StevenB Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Is it a complex job? Can you post a screenshot so we can advise further? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Don't know if this is a suitable screen shot. This is an image we have engraved many many times in the past, but I decided it needed simplifying for some of the smaller items we put it on. So our very computer literate lad has redrawn it and saved it as an ai file that we have imported into the vistool program. Unfortunately it seems to have broken a few lines in the process. I have re-joined most of them, but there's one that I cannot spot. I know that someone told me ages ago how to find a broken path, but I haven't had this problem in so long that I've forgotten what to do. Brice (the lad) has asked if there is also any advice that you can offer for importing ai files so that the lines don't get broken. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I think it's as simple as select all then close path under the Path menu iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I've done that, but it still says that there's an open path. So we obviously have two ends that aren't quite close enough to each other to join up, but are still so close that I cannot spot them even when I magnify in as tight as possible. I've tried selecting it all then clicking on show sequence to see if that throws any light on the matter. It doesn't. But I'm pretty sure that whatever I was told to do in the past gave me arrows on the lines, so I could see where each one started and finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 View - Display settings - tick directions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 That's the badger. Not sure it solves my problem after all, so any other advice would still be welcome. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 If he's redrawn & saved it as an ai file, can he not go back to the redrawn image, save it again as a regular image file (tiff, jpeg) and import it from there?I generally find these image types are much easier to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Found it ! Hooray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Brice Here (The lad that does the artwork). I save as .ai files because they compress artwork as vectors rather than a rendered image (as jpeg or tiff does). This is exactly the same as saving an engraving file, which saves a vector outline with no rendered pixels. It enables endless enlargement with no loss of quality or 'pixilisation'. It also means the image trace part of the process is completed using Adobe Illustrator's tracing engine, a more powerful and customisable one than the one Universal Engraving uses. Because AI is the industry standard for creating artwork and graphics, Universal Engraving is designed to interact with it. For those wanting to transfer artwork between AI and Universal Engraving I found that saving as AI CS3 format worked best. But be aware that Compound Path settings will need to be replicated using Universal Engraving's Combine to Faces and some closed paths may be opened on import. That was the overall issue that we encountered this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Hi The direction tool did help . By knowing roughly where the broken line started I could focus my search on a smaller area. It didn't take long to spot the problem then. Thanks for your help. Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windycity Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 hi all i'm hoping someone can remember using vistool 6 and tell me how I shade or hatch outline letters as I can't find an icon etc for it like on V7. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Shift + Q ......Select production. Then clearing window comes up. windycity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_ Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I need to do a job with 3 lines of straight/normal text and one line of italic text. I can get all straight or all italic but not just one line in italic. Surely this is possible. Any help much appreciated, I'm using Vistool 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 If you select the line you want to be italicised, click ALT+S to open the edit dialogue box, and in the 'skew' box, set 10 degrees. windycity and Paul_ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_ Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 If you select the line you want to be italicised, click ALT+S to open the edit dialogue box, and in the 'skew' box, set 10 degrees. Thank you, I knew there was an easy way of doing it, just couldn't find it. windycity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmb64 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Windows 10 Upgrade U-MARQ would strongly advise, if you reserve your copy of Windows 10, you do not install Windows 10 at this time. Until the full release version is available we are unable to complete our testing for compatibility with our Visualtoolbox engraving software. StevenB and windycity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Does anyone know if i can buy and use vistatool for my roland egx 350. I have previously used a umarq gem and uni both using vistatool. I have now purcharshed the roland and not getting on with the software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I'm pretty sure Gray has/had a roland running on vistool, so yes. Give the nice folks at U-Marq a call & I'm sure they will sort you out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Hi I've been having a reminder trip through the tutorials and came across the one about creating templates. I've drawn many templates over the years, and as Shop-Keep says, they are invaluable. But one thing I've never managed to do is to get the picture behind the drawing as can be seen in some of his pictures. I can toggle the picture on and off, but to be able to have the picture on the screen whilst you draw the template over it would be great. What am I not doing? Thanks, Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted July 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Do you select the picture, then click on the blue box at the bottom to make it a design layer rather than engraved layer?Just a guess as I've never tried this... and am at home not near the machine to try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 That seems like such a simple idea that you really hope it would work, but unfortunately not. The picture is still on the top and you cannot pick up the line without moving it out of the way first. I'm going to keep on experimenting though. Thanks, Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I've had another go at this and discovered that you can put nodes and handles on a line without selecting the picture instead, but you cannot just select the line. It doesn't fully solve the problem, but it's still a great help. V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I think it's the same sort of question that I asked on the U-Marq forum a while ago, the Q&A are towards the bottom of this thread: http://www.u-marq.com/forum/topic/20-a-few-suggestions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I didn't know there was a u-marq forum! I'll be registering immediately. Thanks, Valerie StevenB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 I didn't know there was a u-marq forum! I'll be registering immediately. Thanks, Valerie Good idea - but I think this is the most proactive place for questions & answers! Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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