Xpres Gem Tec - Manual (Page 5)

Working with R-Wear
Diagram 1 Diagram 2
Open a new page (File>New) and select your page size (250 x 250mm is generally sufficient). Using the Text Tool from
the menu on the left hand side you can click on the workspace and type the relevant text as shown in diagram 1.
You can then edit/format the text by selecting (clicking on) the text with the Select Tool (nodes will appear around the
text once selected). Now click Properties as shown in Diagram 2, here you can edit the specific size of the design and
edit the Rotation Angle from the Size and Shape tab. Diagram 3 shows the Format tab, in here you can edit/format the
text by changing the font, font size, boldness, character spacing etc. Click OK once the relevant changes have been
made.
Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3
Once the text/shape has been designed you can turn the line drawing into
Rhinestone/dot format. To do this select the relevant sized Rhinestone
(Diagram 1 and then click the Arrange/Rearrange button (Diagram 2) - You
will now see the image change format. At this point the design can no
longer be edited. To edit the text you would need to go back (undo) the
previous change.
If the design does not look smooth after clicking
you can
adjust the Gap option. Lowering this option will decrease the gap between the
rhinestones.
Arrange/Rearrange
Tip: The smaller the gap the smoother the design will look,
however more Rhinestones are used. A Gap of 0.2mm is used in the above.
Now re-select the design using the
Select Tool and Click Release as
shown in the above image. This
effectively releases the individual
stones from the line drawing to
allow further editing/adjustment or
fine tuning of the design (please see
below).
Now you can use the Select Tool to click on the individual Rhinestones,
which you can then move by left clicking and dragging around the design.
You can also Copy
and Paste (ctrl + V) a Rhinestone to add more
Rhinestones to the design as in the above where the ‘X’ has been
extended.
(ctrl + C)
Finally, using the Select Tool click
on the line drawing (which appears
behind the Rhinestones) as shown
in the image above. Then delete the
line drawing. All you should now
see is the Rhinestones.
Please Note: In the above image the line drawing
has been moved just above the rhinestones for
illustration purposes.
? Corel Draw can be used to create designs which can be Copied and Pasted
directly into R-wear. Designs need to be created in Corel Draw as a Hairline
outline, the R-wear software can then convert the Hairline to Rhinestones via
the Arrange/Rearrange button as above.
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