ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 - Changing Carved Fill Properties; Choosing a Carved Tile Pattern; Creating Carved Fills

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User’s Guide
Changing Carved Fill
properties
Choosing a Carved Tile
pattern
When you install Xpressive, Carved Tile
patterns are installed on your computer. You
can select a Carved Tile pattern from the
Carved Tile Pattern property page. Carved
Tile patterns create a grooved or chiseled
effect for the designs that you create.
To choose a Carved Tile pattern:
1 Select the Carved Tile segment.
2 Click the Segment Settings
tool on
the ribbon.
You see the Segment Settings property
pages.
3 Click the Satin or Complex Fills property
page.
4 In the Carved Tile Pattern list, select a
pattern.
5 Click OK.
You will see your carved tile segment
altered accordingly.
Creating Carved Fills
To create a Carved Fill, you need to create a
segment with the Complex Fill tool. A
variety of patterns are installed with
Xpressive and you can also create custom
Carved Fill patterns. Carved Fill segments
are often used as background Fills.
To create Carved Fills:
1 In the Punching toolbar, click the Complex
Fill tool.
2 Click the Segment Settings
tool on
the ribbon.
You see the Segment Settings property
pages.
3 Click the Satin or Complex Fills property
page.
4 In the Fill Pattern Type list, select Carved
Tile.
5 In the Carved Tile Pattern list, select a
Carved Tile pattern.
In this case, we have chosen pattern 212.
6 Click OK.
7 Punch the segment in the design
workspace.
8 Click the Auto Close tool on the
ribbon or press
H on your keyboard to
close the segment.
9 Press ENTER on your keyboard.
Your cursor turns into a green arrow. You
now need to set the entry and exit points
and the angle line.