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Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:43 am
by Laurieinaz
I made a title (which I will share if I ever get it to work) in Inkskape, placing the letters in an overlapping fashion. Then I imported it to SCAL and it looks as if it should be welded but it still cuts out the letters individually. Obviously, I've missed something here. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:12 am
by jancy
merely overlapping the letters does not weld them together.
I'll put the directions in a new post for everyone to see. Hope it helps you out!
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:15 am
by plg1117
To weld the letters after you have them overlapped
1. Edit>Select All
2. Path>Object to Path
3. Path>Union
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:36 am
by Laurieinaz
Thanks for the advice. I neglected to mention that I had already done the path/union thing and it still didn't weld when it came time to cut.
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:31 am
by Beanie
can you send me the file and I will see if I can fix it or see what is wrong stbernard11 @ verizon.net (no spaces)
Laurieinaz wrote:Thanks for the advice. I neglected to mention that I had already done the path/union thing and it still didn't weld when it came time to cut.
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:11 pm
by Chander7
I have welded a word with Inkscape. How do I open it in SCAL?
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:16 pm
by sboz
"Import"
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:34 pm
by Dawn Miner
how do you import?
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:33 pm
by plg1117
Under your File tab in SCA you'll see the Import option.
Re: Welding question
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:22 pm
by Laurieinaz
I'm sorry. I'm still not getting it. I've read the tutorial and I got a weld to work once, but I don't know why. Here's what I've done.
Overlapped my letters.
Select all
Path > Object to path
Path > Union
Save
When that didn't work, I tried the above on each individual letter. Still not working.
Any thoughts?