for vertical and one for horizontal bridges. After much frustration I got it to work but only when I selected the segment to be deleted using a "window" i.e activate the tool, click and drag a window over part of the segment to be deleted. Rodne I tried your procedure as I want to be open minded - I have not used the virtual delete tool. For making bridges, the eraser tool only works on an open shape.
But unless you are vector cutting letters, most shapes will be curves already. To be fair to Rodne my procedure also requires convert to curves and breaking at one node so it is not closed. Since you were discussing the loop of an "e" it made me think you were trying to make it so the center of the "e" doesn't fall out. He doesn't want the shape to fall out of the sheet. Glen, I'm a bit confused - is your procedure intended to make it so that the center of the "e" doesn't fall out? (as in making a "stencil" font?) The eraser tool would be great for that application, but the problem Paul has is not limited to that situation but applies to any shape - even a simple rectangle. Just select your text, pick the eraser tool, click on the eraser thickness box, type in the size of gap you want and hit return, click once on one side of the "e" and again on the other side, and the straight line between those two points is erased from the "e", done! No extra lines to create, move, rotate, space properly, and/or erase afterwards, no extra prep to convert text to curves, etc. Seems much easier to just use the eraser tool. You can reconnect those nodes with the VSDT by holding down shift and either clicking directly on them or dragging across them. Not only did it remove the segments, it also broke apart one corner of the inner loop, making a visible discontinuity. For example, I placed two lines across the looped part of an "e" shape and then used VSDT to remove the two "virtual segments" between the lines. But even once that's done, it can still be a nuisance. But, you also have to break the curve apart or the tool will do really bizarre things to the former text. To use the virtual segment delete tool, you first have to convert your text to curves or it won't do anything. Last edited by paul j campbell 01-17-2013 at 10:17 AM. If it is not already out there it would make a great plugin for Corel and Autocad for laser users
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In vectrics software you can move the tabs around by dragging them and they also have a few other features The reason i am looking is i would like to cut kits of our propducts but need the parts to stay in the sheet.i have hundreds to do so i am looking for a fast solution So i was hoping there was some software out there that handles this automatically or with minimal data entry i guess what i am looking for is a similar system to vectrics Tabbing function but as perhaps a plugin to autocad or preferably corel draw This is common in CNC toolpaths becuase you need to hold the parts in the work to stop them flying off the tableīut is achieved in the toolpath not the drawing.įor laser it you need the bridges in the actual drawing The idea is to cut kits that the parts are held into the sheet by tiny bridges Does anyone know of a plugin or system for corel draw or Autocad for the automatic creation of bridges
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