KariF Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I know on some of the designs I will have to separate circular shapes from outside borders but just wondered if it was possible to create a stencil easily from the design? Is there a way in AD to invert or have it cut out the larger areas instead? If I can only do it with the existing file design, just tabs (using Lightburn)? Thank you in advance. I'm new to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 56 minutes ago, KariF said: I know on some of the designs I will have to separate circular shapes from outside borders but just wondered if it was possible ... Not sure what is really meant here with separate circular shapes from outside borders, but maybe something like that? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 You could also use isometric view and panel. Not sure what is meant by stencil either? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KariF Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 18 minutes ago, firstdefence said: You could also use isometric view and panel. Not sure what is meant by stencil either? This would a stencil. The stars are cut out. If you used ink, it would just leave the design of the stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KariF Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 27 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Not sure what is really meant here with separate circular shapes from outside borders, but maybe something like that? This concept yes but not separated. I would like the end result to look like a Lego block if you were to use inks to fill in the part that is black on all sides, but still have the connectors on top as part of it. See following.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 41 minutes ago, KariF said: This concept yes but not separated. I would like the end result to look like a Lego block if you were to use inks to fill in the part that is black on all sides, but still have the connectors on top as part of it. See following.... That's no problem to do in ADe, it's especially easier when using ADe's isometric drawing & grids as @firstdefence already suggested. - Though you can also do without those ... Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 hours ago, KariF said: This would a stencil. The stars are cut out. If you used ink, it would just leave the design of the stars Aren't you just asking for / want to assign different colours … to stroke versus fill for instance in your Lego samples? Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KariF Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, thomaso said: Aren't you just asking for / want to assign different colours … to stroke versus fill for instance in your Lego samples? I tried to laser cut the file as is and it didn't work. It cuts out the entire form of each block. Perhaps I should ask in a Lightburn forum (software that prepares the file for laser cutting) instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, KariF said: I tried to laser cut the file as is and it didn't work. It cuts out the entire form of each block. Perhaps I should ask in a Lightburn forum (software that prepares the file for laser cutting) instead? In this case it seems to be a problem of the foreground entirely surrounded by the background. If you want to cut for instance the full top area of a Lego stone then also the knobs will "fall" out. That is why stencil fonts have 'bridges' which are required to keep & hold the inner parts of letters, for instance in a, e, o, d, p … Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 ... whereas if you want to cut on an adhesive film, for example, these "bridges" are not needed (because the substrate holds them), but it can be difficult not to lose the inner parts when you detach the adhesive film and attach the cut parts. So a "best" way to design the layout depends on the use case of your laser cut elements. However, for laser or cut plotter you will need curves only, means any applied stroke width will be ignored, respectively must be created as an inner and outer shape (for instance the white lines in the Lego stones). In AD it may help to use the Outline View mode to see what the cutting machine will see. Nadine76 and KariF 2 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KariF Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 On 1/3/2023 at 10:47 PM, thomaso said: ... whereas if you want to cut on an adhesive film, for example, these "bridges" are not needed (because the substrate holds them), but it can be difficult not to lose the inner parts when you detach the adhesive film and attach the cut parts. So a "best" way to design the layout depends on the use case of your laser cut elements. However, for laser or cut plotter you will need curves only, means any applied stroke width will be ignored, respectively must be created as an inner and outer shape (for instance the white lines in the Lego stones). In AD it may help to use the Outline View mode to see what the cutting machine will see. This is helpful when I re-attempt it. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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