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Hello peoples
I hope someone can help with my query
I need to design a label it has as part of its design repeating lines that are 0.5mm thick but spaced 1.5mm apart and there are 80 of them.
Obviously I could take a line copy it then calculate the x,y location and enter it. But that is a pain. In other applications like my 3D cad I can use a replicate function.
Is there some trick like that in Xara Pro?
Thanks
Tim Box
you can define the x y distance of the duplicate function displacement [in options general tab] - would that help?
You could draw the beginning line and the end line and blend between them.
Or create a 78-step blend of the two lines. One line at the very top of the label and one at the bottom.
Or set up your Duplication distance as handrawn suggests and press Duplicate 78 times. I have my keyboard shortcuts set to Classic Keys so duplicate is Ctrl + D So I set the duplicate distance, hold down the Ctrl key and press and hold D and in seconds I have lines from top to bottom.
blend is certainly an option and possibly quicker to set up than 78 duplicates especially if the lines are straight, but you can shorten the duplicate time if you group and reset duplicate distance accordingly along the way
Just try setting the spacing as I have shown and pressing Ctrl D or whatever the combination of keystrokes that are the default setting. It will fill the screen in a second or two.
Draw your 0.5mm line, colour black
Clone twice (Ctrl+K) and abut each to the right, colour red.
Taken the three lines as selection and right-click drag and release to abut these.
Reselect all and repeat until more than 240 lines selected.
In the Name Gallery, pick the red colour and delete.
Reduce the black line count to 80.
Acorn
Thanks everyone
Really appreciate the suggestions I will have a try of them later
:D
Tim
Gary I think if I held the key down I would shoot straight past 78 without realising it :D - each to their own..
Don't know whether it's just me or what, but the default CTRL-ALT-D key combination doesn't seem to work in XP&GD16. I have to go to edit duplicate on the drop down menu for every duplication.
Can anyone verify that for me.
EDIT:
FIXED ... another program had set it as a default window key combination, and it took precedence.
Ctrl + Alt + D works perfectly in P&GD 16. And if I switch to Classic Keys (Utilities > Custom Key Shortcuts) then Ctrl + D works perfectly.
Make sure the line is selected first.
Thanks for the tips
I used the duplicate function after setting the duplicate spacing in the settings tab as per PMgwpriester advice.
Now I have a new problem
My aim is to get a few transparent labels printed with the base colour in black or some other blocking colour and have the lines the transparent bit. eg slots to let the light through at those lines.
See image.
But I'm stuck on how to cut the slots out of the black solid so when I send it to be printed they will just print the black parts. I have tried every combination of cutting and combining and transparencies I can think of. But to no avail.
Slicing of 2 blocks works as I want but as soon as I try it with the bunch of lines it cuts the wrong parts or more accurately just cuts the big block in half.
Thanks
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think you will need to use 'convert line to shape' first [you can select all the lines and do it in one go] before you do the cutting/combining/transparency
it's on the arrange menu
Just expanding on HD's method.
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Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Cheers everyone!
I'm having an issue with my example but using Egg's sheet I can see it works. I will start from scratch with the correct dims etc then am sure it will will all be perfect.
Many many thanks
Tim