How to Weld With Sure Cuts a Lot
Sure Cuts a Lot software lets you prepare images and cuts for use with an electronic cutting machine. Compatible with True Type fonts, images, multiple shapes and SVG files, Sure Cuts a Lot works on both PCs and Macs. The welding feature blends words and images together, overlapping each other to make one shape instead of multiple shapes or letters. For example, while the word "craft" typically has five distinct shapes (i.e. letters), welding them moves each letter closer together until they overlap each other, resulting in one solid shape.
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Instructions
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Select the text "T" from the Tools menu. Click the mat in the area you want your word to appear and type the word you want welded together. When finished, click the "Selection" tool from the Tools menu, symbolized by a cursor arrow.
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Select the word by clicking it and click the "Weld" box under the "Properties" window's "Appearance" menu to the right of the mat. Right-click the highlighted word and select "Ungroup."
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Click on the first letter you'd like to weld to another and drag it closer to the next letter. Use the various editing circles around the letter to enlarge, shrink or skew it.
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Click outside the letter so it's no longer selected, then drag your cursor around the two connected letters, forming a box around them. Now that both letters are highlighted, drag them closer to the next letter you want them connected to.
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Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until all of the letters are connected. Click the "Preview" icon above the mat, symbolized by a sheet of paper with a magnifying glass. Ensure the welded word is connected at every letter, giving you one solid shape. The lighter-colored lines within the shape signify where the letters overlap. When finished, click the "Disk" icon above the mat to save the file.
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Tips & Warnings
Drag your cursor over the whole word to highlight it as a whole. Right-click it and select "Group" to make the welded word one solid group of letters you can move, resize or edit.
This welding method also works for nonletter shapes and SVG files.
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