Turtlemechanic 4 Posted February 19, 2013 Question, I have been playing alittle with a picture; I want to do a multi color layup 1) converted and imported to SCALP - check 2) exploded and parts moved to seperate pages, with page 1 having the registration marks and so and so- check so this is when I realized that the different pages are not actually different layers( I can right click on the pages and see the layers associated with each page, they just don't seem to be linked together) so now I need to start over and have everything on one page and then layers (i figured out and played with opening and closing the eye to hide layers) How do I actually move these parts to seperate layers? I "thought" that just exploding/seperating drawing (unweld) would create the layers that didn't seem to work The Cad programs I can just click and change layers and continue to draw dependant on which layer is visible Thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KINGRUPERT 7 Posted February 19, 2013 each layer has a different color and so do the reg marks, so in SCAL i just to the whole job as one layer send to cutter select cut by color cut each color by itself with the reg marks at least thats how i do it on SCAL this may or may not help 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted February 20, 2013 Sweet truck.....oops back on topic I got the cut by color that will work thank you . . New problem I made 2 registration marks ( a couple diamonds) and made them a different color than the rest of the stuff I went to cut by color, selected first color and then (from searching ) hit control and the registration color to select both colors.........errrrr...Fail So I sit and ponder, time for wine and play some more 2morrow night Are registration marks "anything" you make? or is there a drop down window....hidden by some force I have yet to master? Thank you for the help so far!!!!! I am bound and determined to get this cut this weekend..........only 4 more days LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KINGRUPERT 7 Posted February 20, 2013 add your diamonds the hit cut by color, then hit ,cut each color separately. now hit cut just skip the colors you dont want to cut so just cut " example red is the color you want with green reg marks, so just cut red skip black , yellow or what ever other color but then cut the green now repeat for each color with new vinyl loaded just skip the colors you dont want and always allow green or what ever color your reg marks are Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomekolarson 0 Posted February 21, 2013 so will the layers be the same size or different sizes because i'm trying to do a basic number but i want it in different sizes and color Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted February 21, 2013 depending on what is on that layer will depend on the area cut but the scale will be the same Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted February 21, 2013 Ok I cut vinyl and it will work just had issues I attatched screen shots with word see I have 5 colors Notice Black shows a solid pc, when selected it cut the entire design and on the red instead of just the bow it cut the entire design in pink so after weeding I had this I invisioned having a black out line,laying white down, then pink and finish with the yellow what am I doing wrong? . . . . . Also question on layers, do each page have it's own layers? if so what is purpose of multiple pages for the same "job" Thanks as always Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted February 21, 2013 oops this forumn is so different than others I post on,see word document below cut path hello kity Picture broke apart.doc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tekcorps 50 Posted February 22, 2013 Post your eps. file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted February 26, 2013 This is what I started with, thanks for the helpHello_Kitty.eps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tekcorps 50 Posted February 26, 2013 Turtlemechanic, try this file. In your cut panel make sure you select one color and then cut, then select another color and cut and so on. In this file I removed some masks that were there, removed some outlines, removed the solid white background, compounded the nose and eyes. Take note how the registration marks were done and how the colors were put together. Good luck! Hello_Kitty2.eps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted February 26, 2013 Thank you!! I will study the differences ...cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites