Create an outline/border around an image

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gthoman
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Create an outline/border around an image

Postby gthoman » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:38 am

Hello....

I have an image that I'm trying to create a border/outline around. I have tried to use the stroke and increased the border, but when I do a View->Outline is only show the original line. I'm trying to create an image that I can cut out with a vinyl cutter and have the inside one color and the border another....Hope that makes sense..

Gene

Lazur
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Re: Create an outline/border around an image

Postby Lazur » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:27 pm

Hi.

That is intentional. Stroke is displayed without a width in "outlines only" display mode.

Therefore, you want to draw parallel paths to your original one?
You can do that by dynamic offseting (Ctrl+J) on a duplicant (Ctrl+D),
or by converting a set stroke to path (Ctrl+Alt+C) on a duplicant,
breaking it apart (Ctrl+Shift+K) and deleting the unnecessary path.

gthoman
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Re: Create an outline/border around an image

Postby gthoman » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:08 pm

Yes, I'm trying to draw parallel paths to the original....Thank you for the response, I'll try your advice once I get home later this afternoon.....


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