MattG Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 We just purchased a Roland printer to make labels on. This printer prints from a separate software Roland Versaworks. The machine has a cutter on it to allow for cutting out of prints and lettering and such. How it does this is in Adobe Illustrator you install a color swatch pallet they provide. Then anything with the cut contour color is removed. Is there a way to take that illustrator swatch pallet and make that a color pallet in Vectorworks. This way I can draw the cuts as a class in Vectorworks and eliminate dumping everything back into illustrator? Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Color Palettes are controlled via the Attribute Palettes: Click the Fill Color to display the Color Palette Manager in the top right corner Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 I know that, my issue is that it is a illustrator swatch pallet. Is there a way to import that into vectorworks. It has a .ai extension. Matt Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 No way to directly import the .ai file. You should be able to open up the palette in Illustrator and determine the RGB or CMYK values for the color and then recreate that in a Vectorworks Color Palette. Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 Is there a way in vectorworks to change the color mode or adjust a color mode to mirror a CMYK Color? The color is in a CMYK mode document and it is pure magenta. I am looking in vectorworks and all I can adjust is RGB or Hue, SAT and LUM. Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 On the Mac, VW uses the system color picker so you can adjust CMYK there. I don't know enough about Windows to know how to adjust CMYK there. Send me the CMYK values and I will make a palette and send you a file with in it and we can see if that works. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted November 30, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 30, 2011 Vectorworks will pick what it thinks is the closest RGB match to any CMYK colour you suggest. Best bet is to covert outside in something like Photoshop to get equivalent RGB values and then use those in VW. Quote Link to comment
MattG Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 I was able to get the RGB and HSB values in Illustrator. I am trying it in a few to see if that will translate in vectorworks or not. Matt Quote Link to comment
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