Cutting Rhinestones How to Topic

[papasue]

Theresa, dunno. I drew this one in Inkscpape just to play with rhinestones and SCAL2 did the rhinestones pretty well except for two portholes and one smokestack. I was able to break apart and move individual stones using the nudge tool without anything bad happening. Then I noticed that only the elements that I had broken apart were RED (which usually indicate that they will cut). So I broke apart all of the other elements and now they are all red and when I "preview" all of the stones are red. This may be the answer but see if your design had some of the same issues.

I can't cut it since I don't have a Cricut anymore, but maybe someone can try it.

Maybe some Rhinestone expert will show up and help us . I know NOTHING about stone sizes so I just used the default 8.

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[gj1]

Never cut a rhinestone pattern before...but I liked this so much...I had to try it to see if it would cut. I had to Select All and Merge. Previous to that...it said "cutting complete" and it never started. SOOOOOOOO, I said, what the????, and started messing with the controls...and bingo. I always thought the round red circles meant cut, too, but when I merged it changed them back to rhinestone appearance. Anyway...it cut :), and I like it...might just get a t-shirt :)...oh, shoot, I guess I need a rhinestone setter, too :P These are tiny holes on plain cardstock, not the proper material.

[papasue]

Thanks Gj, this should help a lot of the members who DO do Rhinestones. I'll have to bookmark this as Cruise Ship Silhouette will not be a good title for Rhinestone problems. Maybe a Moderator can move just the comments concerning NOT CUTTING Rhinestones would help in SEARCHES.

[sstehman]

Here were some topics in another post that are being moved here so those that have trouble with rhinestones can find this topic when searching.

[TheresaTT]

Thank you Susan for the design. i like it. And gj1, maybe that is the problem with all mine and not cutting. I need to do merge first. Gonna give it a try this weekend. I want to do these so bad but always have an error. Can't wait for the time to play.

[TheresaTT]

P.S. Ohhh Susan, as far as stone sizes go, 10 is supposed to be the most popular but when i bought some i got 16. Even at 16 they are tiny so i can't imagine fooling with 10. thanks all for your help.

[gj1]

Hope it will work for you....let us know.

[TheresaTT]

ok, i took your design, made my stones bigger to match what i have already bought, and added waves.

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[papasue]

Super! Did It cut? What was the answer to the cutting problem?

So many Questions, and I do want to see you wearing the shirt.

Thanks for showing the n.

[TheresaTT]

yes it cut. i cut it on paper for now to see. the answer was "merge"