Starting with X5 Corel decided that the default pen width should be .007. This creates an issue for those that want to vector cut objects on a laser. This is because most laser drivers need to see lines widths less than .007.The line width allows the laser machine to recognize these lines as vectors. For this exercise I will show you how to change the defaults in X6 as this has been changed in this version of CorelDraw. Typically we made our changes in the styles section of the Tool menu. This has changed in this version which means we need to change this.

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I had a customer that bought a laser to create a bunch of scroll saw patterns on their laser machine. The problem is the images are in a book. This article will show you how to take the scanned image and vector it so that we can cut it out with our laser

In this lesson we will look at recreating this photo on both anodized aluminum and black granite. Note the one problem with this photo is that the hat casts a shadow on the boy’s face. For this reason I will need to put in a little more of an adjustment to lighten up the face. Photo provided by
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