Dieline Help

Farabomb · August 16, 2011, 10:01:59 AM

I should know this, I have done it before but since I don't do it often I forget.

Have to make a dieline, simple half circle tab. I mad a circle the size I need and then 2 lines. I want to join the points so I end up with a half circle and a line. I've tried in quark (native is quark) but gave up and dropped in the PDFs and am doing the die in indy. What am I doing wrong? I've deleted some points so I have almost what I need I just have to remove the line going through the circle. This should be simple but seems the brain is on vacation.

andyfest · August 16, 2011, 10:23:54 AM

If you are using InDes or Illy, use the scissor tool. Click on the intersection of the line and the circle at each end of the line. You should then be able to delete the unwanted section of the line.

Farabomb · August 16, 2011, 10:49:27 AM

Well with that suggestion I got it done but there has to be a better way than the way I did it. I remember being able to join points and have one big happy die.

t-pat · August 16, 2011, 10:50:59 AM

pathfinder

Farabomb · August 16, 2011, 11:03:59 AM

Went to pathfinder first and it wasn't doing what I needed.

David · August 16, 2011, 11:07:33 AM

use the direct selection tool (hollow arrow), select the two points you want to join, then

in Illy, command J - join points

Sabrina The Turd Polisher · August 16, 2011, 11:09:07 AM

Quote from: david on August 16, 2011, 11:07:33 AMin Illy, command J - join points

Damn, just about to post that.
Or, if you're menu driven, unlike me, it's Object/Path/Join.

DigiCorn · August 16, 2011, 11:13:26 AM

I love making dielines. Every die job we get, I redraw the die from scratch and adjust the art accordingly. I do all my dies in Illustrator. I draw a lot of shapes and use the pathfinder tool for stuff like what you're describing.

gnubler · August 16, 2011, 11:27:05 AM

I rarely make dielines, we don't do packaging here. Since we got our plotter I've been creating cut lines which is sometimes tricky depending on the artwork.

Sabrina The Turd Polisher · August 16, 2011, 11:30:04 AM

Quote from: gnubler on August 16, 2011, 11:27:05 AMI rarely make dielines, we don't do packaging here. Since we got our plotter I've been creating cut lines which is sometimes tricky depending on the artwork.

You don't do any embossing, debossing, foil stamping, die cuts at all? WOW.
I like drawing die lines, too. The most impressive one I drew had 3 levels of embossing, a die cut line, a foil stamp and a blind emboss. FUN!

gnubler · August 16, 2011, 11:31:49 AM

Naw, we just print & stuff.

Most of the die jobs we do have been done for years and have existing dies. We've done maybe 5 new ones in the past year.

andyfest · August 16, 2011, 11:40:09 AM

All of the jobs we process have approved dielines output by our CAD dept that are supplied to our clients. The only real reasons we are allowed to reject a job outright is if the client has not used an approved dieline supplied by us, or if they have used any Microsoft program (Word, Excel, Pub) to create a carton file.

Farabomb · August 16, 2011, 11:57:12 AM

I like doing dielines and like cutting them out even more. I just want to get better at it. I have fudged my way through even packaging dies and they worked.

I tried the joining and it didn't work. All this was done in indy because it was 5 different tabs. If it was just one die I would have done it in illy.

David · August 16, 2011, 12:06:58 PM

I make all my dies in Illy, whether it's for one or one hundred. Then place the illy die in Indesign.
It's just way easier, step things around, join and cut paths, make compound paths, etc.

gnubler · August 16, 2011, 12:08:21 PM

Too bad DCS isn't here. He loves making dielines.

Dog food boxes. :cry:

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