Welding Feature?

[Wendy Jo]

Is Merge the same as Weld???

[papasue]

Here are some definitions of the functions. All/more and examples of each can be found under HELP in the SCAL program.

Merge: merging is the opposite of Break Apart, where it will take separate outlines and combine them back into a single shape. Select the outlines you with to merge together. Choose Merge from the Object menu and it will take the outlines and make a new combined shape. You can see that the two separateoutlines/layers were combined into a new single shape and layer

Welding allows you to make overlapping shapes become a single shape for cutting, drawing, or scoring, by temporarily joining shapes together wherever an overlap occurs. To enable welding, you need to check the "Weld" option in the Appearances Section of the Properties Window while the objects you wish to weld are selected.

Union
The union Boolean operation will combine two or more overlapping shapes into a single larger shape. This is similar to the "weld" option in the Appearance properties section. The difference is this is a permanent weld as it generates a new shape based on the overlapping shapes, while the "weld" option in the
Appearance properties only temporarily generates a single shape when you do a Preview or actually Cut the project