Paddington Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Has anyone managed to use the Affinity for Cutting Vinyl with Roland's Versa Works? I just need this function to stop using Corel Draw ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Swatches panel, New global colour. Then rename swatch to CutContour. Make sure the outline has a non zero stroke. When making PDF make sure "Honour spot colours" is ticked. This works for me in Versaworks. I've started using AD with my vinyl cutter - its much better than CorelDraw in my opinion. Mick Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddington Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 I did all the step by step but it does not work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captkevman Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 @MickRose - I'd love to know how you achieved that. I've tried the same, but to no avail. Previous to today, I've been using Affinity Designer on my Mac for layout, then exporting .eps files to my Windows 10 PC, where I'd open it in Illustrator CS6, add the CutContour stroke, and save as Illustrator .eps for import into VersaWorks. But today, my Illustrator stopped working after a virus scan, and I thought I'd try exporting with the CutContour straight from AD. Not working, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfoCentral Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Setting Up For Vinyl Cutting With Inkscape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captkevman Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, InfoCentral said: Setting Up For Vinyl Cutting With Inkscape Thanks for the link. That's a competent video about explaining the need to convert text and artwork to vector, but it doesn't address the step where the cut line is defined by the software. In Illustrator, a CutContour color swatch is used, and the shapes to be cut are stroked with that color. I haven't been able to get the color I set up in AD as CutContour to be recognized by VersaWorks. EDIT to add: Also, after opening a verified (and previously cut) Illustrator .eps file in AD with the outlines stroked with CutContour, then exporting it back out as an .eps from AD, the cut lines still aren't recognized by VersaWorks. Edited July 12, 2018 by captkevman Added verification information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfoCentral Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 8 hours ago, captkevman said: Thanks for the link. That's a competent video about explaining the need to convert text and artwork to vector, but it doesn't address the step where the cut line is defined by the software. Got questions? Using Inkscape with cutting/plotting machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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