Vector a vector

[tooler82 182]

Has anyone ever had to vector a vector? Yeah well I can say I have now. I'm in the process of tracing a vector because the vector they sent is that bad.

[mark-s 1,126]

More than I can count.

 

mark-s

[Sue2 920]

Oh yeah...I've had those piece-meal vectors made up of

8 million little pieces laid over each other....

looks good until you look at the wireframe.

 

Of course, that's just when "weld" doesn't want to work!

 

Carry on..................or contact skarekrow!

He can make your life easier.

 

Sue2

[skarekrow 1,842]

Thanks, Sue. Like mark-s, ran across more of them than I care to count.

Some of those tangled messes are the result of building a vector file for

print only. Without the restraint of the rigid rules cut paths often dictate,

These files are often an overlapping mess of self-intersecting sub paths.

 

There are a few shortcuts but more often than not, you'll have to start from scratch.

[mr300s 1,272]

Thats why I have a lot of respect for you guys that can do those and get rid of the mess.  You seem to be some of the best at it.  I wouldnt even want to try.  I have trouble playing with nodes LOL

[tooler82 182]

I'm showing a screen shot. The top one is the one they sent me. There's tails, and junk in it. I remade it and cleaned it up.

[dcbevins 340]

One of the annoyances of CorelDraw is that the weld function can have unwanted results.  Reversing the direction of the path sometimes helps.  But often, I put something that refuses to weld the way I wish into Inkscape and do a union.  It frequently does a better job.

 

So just a suggestion to have more than one screwdriver in your tool box.