I have read a lot on How to convert a ".PDF" to a ".cdr". I've tried using the Import function and a routine called "Cool PDF Reader".Both of these work fine if you are converting a "simple" (one idea) drawing. However,my problem is none of these routines do an "un-weld".
To give an example of what I may want to do is: I came across a ".pdf" file that had some artwork designed to be a scroll saw template. I can bring them into Corel Draw and do several things. The art work was a circle that had lettering on the outside curve of the circle. I wanted to change the wording. I went to the Corel Draw menu Arrange>Shaping and brought up the sub-menu. Weld was enabled but UnWeld was not.
Is there any way, any routine that will allow you to un-weld a graphic?
Thanks,
Sam
Sam:
Dumb mistake. I attached the text I used to match the original font to the new curve, exported that to a jpg, and attached it to my reply.
Here's the artwork as you wanted it. The problem is the descender in the "y" getting lost in the circle. If that's a problem, maybe a different font without the descender would work. Or all caps.
Sorry for the screw up.
Otto
OTTO:
I'm missing something.
Step 1. I drew a circle that includes the part of the design I wanted to keep. In other words, I drew a circle that was the same size as the "outter" circle on my original drawing and overlaid that circle. Inside the circle was the "scrollsaw clip art" Outside the circle was the original text.
Step 2. I drew a rectangle and rounded the corners and overlaid the original base.
Step 3. I welded these 2 pieces together. After the weld, I was able to move the "welded new pieces to another part of the page. The old text and the clip art was still showing on the original drawing. The "new (welded) drawing only had the 2 pieces I welded together.
You're good so far Sam. You made the Power Clip Container. Now, put the Power Clip container back over the original PDF drawing so that the old text is outside the container and the part of the drawing you want to keep is inside. Do this matching carefully. Here are the rest of the steps written out in a little more detail.
4. Select the old drawing.
5. Click on Effects -> Power Clip -> Place Inside Container
5. A fat arrow will appear in the drawing area. Using your mouse, touch the tip of the arrow to any part of the Power Clip container you made in the first three steps. This will pop the the old drawing inside your Power Clip container.
6. On screen, what you see now will be the old drawing minus the old text. The old text, being outside the perimeter of your Power Clip container, will not show.
The rest of the steps are just to add the new text to the Power Clip container through which your old drawing minus the old text is visible.
7. Click on the Text tool, select the font you want (I used Bookman Old Style, 58 pt), and type the new text.
8. Click: Text -> Fit Text To Path
9. A fat arrow will appear in the drawing area. Touch the arrow to the Power Clip container where you want the text to appear. You can drag the text until it's where you want it.
If you are still having trouble with tthe steps above, let me know and I will post a copy of the .cdr file to my website so you can download it.
My question to you: Is the descender of the lower case "y" a problem? With the font I chose, it will disappear into the outer ring of the original artwork when you scroll-saw the pattern.
Otto: Thank you for the detail explanation. I do have a problem but all-in-all, your solution worked. My problem is (Step 5 and 6 above) when I moved the fat arrow to the Power Clip container and left-clicked on the mouse, the "inside" portion--the one with the inner circle and clip art shifted to the right. It was no longer centered in the "outer" circle. DO you know why this would happen?
I need to read up on "Power Clip" so I can understand what's going on and how I can use it in other scenarios.
Otto:
This is what I did:
1. Changed the "Auto Center new Power Clip objects". Turned it off.
2. Went through the various steps.
3. When I got the BIG arrow, positioned the pointer and clicked on the mouse. I got an error message "Invalid Object..."
4. I turned "Auto Center new Power Clip objects" back on.
5. Went through the various steps.
6. Changed the "Auto Center new Power Clip objects". Turned it off.
7. When I got the BIG arrow, positioned the pointer and clicked on the mouse. --- IT WORKED.
I don't know why I need to go through those extra steps but I can live with it. Thank you for all your help.
Sam Ceccola said:3. When I got the BIG arrow, positioned the pointer and clicked on the mouse. I got an error message "Invalid Object..."
Personally though, I would not use powerclip here.After recreating the outer curve (circle + rectangle welded together) and put it in the right position, I would select the original object * and with the Shape tool Ctrl+Shift+click any node on the outer curve (to select all nodes on that curve), and then delete. Also delete the stray objects, like center of "a" and "o".The old curve is gone and it can be replaced with the new one (select the remains of the old + the new and Ctrl+L to Combine).Nice and clean and no extra stuff that could cause problems in the future. But that's just me. ;-)
* Since this is an imported group, you have to ungroup before you select the object.
Ronnie:
Thanks for the suggestion. I did try it and could not get it to work. I could not get any nodes to show. I believe the problem is: remember, this was imported from a ".pdf". The original creator of this art, did it in CorelDraw. CorelDraw uses vector graphics. When it was converted to a ".pdf", the vector graphic was gone. So what was imported was a non-vector graphic. It's one unit.
I'm new to this stuff, so I may be all wrong in what I just said.