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Drawing Thin Lines .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 143
Drawing Thick Lines ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 144
Drawing with Other Line Styles ............................................................................................................................................................................... 144
7.12 DRAW BÉZIER CURVES AND STRAIGHT LINES (PEN TOOL) ................................................................................................................ 145
Drawing Straight Lines ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 145
Drawing Curves ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 146
Combining Straight Lines and Curves ..................................................................................................................................................................... 146
Fat Path and Super Smooth .................................................................................................................................................................................... 147
7.13 EDIT PATHS AT NODE LEVEL (NODE EDIT TOOL) .............................................................................................................................. 147
Segment Editing ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Node Editing ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 150
Applications for Node Edit ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 151
7.14 RECONNECTING BROKEN SEGMENTS............................................................................................................................................... 152
Using Fuse n’ Weld ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 152
Using Edit Paths at Node Level (Node Edit Tool): .................................................................................................................................................. 152
Using the Drag Freehand Lines (Pencil Tool) ......................................................................................................................................................... 153
Using the Draw Bézier Curves and Straight Lines (Pen Tool) ................................................................................................................................ 153
8. DESIGNING .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 154
8.01 WHERE DO I START WITH LEARNING TO DESIGN? ............................................................................................................................ 154
8.02 ADD BASIC SHAPES (BASIC SHAPES TOOL) ..................................................................................................................................... 154
8.03 CREATE SPIRALS (SPIRAL TOOL) ..................................................................................................................................................... 155
8.04 CREATE STARS AND POLYGONS (STAR & POLYGON TOOL) ............................................................................................................... 156
Star .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 157
Polygon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 158
8.05 SHADOW LAYER ............................................................................................................................................................................. 160
Outset Shadow ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 160
Blackout Option ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 160
Corner Join Option .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 161
Inset Shadow ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161
8.06 WELD TOOL ................................................................................................................................................................................... 162
Designing a Balloon ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 162
Designing a Border.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 162
Designing a Wreath ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 163
8.07 BOOLEAN JOIN ............................................................................................................................................................................... 164
Cutting One Shape from Another ............................................................................................................................................................................ 164
8.08 WRAP OBJECTS TO PATH................................................................................................................................................................ 165
8.08.1 Designing a Scalloped Oval ......................................................................................................................................................................... 165
8.08.2 Warp Objects to Path ................................................................................................................................................................................... 166
8.08.3 Live Edit Window .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 169
8.09 AUTO 4-POINT WARP ..................................................................................................................................................................... 170
8.10 CONICAL WARP .............................................................................................................................................................................. 173
Tumbler Wrap .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 173
8.11 LATTICE ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 174
Latticed Circle .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 174
8.12 RHINESTONE DESIGN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 175
Rhinestone Outline .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 176
Rhinestone Fill ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 177
Additional Tips on Rhinestone Designing ............................................................................................................................................................... 177
8.13 TEXTURE SNAPSHOT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 178
Creating a Gradient Texture Fill .............................................................................................................................................................................. 179
8.14 JIGSAW PUZZLE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 180
8.15 NOTES WINDOW ............................................................................................................................................................................. 181
8.16 DESIGN CONTEST TUTORIALS ......................................................................................................................................................... 183
Designing a Whale by Brigit Mann .......................................................................................................................................................................... 183
Designing a Flower by Laury Vaden ....................................................................................................................................................................... 185
9. PRINT AND CUT ................................................................................................................................................................................. 191
9.01 WHAT IS A PRINT AND CUT (PNC)? ................................................................................................................................................. 191
9.02 WHAT IS A PNC CALIBRATION? ....................................................................................................................................................... 191
9.03 PNC PROCEDURE PART 1: SETTING UP AND PRINTING .................................................................................................................... 192
Landscape Mode Option ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 193
Portrait Mode Option ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 195
9.04 PNC PROCEDURE PART 2: ALIGNING AND CALIBRATING ................................................................................................................... 198
Aligning the Laser with the Registration Marks ....................................................................................................................................................... 198
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