measuring in path trace?

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harleygraves

harleygraves

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Why are there no mesurement devices in the path trace program??
:shrug:
it is quite frusterating to have to guesstimate save check reguesstimate,ect to cut something correctly in pathtrace.
thoughts?
 
I start out with sized opening first, and open path trace from the cut screen. It depends on the job though. So yes a measurement tool would be helpfull. Get on it WizSteve.
 
I agree that a measuring tool would be nice but you can usually get around it a couple of different ways.

Most of the time you can position openings in mat designer to give exact intersect points for the start and end points for lines to be drawn in PathTrace (e.g. if you need to construct a trapezoid, you can start in Mat Designer with a rectangular opening of the correct dimension for the parallel sides, then mark the start and end points for the other two sides by positioning additional openings [the alignment feature is useful in this regard]. Then in PathTrace you just draw two straight lines from these points, delete the positional openings, and you're done).

Obviously you can also scan in an image of the desired shape or dimension, opening it in PathTrace with the specified size. For instance you can scan in a jpeg of a 12" rule and then use this as a gauge within PathTrace. A bit crude but usually close enough.
 
as far as designing something in corel and transfering it to our pathtrace i did not know you could do that.

this may very well be my answer. thanks...

:beer:
 
harleygraves
when you design in corel just be sure to save it in a format that pathtrace can open (dxf for example). Then just open file in pathtrace and set bevel types and layers or whatever for each line.
Randy
 
Is Corel a hard program to master? And also, are there other graphics programs (or file types) that Pathtrace works with? I'd like to start using it, but any shortcuts to make life easier are most welcome.
 
PaulSF
Corel is a great program. It can take several months to get proficient with it but you can do a lot with it in just a few minutes as well. Pathtrace can import quite a few formats. Look in Pathtrace under File/Open/all types or something similar to this and you will see all the formats you can work with. Some work better than others. Some you may still need to trace in Pathtrace (like jpeg), others you can use as is other than setting layers and bevel types. You have to try different things until you see what works best.
Randy
 

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on the topic....

Hey everyone,

Since we are on the topic of programs that may or may not work with Path-Trace. Does anyone know if Adobe Illustrator works with it? I plan to try it eventually...Its on the list of to-do's!

Justin Alvarez
 
j Paul
I get that moulding from Honeywood moulding in NC. It has been a good seller so far. Not sure how I stack up to Michaels, nearest one is an hour from me (luckily).
 
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