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7.08 MEASURE SHAPE LENGTHS AND ANGLES (MEASURE TOOL) .............................................................................................................. 144
7.09 SLICE SHAPES AND LINES (KNIFE TOOL) .......................................................................................................................................... 146
7.10 ERASE SECTIONS OF PATHS (ERASER TOOL) ................................................................................................................................... 146
Erasing .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 146
Inverse Erasing (Adding to an Image) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 148
Eraser or Knife? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 150
7.11 DRAW FREEHAND LINES ................................................................................................................................................................. 151
Drawing Thin Lines .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 151
Drawing Thick Lines ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 152
Drawing with Other Line Styles ............................................................................................................................................................................... 152
7.12 DRAW BÉZIER CURVES AND STRAIGHT LINES (PEN TOOL) ................................................................................................................ 153
Drawing Straight Lines ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 153
Drawing Curves ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154
Combining Straight Lines and Curves ..................................................................................................................................................................... 154
Fat Path and Super Smooth .................................................................................................................................................................................... 155
7.13 EDIT PATHS AT NODE LEVEL (NODE EDIT TOOL) .............................................................................................................................. 155
Segment Editing ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 155
Node Editing ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 158
Applications for Node Edit ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 159
7.14 RECONNECTING BROKEN SEGMENTS............................................................................................................................................... 160
Using Fuse n’ Weld ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 160
Using Edit Paths at Node Level (Node Edit Tool): .................................................................................................................................................. 160
Using the Drag Freehand Lines (Pencil Tool) ......................................................................................................................................................... 161
Using the Draw Bézier Curves and Straight Lines (Pen Tool) ................................................................................................................................ 161
8. DESIGNING .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 162
8.01 WHERE DO I START WITH LEARNING TO DESIGN? ............................................................................................................................ 162
8.02 ADD BASIC SHAPES (BASIC SHAPES TOOL) ..................................................................................................................................... 162
8.03 CREATE SPIRALS (SPIRAL TOOL) ..................................................................................................................................................... 163
8.04 CREATE STARS AND POLYGONS (STAR & POLYGON TOOL) ............................................................................................................... 164
Star .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 165
Polygon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 166
8.05 SHADOW LAYER ............................................................................................................................................................................. 168
Outset Shadow ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 168
Blackout Option ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 168
Corner Join Option .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 169
Inset Shadow ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 169
8.06 WELD TOOL ................................................................................................................................................................................... 170
Designing a Balloon ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 170
Designing a Border.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 170
Designing a Wreath ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 171
8.07 BOOLEAN JOIN ............................................................................................................................................................................... 172
Cutting One Shape from Another ............................................................................................................................................................................ 172
8.08 WRAP OBJECTS TO PATH................................................................................................................................................................ 173
8.08.1 Designing a Scalloped Oval ......................................................................................................................................................................... 173
8.08.2 Warp Objects to Path ................................................................................................................................................................................... 174
8.08.3 Live Edit Window .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 177
8.09 AUTO 4-POINT WARP ..................................................................................................................................................................... 178
8.10 CONICAL WARP .............................................................................................................................................................................. 181
Tumbler Wrap .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 181
8.11 LATTICE ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 182
Latticed Circle .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 182
8.12 RHINESTONE DESIGN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 183
Rhinestone Outline .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 184
Rhinestone Fill ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 185
Additional Tips on Rhinestone Designing ............................................................................................................................................................... 185
8.13 TEXTURE SNAPSHOT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 186
Creating a Gradient Texture Fill .............................................................................................................................................................................. 187
8.14 JIGSAW PUZZLE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 188
8.15 NOTES WINDOW ............................................................................................................................................................................. 189
8.16 DESIGN CONTEST TUTORIALS ......................................................................................................................................................... 191
Designing a Whale by Brigit Mann .......................................................................................................................................................................... 191
Designing a Flower by Laury Vaden ....................................................................................................................................................................... 193
9. PRINT AND CUT .................................................................................................................................................................................. 199

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