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Good point. So I just need to change the last part so it is a percentage instead of a distance. Makes sense. Then we can rewrite it so it is simple for anyone to calculate.

The first part was to help people that are not so good at math get the angle and the ".3" I did say I was going to keep it simple. The height should not matter the way I did it as long as you subtract the final number from the height leaving the width the same. I don't know if there is even a way to prove what is right. Illusions are pretty hard to calculate. When I get the time, I am going to try both ways and see how they look.

Ok, here goes. This is written in the sequence you would put into the windows calculator. Let’s say you are putting a graphic on a beer mug with no taper. The beer mug has a dia of 3 inches. You are planning on 30% coverage. So… 360 X 30% gives you 108 degrees coverage. (Do not hit enter after the %) Then you want 108 divided by 360 giving you .3 (remember that) Now you want to multiply pi X 3 giving you 9.42 (pi X dia of mug) (pi=3.14 aprox) Then .3 X 9.42 will give you 2.83. That will be the width of your design. Scale you design (height and width locked) to that width and save that number. That unfortunately will give you a design that looks taller (or narrower) than you want. To fix that, we can figure out what the design should be changed to. You need to divide your angle by 2 giving you 54. In the windows scientific calculator punch this in. 54sin X 3 That will give you 2.42. That is what the design will actually look like for width. So, take your first number and subtract the second number. 2.83 – 2.42=.41 Then calculate the percentage. .41/2.83 X 100 = 14.5% Subtract 14.5% from the height of your design without changing the width. Close to what darcshadow said with way more detail that may not be needed. You can change your numbers (dia and% of coverage) to reflect what you are actually designing.

Got the math done, now I have to figure out how I am going to show it and not make it crazy stupid to figure out. Should work with strait or tapered glasses.

Got ya. Working on the math now. Maybe a 1/3 of the way there. (if you want it exact)

I wonder if the template from the link in the first post takes that into consideration? Have to experiment a bit more.

Yup, got the pressure thing in my head. Probably be a week or 2 before I get them. Bit of playing around is already in the books.

Just ordered some of these. Hoping for the best. For us Canadian customers, he is working on a Canadian distributor. Great stuff. Hope it saves on that cross border shipping.

No wine glass option. I am trying to stay away from them. Probably have to work on it at some point, but not looking forward to it.

Just say go. It will tell you if it is to big for the vinyl size. It will do more than you can imagine. Best be posting about your first encounter with the wow world. If it messes up, you messed up!

Nope, you can forget half of what you knew. Way to easy!

Sounds right. Have had my 5000 for 6 or 7 years and it was not just released then. Still working as good as new.

I get what you are saying. Now, if the taper changes, you need to re calculate that 2% right? Don't know AI or how that handles the tapered stuff. I just know corel and find this template this very handy and easy to work with. I am sure we are just messing up the ones that have never worked with tapered stuff. The math part is not as bad as looking at the design and knowing in your mind this is just not going to work. It does, but it looks so weird that you think there is no way.

There has never been a thing my ce5000 can't do for me. Seems to me, they added some settings to the 6. Nice to have, but I have never needed them. Cant say there would be any bad or ugly.

I agree 100%. It was my first attempt at the tapered glasses and figured the larger size would show me the template was in fact right. I do know that every time I put my glass down it gets a bit turned. So after a full drink you get the time lapse panoramic view. LOL!

I also use a fine tip sharpie to mark the glass and also mark the vinyl at the distance from rim to top of the graphic to line it up. That warped graphic stuff is not easy to line up by eye.

I think it would have been a sad bowtie. Not exactly sure. You could very well be right. Ya, I think you are right! But you do have to figure out the % of coverage. The glass had an average circumference of 10", so you have to figure out the width of it and adjust to the % of coverage you need depending on the height. As in, if the graphic is 1" tall and 5" wide, it would be 1" high and 50%. If you dropped it to 1/2" high and 2 1/2" wide it would be 25% coverage. Clear as mud, but it does work very well. My glass was 3.35 dia 1" down from the top rim. 1" down from that (height of graphic) was 3.055 dia. So, 10.52 circumference at top of graphic. 9.6 circumference at bottom of graphic. Approx. 10" circumference at center of graphic. (close enough) Circumference = dia X 3.14 Graphic was 5" wide so I used 50% coverage

This is for instructional purposes only! Using the template I got from that website, I used corel draw and the envelope tool to create the shape of the logo. As you can see, it is a messed up looking thing. I cut the vinyl and masked for the sandblaster. As you can see, the logo "looks" to be square on the glass. Kind of wonder what it would have looked like without the distortion. Guessing not good. Can't sell them, but wanted to use something simple for the experiment.

My 5 year old daughter has "sport jersey day" next week at school. Didn't want her looking like everyone else, so I thought it would be good to make this for her. I know, she will wear it once and into the rag bin it goes. You need to watch the simpsons to know the team.

Turn down the music or you will not know when it is done cutting.

No kidding. My Sheldon cooper coroplast duct tape folder is faster!

I was bored the other day and found something at princess auto. That would be like the US northern tool or harbor freight. And I thought, HEY, that could work. So for $29 Canadian I got me a 10 roll storage rack. Not bad for a lumber storage rack.

Should be as easy as add new cutter and see if it is in the list.

This is just a guess, but are you asking if what you print on on the reflective is going to be reflective? I don't think so. Could be wrong, but wow, that would be cool.

Never had to do this before, so time to ask. I have to ship 2 layered (2 color) 16 x 11 inch decals to Oklahoma from Canada. Planning on using the core from my heat transfer stuff. 3 1/2 inch. I know to roll with the transfer tape to the outside, but a bit worried about tunneling both transfer tape and vinyl layering. Am I panicking for nothing or should I be good rolled like that. Thanks.