Perforated or Dotted line?

[MamaD]

Has anyone successfully created a perforated or dotted line?

[gj1]

I had trouble also, but just tried this. Make the line solid, then "select" and put a box around it and then on the right panel change to a perforated line.

I am not sure if it will cut though. Seems to me, I tried once and it just cut a straight line.

[MamaD]

Are you doing this under SCAL or inkscape? TIA

[gj1]

I was trying in scal2 and can do one with little individual strokes with the pen. I then export to open with my older version of scal 2 to cut, and this has worked.

[MamaD]

It's been a while since I've worked with either program, so I guess I'm a little rusty. But I didn't know you could draw (with a pen tablet I'm guessing?) in SCAL2. If you could give me explicit directions I'd be grateful. TIA

[gj1]

In the Tool bar(SCAL 2.030) is a pen icon...it is by the Text "T".

Click a square and then go to the next point and click and when you have clicked your last click press ESC in upper left corner of your computer.

I am not good at this...so hopefully you will watch a tutorial would be better than me explaining.

Good luck!

[firstcut]

I have a video that shows how to do this in SCAL2 and it cuts great. Single slots instead of tiny rectangles.
http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2010 ... stitching/

[stuartcalls]

if you don't actually need the perforation, you may like the results of using the pens in your cricket.

Regards,
Eva C.

[MamaD]

gj1 -- thanks for the tip on the update!! It HAS been a while since I played with SCAL. I was using a 2.005 version and had NO IDEA about all the cool updates that have been made in the last year. WOW!! This is a REALLY powerful tool now. After watching the tools video on the craftedge page I figured out how to use the pen tool to create lines and edit them so they are perforated. I am trying to create a SCAL version of the Tim Holtz medallion/florette sizzix die. I 'think' I have it, but need to cut to test. If it works out, I'll share on this forum! Thanks again, and thanks to everyone else who responded as well.

[gj1]

Oh YES, please do show us and maybe "share" (?) your file :)

Glad you are having fun! Firstcut's tutorials are AWESOME, too.