Turtlemechanic 4 Posted May 9, 2018 Wife bought 2 colors and wants me to make graphics for the pontoon boat, I don't have a program or don't know how to use cutsalot I need a file like above that is 5 inches tall with 1-1/4 inch dips on a 4 inch spacing with a flat bottom, say 8 feet long (I good then make any length I need from it) So she will have 2 color "waves" down the sides I can then cut them out Can someone help or lead me to a tutorial for sir cuts alot to make what I need? TIA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted May 9, 2018 What type of vinyl did she buy? Plenty of tutorials on Craftedge.com and youtube. com..for SCALP. Most people on here stay away from SCALP. (Sure Cuts A Lot) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted May 9, 2018 it is oracol 651, and the software came with 24 inch cutter I bought from here several years ago I will check for videos, I dint think of youtube, thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted May 9, 2018 Not sure Oracal 651 will work, Most water type vehicles would need Oracal 751 cast or higher. But good luck with your project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcbevins 340 Posted May 9, 2018 I did this in CorelDraw, but in Inkscape it would be about the same. Just made a 8' line. Added nodes to it. Made the line segments curves. Drew a 8' wide 5" tall rectangle to snap to. On the first line selected alternating nodes and dragged them up to the rectangle to be 5" tall. Used this as a guide: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6npbt6qduxxfhaw/twave.svg?dl=0 The file has my line, the rectangle and a couple versions with a stroke and the stroke converted to path. Some of it is hard to see in a browser as its 8'x8'. I am not sure if this method would work in SCAL, but if it has basic lines and nodes it should. Will your cutter track eight feet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted May 11, 2018 David, thank you! I have done 6 ft, so 8 shouldn't be any harder, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turtlemechanic 4 Posted May 12, 2018 Worked great once i got the wave shape, I did 4 ft pcs, so they could be lined up better, wife was worried after 1st color, it was too formal and not random Then when i did the grey, it varies just in ht and placement enough to look 3d-ish again thankyou! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites