stencil in sure cuts alot 2

[jmyounkin]

Hi
can anyone tell me how to make a stencil in sure cuts a lot 2? I see there is a stencil box in sure cuts a lot 4 but cannot find how to do this in 2. thanks.

[papasue]

In scal2 you have to DIY your stencils. You use the rectangle tool from the shapes table and place the rectangle on top of the shape you want to turn into a stencil and use path/back minus front.
If you have both scal2 and scal4 you can create in scal4 and send to scal2 to cut if that helps.


I hope this gets you started.

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[Kelleyscards]

So I wrote my name KELLEY in arial black font put a rectangle aaround it selected them both & tried back minus front and both the rectangle and my name disappeared & left the arrows in the top left hand corner of my mat I hit undo & tried front minus back and it worked like that. Is it still a stencil doing it like that? Thanks for helping & thanks to the op for asking the question

[ukracer]

So I wrote my name KELLEY in arial black font put a rectangle aaround it selected them both & tried back minus front and both the rectangle and my name disappeared & left the arrows in the top left hand corner of my mat I hit undo & tried front minus back and it worked like that. Is it still a stencil doing it like that? Thanks for helping & thanks to the op for asking the question

I am considering buying the pro software but with so many unanswered threads on this forum it concerns me....I have downloaded the pro 4 to try and make a stencil from a word and cant find instructions..

[SandyMcC]

You want to use Object>Merge in that case. If it doesn't give you the result you want, post back and we'll get it figured out.

[SandyMcC]

Also, you want to use the Stencil Bridge function first, on your text or shapes. Then add the rectangle. Then select all and do Object>Merge.