by Gigi » April 21st, 2019, 5:52 pm
My pen tool has always been exact so I cant tell you - it is exactly in the middle of the tool where it should be.
One workaround, not ideal, but I was having a different issue and this might work. I was thinking about this the other day, but I have not tried it. It could give you a more exact cut. Let's take the heart as you have it - an outside heart that is cut and an inside heart that you are tracing (pen or foil quill). Print the outside heart like a print and cut in a very pale color - so you can see it to line up the pen or quill pen. Put it on your mat after printing the outside heart and registration marks. Line up where you want the inside heart to be. Draw that. And yes what Jo said - be sure your pen tool offset is set to 0.
Then switch to the blade, use the print and cut to line up your registration marks and cut. Then it should be perfect. (in my head anyway!) Make sense?
I have some personal things going on but will try it as soon as I can this week - I think it will give you the best results if you cannot center the pen tool.
That being said, I have had several people test their pen tools by drawing a rectangle and then cutting around it and they have been exact. You might look at the pen you are using and find one that seems to set more directly in the center. The gel pens I have been using are in the double pen tool holder and are exactly in the center. And be sure that your quill pen is exactly in the center - so use the correct adapter at the right height to achieve that. That takes some trial and error.
Hope one of those things helps.
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