Breaking up solid spaces in your designs can be a great way to make a design stand out and add creativity to your production. The stroke and fill tools adjust styles and fills of objects. From left to right: Line style: Select to apply a thin or thick line effect to a selected object. From…
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The following elements make up the workspace. Most elements can be moved around and docked in the workspace. When you first start the application, or open a new file, the signblank size dialog appears. Here, you can set the origin, orientation, dimensions, material, and resizing of the blank. To save your settings, click Advanced. To make…
When creating a contour cut with bleed, it is possible that a hairline of white will be left before showing the bleed. Obviously, this isn’t ideal for finishing up your designs. There are some quick and easy fixes to this issue, so let’s get started. There are 2 main causes for this issue: 1) The…
SignLab is a powerful production software platform, with driver support for hundreds of different machines. If you work with Mimaki RasterLink™ or Roland VersaWorks™, SignLab packages are built to specifically operate these devices at their best. To quickly prepare and output jobs to RasterLink™, use SignLab RasterLink™ Edition, and for VersaWorks use SignLab VersaWorks™ Edition. Sending…
Working with your objects can get confusing, especially when stacking different layers. With the weld tool, you can join objects, either to simplify your design, or as a tool to create entirely new design options. The weld tools can be used to weld objects together in different styles. For information about configuring nodes for welds, see our Compass article…
Getting a picture perfect design on a shape or text can be time consuming. There’s nothing worse than the sinking feeling of realizing your design is great, but now you have to mimic it 100 more times. The InstantReplay function in SignLab, EngraveLab, and ProfileLab lets you take all the custom design work you do…
Contour cuts are useful for stickers, labels, wall art, signs, logos, etc. You can apply contour cuts in SignLab, EngraveLab, ProfileLab, and Digital Factory. The methods are slightly different depending on the program you’re using – they are outlined in this blog. Contour cuts create a cut path around image frames or around and on…
In SignLab, EngraveLab, and ProfileLab, you can create custom blanks for your jobs. This blog uses the language “sign blank” and may appear differently depending on the program you’re using. This example helps you create a custom sign blank from an object you’ve designed in the workspace. You can create any design for a blank…