Cut sections out of curve?

[dave1510 1]

I need to cut a section out of shape and then join it to another shape with a 1" line.

 

1. How do I cut a section out of a shape or curve, or cut the line between two nodes?

 

2. How do I join a line to another line?

[VinylMaster 148]

Depends on which level of the software you have, if VinylMaster Cut you will need to use the Node edit tool to do these operations as it does not come with the more advanced tools.

 

For all of these operations, click the Help (menu) > Help Topics and type in the following Keywords and then click the topic below to see it appear on the right side:

 

Q1. enter: Punch - see Shaping, then enter Node - see Curve Edit Tools

 

Q2. enter: Append - see Append (add)

[dave1510 1]

Can you do this with vinylmaster pro?

 

[VinylMaster 148]

Yes with Punch Out... place a rectangle over the required area select both objects and from the Objects (menu) > Shaping > Punch Out.

 

In an OEM program we have an Automatic Stencil tool that does this for cutting card i.e. so it does not all fall apart when cutting - we're considering putting this in V5 if there is any interest in doing so.