• Adobe Illustrator

  Trouble Removing cut lines!

  Posted by Katie Jarvis on August 6, 2009 at 7:44 pm

  I have Adobe Illustrator CS3 and i use a vinyl cutter with the software.

  When creating layers i expand the path of the original text and place the expanded behind the text to create a new layer. However, when creating the new layer, the cut lines of the text bubble together, making it impossible to cut. I have been getting rid of these cut lines by hand forever, and it’s just too time consuming. I want the second layer to be a solid outline, but its impossible with all the cut lines. There has to be a better way!

  Please help?
  Katie

  Vincent Rosati replied 16 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Vincent Rosati

  August 8, 2009 at 4:05 pm

  I’m not sure I exactly understand what you are describing.
  You outline the text (Type/Create Outlines), and place the outlined text in a layer that is beneath the live text.
  I’m not sure what you mean by ‘bubble together’
  Are you using strokes on your text? Perhaps you need to Object/Expand, before outlining – or after.
  Your cutter may also require to save your AI file to an earlier version. Maybe try saving as an EPS.

  Just a few thoughts.

  Vince

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