SCAL 3 - pattern and proportions...

[cduchx]

My "keep proportions" does seem to be working...any ideas? I have used SCAL 1 & 2 - check the box..and it works...but not with SCAL 3

Also - I would like to fill a shape with a pattern...I watched the video, but I think my request is different...here is my deal

I have a heart shape - I want to fill it with chevron... plus keep the border of the heart... the cut all in 1 piece...crazy Idea?

Any suggestions will be appreciated
Thanks!
Cathy

[Elizabeth]

Hi Cathy,

If you go to the edit menu, then preferences you should be able to change the defaults for proportions. There are a couple of options there:

SCAL Capture 3.PNG

I'm not sure what you are asking re: adding pattern to your heart shape. Does your heart have a fancy border that you don't want filled with pattern? If you just want a heart filled with chevrons, you can change the fill to pattern in the appearance menu, choose the pattern you want in the pop up menu, then use print and cut.

[cduchx]

Thank you - proportions SOLVED
Yes - I'd like to cut 1 heart that is filled with chevron... no printing - all vinyl...I figured out how to add it to my shape - but when I preview it...the chevron doesn't show up in the heart.

[Elizabeth]

You're welcome.

Do you want something like this for your heart?

chevron heart_ejmh.svg

[cduchx]

WOW!!! Perfect! How in the heck did you do that? Oooo the possibilities Thank you soo much!!!
I must go to bed - YAWN - back tomorrow night

[Gigi]

Thanks Elizabeth! Looks great!

[Elizabeth]

Hi Cathy,

That was just a "quickie" to see if I knew what you wanted. I opened the first chevron file that I found in my collection, and put a heart from the library on the mat with it. I resized the heart to fit over the chevrons (make a duplicate for later use) and chose path "front minus back" (or back minus front, whichever works. If you get wrong one, just control+z undo, and choose the other) You should get heart shaped chevrons, but without a border.

Select the second heart and make a shadow layer, choose path "front minus back" as above. This will make a heart outline. Use the centering buttons to layer the two elements, resize one of them so that there is a tiny bit of overlap. Finally, select them both and do path-union to weld them.

Have fun with it! (I do this all the time to make stencil designs.)

[cduchx]

Thank you Elizabeth!!! I couldn't wait to get done with my "chores" and get to my SCAL It is working!!! I have a heart! BUT - I still need to do some tweeking - my chevron is kind of wonky - but once I get it perfect...I'm saving to use for all my shapes! Once I get it perfected, I hope to share it
Thank you again - so much!!!
btw - I cut my first vinyl saying (30 in long) last night w/o a mat! It turned out great! (after a few practice runs with contact paper)

[Elizabeth]

So glad I could help, Cathy! There are so many ways to use that technique.

Glad you are having success with the vinyl. I haven't tried anything giant yet, but I sure like doing little projects. There is something very satisfying about cutting vinyl. I think it is getting really clean cuts on intricate details that I love. I really should use it more!