Hi,
I just purchased/received my Cougar a couple of weeks ago. This is all new to me so I have a lot of questions and would appreciate your help/suggestions.
I am trying to create a template for a tri-fold card that measures 5"x7" when folded. I designed the template in Inkscape to measure 10" (two 2 1/2" front panels and a 5" back panel) x 7" with two score lines that I think I snapped to the grid to make sure they would be precise. When I imported it into SCAL, most everything went awry:
--the axis points shifted
--the 7" dimension decreased to 5 1/2" even though I had used "keep proportion" in Inkscape and the Position Size dialogue in SCAL stated 7" x 10". Also, a dotted gray line -- outlining the 7" dimension that I wanted -- appeared. However, the Cougar drew out a 5 1/2" x 10" template. (I haven't graduated to blades yet!)
--the dashed lines I created for the score lines in Inkscape, were replaced with solid lines and I can't figure out how to change them back.
Believe it or not, this is the abbreviated version of my experiences for the past two days. Please HELP.