Vector filling fonts - Engraving Etc. Forum

From:	Zelmon	2 Oct 2006
To:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	6 of 14

4985.6

You do not say whether you are using a rotary cutter or a diamond ?

These are the three methods I know about, but only use two of them, and for quite some time. I only use diamond drag. Infill using contour effect gives a different 'end look' to the engraving. It is quicker to configure than diagonal lines, and it engraves quicker. I tend not to use the diagonal lines in the export filter box, because to check whether the spacing is right you have to re-import it, and yes, it can be a problem with the export filter.
I create the text, make it outline ie no fill. Then make a single vector line, 45 degrees looks best I think, I set the duplicate to create the desired hatch then make enough lines to cover the amount of text. Next combine the lines. Place the text inside the box of lines you have made. Selct the lines first, then the text, holding down the shift key, then click on the trim button and pull the text away from the lines.
It engraves a nice pattern, but is slow compared to the hatch pattern created by casmate
Hope you follow, basically similar to one already described

Simon Cork
Sheffield UK

From:	Mike (MIKEN)	3 Oct 2006
To:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	7 of 14

4985.7 In reply to 4985.6

Becky:

I would type the font, outline it, delete the fill and while it is still selected go to the fill tool, select post script, select hatching, set angle to 45 or whatever, set line to 1, set spacing to min. 60, max 60 or whatever you like just make both the same number and you're finished.

Incidentally, if you want to use this concept (vector line fill) for laser engraving expect it to take longer than raster engraving.

Mike
Dist. of Lazer Cutting Grid
www.stl-laser.com

EDITED: 3 Oct 2006 by MIKEN

From:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	4 Oct 2006
To:	Mike (MIKEN)	8 of 14

4985.8 In reply to 4985.7

Mike-
I am using it for laser engraving. I don't have a rotary and some of the terminology from some of the other posts left me a little confused. I didn't realize this was something rotary engravers did or else I would have clarified that a little bit better in my original post LOL.
Thank you for the short and sweet version. I will try it and see how it works.

And thank you to everyone else who sent in suggestions as well. I do appreciate the time.
Thanks
Becky

From:	Mike (MIKEN)	4 Oct 2006
To:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	9 of 14

4985.9 In reply to 4985.8
Becky: I have to eat a little crow here. Everything I told you works except that it will not vector on my machine and maybe not on yours. The lines are fine enough and if you are engraving this is a good solution but if you need to vector something with that cross hatch it may not work. Mike Dist. of Lazer Cutting Grid www.stl-laser.com

From:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	4 Oct 2006
To:	Mike (MIKEN)	10 of 14

4985.10 In reply to 4985.9
Mike- Thanks for your honesty. I will give it a try and let you know what happens. It's not going to be the end of the world if I can't figure this out. LOL Becky

From:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	4 Oct 2006
To:	Mike (MIKEN)	11 of 14

4985.11 In reply to 4985.9
OMG!!! I just tried the technique you recommended, although I haven't tested the substrate yet. My goodness!! This is a whole new thing on Corel I didn't discover yet. (make it 4,987 on the list of things I didn't know about this program. LOL) Anyway, at this point I wouldn't mind at all if this didn't actually work...discover the PostScript fill was good enough for me!!! LOL Thanks so much!! Becky

From:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	4 Oct 2006
To:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	12 of 14

4985.12 In reply to 4985.10
Mike- Just to give you an update, your wonderful suggestion worked exactly as I wanted to. Thank you so so much for helping me. This is perfect!! Thanks Becky

From:	Mike (MIKEN)	4 Oct 2006
To:	Becky (KIAIJANE)	13 of 14

4985.13 In reply to 4985.12

Becky:
Very glad it worked for you. It's a neat feature and it's kind of hidden away so not many people have found it.

We used it to create background for molds for spuncast medals.

Mike
Dist. of Lazer Cutting Grid
www.stl-laser.com

EDITED: 4 Oct 2006 by MIKEN

From:	Mike (MIKEN)	5 Oct 2006
To:	ALL	14 of 14

4985.14 In reply to 4985.13
Just a bit of an update here. I put the question of color filling a post script fill on the Corel forum and Foster Coburn responded saying that at present it is not possible. He said he is working on a macro which may permit it. Late breaking news! We don't have a corner on bright helpful people on EEO. The people at the Corel forum came up with a work around that's too easy. Just do the drawing as indicated previously. Save it as a PDF and import it as curves. You can change it to any color you want. You can also change each line thickness if you like. Mike Dist. of Lazer Cutting Grid www.stl-laser.com
EDITED: 5 Oct 2006 by MIKEN