InVue User Manual
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1. C Changed Closed Path Start Location 44 Circle 52 Color Palette 33 Connect Two Points 43 Connected Line 21 47 Contour 23 Converting 53 Copy 18 Cursor 15 Cut 18 Cut At Control Point 44 Cut Control Panel 18 35 Cut Path 43 Cut Path With Line 43 D Display Mat 63 Distress 29 E Ellipse 21 51 Embossing 29 Engrave 29 Erase 23 49 F File Recovery 13 G Gif 61 Group 25 H Height 59 Image Crop 53 Images 53 61 Import 61 Inline 23 J Join Two Points 43 Jpg 53 61 L Line Segment 47 Line Style 27 Line Width 27 M Mirror 59 Move 19 59 Move Point 15 20 43 Move To Back 19 N New File 18 New Page 3 O Open File 7 18 Outline 23 P Page Settings 3 Paste 19 61 Path Smooth 21 44 Piercing 29 52 Png 53 61 Polygon 51 Print and Cut 18 57 Project 9 Pvg 5 53 61 R Rectangle 21 51 Hedo 18 Hesize 25 59 Heverse Path 45 Hhinestone 29 Rotate 15 59 Round Corner 44 67 S Save 5 13 18 53 Scale 41 55 59 Send Back 19 Shapes 51 Square 52 Star 52 Svg 5 53 61 T Text 15 22 U Undo 18 Ungroup 25 V Vectorization 41 55 Visual Text Layout 22 W Weld 39 40 Width 3 Wire Frame 19 Woc 53 61 Z Zoom All 19 Zoom Area 19 Zoom Object 19 Zoom Out 19 Zoom Page 19 682. Fantasy A Food M Free Cutting Files f3 Geography f3 Holidays Birds in Love 3 Household A ANA M Klo s Classroom f3 Military bud mm Search Local Pazzles Craft Room Both Close a 12 Auto Save And File Recovery If for any reason you lose your file you can recover the an auto saved copy of your file is saved every five minutes Auto saved files are kept for ten days 1 Select the Gallery Button from the top tool bar 2 Select the Local file 3 Select the autosaves file 4 You can then browse for you file and click on the button next to it to insert it in to your page 5 Make sure to save your file eoo Image Gallery Sign In Available Downloads Login to determine available downloads owe UntitledO kminfviukz autosaves TER pvc f3 My Files Mi Sm 3 Pazzles Craft Room Downl cT 3 Online 3 Search Results Search Local _ Pazzles Craft Room Both Close By default your files are saved every five minutes and are stored for ten days e You can change these settings by going to the InVue drop down menu and selecting Preferences e Make sure to select Save at the bottom of the screen after making your selections 13 Auto Save And File Recovery _ Transparency V Auto Save ls I mins between saves A days to keep autosaves Stack Trace A trace limit V Zoom With Mouse Wheel Ml Use Minimum Pen Width 1 00 width check val
3. Pr A Cultural 3 Decorative 3 Fantasy 3 Food 3 Free Cutting Files 3 Geography 3 Holidays 3 Household 3 Klo s Classroom 3 Military 3 Music 3 Nature 3 New 3 Occasions 3 Occupations 3 Odds n Ends Buildings and Fences Collections Craft Room Featured Pr wu a ug a Search Local Pazzles Craft Room Both Close To search for a file e Type your search word in to the text box at the bottom of the screen e Select where you want to search e Click on the Search button to look for files that include your search word 11 Download Images from Pazzles Craft Room To download a file e Once you have found a file you want to download click on the button next to it to download it to your computer e means that a credit will be deducted from your Pazzles Craft Room account when you download the file IP means the file is free or something you have previously downloaded and no credit will be deducted e Once the file is downloaded or if it was already on your computer the button will change to Select this to insert the file on to your page eno Image Gallery User amanda Status Active Sign Out Available Downloads 40 of 40 total for current 70 hour period gt f3 Local v amp Online v Animals E Birds A Bugs 3 Mammals M Reptiles and Amphib 9 Water M Buildings and Fences f3 Collections M Craft Room Featured Pr A Cultural M Decorative f3
4. a perfect square of any size Click and drag to freehand a square or use the precision tools shown below to select a specific square size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place a square of that size on your page Square W 1 39 top left OPierce Point or Rhinestone Puts a pierce point or individual rhinestone on your page To use this tool select the type of item you would like from the Line Type window and then simply click on your work area where you want to place the pierce point or rhinestone 92 Working With Images Types of Images There are two types of images that you may encounter when designing vector images and pixel images Vector images are made up of lines and curves called vectors and are printable cuttable can be altered and can be resized without losing the image quality When you design in the InVue software you are making a vector image Vector file types include Pvg wpc and svg Pixel images are made up of tiny colored squares that create a picture These images are printable but are not cuttable cannot be altered and will lose image quality if you try to enlarge them Pixel file types include jpg bmp and png Converting Images If you would like to convert a pixel image to a vector image you can do so from within the InVue software using the vectorization tool You can also convert a vector image to a pixel image by following these steps 1 Op
5. color eyedropper tool manually creating your own colors or by clicking and dragging any color from one of the preset color palettes or a color indicating your fill or line color down to the custom palette You can click on the arrow below the color box or Alt left click Option click for Mac users to adjust its shade hue and transparency 34 Cut Your Project Cut Your Design Once you are ready to cut your design select Cut Control Panel button A new window will appear on the right side of your screen When the Cut Control Panel is active you will only be able to rotate stretch and move your objects All other design features are disabled Any changes you make will disappear as soon as you close the Cut Control Panel Click on the different parts of the picture of the Cut Control Panel to learn more about it 35 Cut Your Project Cut Control y Select Action d Action Cut Material Cardstock Smooth 2 Refine Settings Pressure 18 Save Settings Speed 4 Options Recommended Blade Lengths 2 3 Filters lim Types ali Selected Objects Weeding Pass Count 1 5 Print Cut 9 Send to Inspiration send Pause o Exit Action Choose from various actions like Cut Distress and Engrave depending on what tool you are using Material Choose from different materials based on the action and tool you chose Once you have chosen a material recommended pressur
6. work area with additional tools Click here for more information i 1 Join Two Points Use this tool to join together two points To join the two points click and drag a box around the two points you wish to join Connect Two Points Use this tool to create a connecting line between two end points in your design To use this tool click and drag a box around the two points you want to connect L ier 2 Cut Path Cuts a path in your design To use this tool click directly on the line of your design at the point where you want to cut a path Cut Path With Line Cut a straight line through your design To use this tool click and drag a line across your design where you want to cut 43 Manipulation Tools Cut At Control Point Cut a path at a control point To use this tool hover over a control point until your mouse cursor has a circle in the bottom right corner and then Click dd Control Point Add a control point To use this tool click directly on the line of your design at the point where you want to add a control point i Add Control Point To Middle Add a control point to the center of a path To use this tool click directly on the line of your design that you want to add a center control point to You do not need to click in the center of the path the software will place the control point in the center for you e Smooth Turn any path in to a straight line To use this tool click and drag
7. B asas D Birthd Circles To customize your project select a piece of your design Each piece is labelled A B etc Then select the corresponding tab in the Project window and use the scroll bar to browse the different pieces you can choose from Simply click on the piece you want to insert it in to your design Using Project Files eoo InVue 2014 JOBE St 28 xD Bw gt gt aa 44980 Adjustment Alignment wo Line Style 2122 WAL vooolj pif D Apply tere Apoi Line Style UntitledO Untitled1 Line Width 8 6 7 6 p 10 11 12 13 14 1 16 17 16 9 i 90 _ Line Type 2 l o 3 2 3 4 5 M Printable 90 Color das AL JF w Default Palette t Eee Bees S EEE Custom Color Palette PRA OORA Circles 10 Download Images from Pazzles Craft Room You can search and download images from the Pazzles Craft Room directly from the InVue software 1 Select the Gallery Button from the top tool bar and a new window will open 2 You can sign in by clicking on Sign In in the top right corner of the window use your Pazzles Craft Room login information 3 Once you are logged in you can browse folders are use the search tool at the bottom of the window eoo Image Gallery User amanda Status Active Sign Out Available Downloads 40 of 40 total for current 70 hour period z Animals 3 Animals A Buildings and Fences f3 Collections 3 Craft Room Featured
8. InVue Software Manual Table of Contents AAA EE EE EE 1 AAA A Kan TM 3 Say Files An EEA KEN Tg KENAN NG NGANAN KAGAN KANAN KG S E KERN KEN 5 Open A SAV CG Flat A EEO 7 USMO ld 069 A al CS pais ee ate mene eet ra a a a a a eee ee 9 Download Images from Pazzles Craft Room u0022200020400 nenne nenne nenne nennen 11 AUTO Save And File FIBCOVELy ss coi ststin textes ts 13 SU Io een 15 Getting to KNOW the Toolbar iei pen pec dace der Dent dee ei 17 Get to Know the Tool Bars I MT 17 Main TOD o e o dd 17 A er Meera Or mei na M ER ei eke eens TA er mereka er meena aaa a Peeve ee 18 DESIGN TOON ele en 19 BI nae nennen rare nahen 19 FOU AiG UNO osa 25 LANG A En es iis uto e 27 E AA a o ono EE niente te accident E Ka ana a tenons cena aaa Ba age 29 ISING ANG C OlOM Palette saa aaa aan kan anakan ian ga a ba anakan EN 33 COOK AENG nes 33 GUEYOUFPIO EC ae EE 35 ZH YOU DESIO ee ee 35 DEISCHON eu Weld ON T 39 Selection and Weld TOOS sasana nin aning etta e eds 39 Man DINGGO MOONS sasana saanane aana ia ae 43 Drawno MOON ee T een 47 EA OO creer tera ee a aaa ada aa ka SEE anew aap ete Masten EE E 49 Shape TO Sisa odds 51 aisla lalo BA Alla pacto EPI TETTE DET 53 ADON e ee aaa AN anaa ee ee err ener ere sree ee 61 DISBIAY NA NN M NUMEN 63 A En 65 o anne 67 InVue Help Welcome to the InVue help You can use the buttons to look through the table of contents glossary index and search features to look through info
9. Xy Pazzles Piercing tool and Spacing 0 32 will change your lines to x pierce points You can adjust the spacing between the pierce points by adjusting the number amp Printable next to Spacing 29 Line Type Distress is for eoo Line Type y use with the Distress Pazzles Style Line _ distressing tool E N fi A i I E fF Ja x y ry u if W Es i E m n is pacing b 04 INE gt _ Outline Inline Printable __ 7 and will fill your design with clines This feature can also be used with the pen tool to color in a design Use the line spacing to set how far apart the lines are placed For a heavier distress place your lines closer together Outline will fill your design as shown with the red circle Inline will fill your design as shown with the black circle Engrave is eod Line T1 l E for use with Engrave A the Pazzles FECI Engraving Style mE Line P tool R Embossing q gt GE E ki is for use Line Spacing 9 04 u gt Pazzles a Embossing Ml Outline Inline tool A Printable 30 InVue Software Manual For each of these line types use the line spacing to set how far apart the lines are placed For a heavier engrave or emboss place your line
10. a line between any two points in the path of your design When you select this tool an additional toolbar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information g Round Corner Round any corner in your design To use this tool select a rounding size under the text box that appears at the top of your work area For best results select a very small number such as 0 5 Then click on any corner in your design to round it 4 Changed Closed Path Start Location When your design cuts it has to start at a certain point This point in your design is indicated by a green arrow similar in appearance to the circles for control points Sometimes changing the start point can improve how your design cuts To change the start location select this tool and then click on any control point in your design 44 InVue Software Manual y gt Reverse Path Changes the direction that your design cuts This can sometimes improve how your design cuts To use this tool select the path you want to change directions of and then select this tool You will be able to see that the green arrow indicating the direction your path is cut changes directions 45 Drawing Tools The Drawing tool bar will appear when you select the Connected Line Segment tool from the design toolbar on the left of your screen Click on any of the buttons below to learn more about what that tool does or see the description of each bel
11. ape Transparent Right or left click the transparency icon to make your fill or pen line transparent have no color Eyedropper Select this eyedropper tool F3 and then click on any color on your screen to make it your new active fill color Once you have clicked on a color the eyedropper will no longer be active To select multiple colors at once use the multi color eyedropper 33 Using the Color Palette Multi Color Eyedropper Select this multi color eyedropper tool and then click on any color on your screen to add it to your custom color palette You can continue to click on colors and each unique color will be added to your custom palette This eyedropper will remain active until you deselect the eyedropper button Saved Color Palettes Click on the drop down menu to select one of several saved color palettes Color Palette Colors Right or left click on any colorbox in the palette to make it your active fill or line color If you have an object in your design selected it will change the line or fill color to your selected color Note that colors in the saved color palette area can not be changed Custom Color Palette Menu Click the arrow button 2 to open a drop down menu where you can choose to clear your custom color palette save your custom palette load a saved custom palette or copy over all the colors from you preset color palette Custom Color Palette You can create a custom color palette here by using the multi
12. ave your project n E Gallery Opens a gallery where you can search and open images that are on your computer or download images from the Pazzles Craft Room cut Control Panel Opens the Cut Control Panel ei LM and Cut Adds a registration mark to your page so that you can print the page and cut around it using the Inspiration Vue optical eye SE Undo Undo your last action pedo Redo your last action Qe f Cut Cut any selected object s from your page p Copy Make a copy of any selected parts of your design You can then select the paste tool to put the copy on to your workspace 18 InVue Software Manual i D BD paste Paste any cut or copied object s on to your page Ul wi Frame Changes your view to Wire Frame so that you only see the pen lines of your design Bring to Front Brings your selected object to the front Move to Back Sends your selected object to the back Bring Forward Brings your selected object forward one position Send Back Sends your selected object back one position wZoom Area Click and drag an area on your work area to zoom to that area Qi zoom Object Zoom to selected object s Noon Out Zoom out oom Page Zoom to put your whole page in view A Zoom All Zoom to put every part of your design in view Design Toolbar Design Toolbar The Design Toolbar provides access to all of the major design tools in InVue From this toolbar you can access most of the
13. be used to create fold lines or fancy lines to be drawn or printed You can change the style of the line of any object in your design by using the drop down menu next to Line Style Line Width Changing the line width of a selected object will change how thick the line appears on your screen and how thick it prints However it will not change how the line cuts Increasing the line width may make it easier for you to work with manipulating your design Line Style Line Style solid Line Width 1 00 pts 27 Line Type You can designate different parts of your design to be cut drawn pierced engraved used for rhinestones and more by assigning line types You can assign line types by using the Line Type window located on the right side of the InVue software Once an object is assigned a line type certain design features may be disabled for that object Line Type By default all lines will be assigned to Cut Click on the drop down menu to select other line types Depending on what line type you use different options may be available These are explained in more detail below J amp Cut When Printable is selected the lines will print for print and cut By default all lines are set to V Printable printable Display Only lines will display on your screen but will not cut or print Print Only means the lines will print on a printer but will not cut Line Type i l Pierce is for use with the Pierce a NP
14. design toolbars and design features of the software Click on a button below to find out more about each buttons function or see the information below for each icons function 19 Getting to Know the Toolbars Select Elements Use this tools to select elements on your page You can click on any part of your design to select it or click and drag a box around the parts of your design you want to select When you select this tool two additional tool bars will appear At the top of your work area with tools for resizing aligning rotating mirroring and precisely moving the objects in your design Click here or see Alignment and Adjustment for more information At the top right of your work area a tool bar will appear with selection and welding tools Click here for or see Selection and Weld Tools more information amp move Point Use this tool to bend and manipulate the lines in your design You can click on any of the lines of your design and then click and drag to move it When you select this tool an additional toolbar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information 20 InVue Software Manual DR Dar Smooth Turn any path in to a straight line To use this tool click and drag a line between any two points in the path of your design When you select this tool an additional toolbar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click her
15. e Toolbars Text Write text using the fonts on your computer When you select this tool an additional tool bar shown below will appear at the top of your work area where you can select a font font size and if you would like it in italics If you type your word and then select it you can automatically see all of your selections right in your work area Text Font Arial Size 1 00 I Preview eoo Text Preview Pazzles Weibei sq I Height 20 d ABC Visual Text Layout Adjust the spacing between the letters and words in your text To use this tool click and drag the white boxes that appear to adjust the spacing of your text Clicking and dragging the white box at the very end of your text will adjust the spacing between all of your letters at once If you adjust the spacing so that the letters overlap you can then weld them together to create a title 22 InVue Software Manual O OF Li Pazzles amt FI oegment Erase portions of your design To use this tool click directly on the portion of your design that you want to erase When you select this tool an additional tool bar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information A A Outline Create an outline around or inline inside your design When you select this tool an additional tool bar shown below will appear at the top of your work area Outline Inline 0 10 1 Outline I
16. e Types for details Selected Objects Checkbox Check mark this option to only cut the objects in your design that you have selected Weeding Check mark this option to cut a box around your design This option is ideal for working with materials like vinyl Passes Controls the amount of times your Inspiration will cut over the same path Multiple passes can be useful for difficult to cut materials Print Cut Select this option if your project is a print and cut project Send Sends your project to your Inspiration to cut Pause Pauses a project that you have sent to cut There may be a delay after selecting pause Cancel Exits the cut control panel if no job is actively cutting or cancels a project that you have sent to your Inspiration There may be a delay after selecting cancel Add 37 Cut Your Project Opens a new window where you can create settings for a new material lf you do not know what tool offset to use set it to 12 Notes is a place where you can put reminders about the material these will display at the bottom of the Cut Control Panel when you select the material Action Cut Tool Blade Pressure E Tool Offset o IG speed loj Blade Lengths NEN Notes 38 Selection and Weld Tools Selection and Weld Tools The Select and Weld tool bar will appear when you select the Select Elements tool from the tool bar on the left of your screen Click on any of the buttons be
17. e and speed settings will be set for Notes Directly below the Materials area is a space for notes Depending on the material you have selected text may be displayed here with additional instructions about cutting your project Pressue Adjust the pressure downward force by using the arrow buttons or typing in a number Higher numbers represent more pressure 36 InVue Software Manual Speed Adjust the speed by using the arrow buttons or typing in a number Higher numbers represent faster speed Save Settings Save your pressure and speed settings for the selected material Options Advanced options including Weed value and Offset Do not change these unless you have advanced experience with these options Blade Length A recommended blade length will be displayed here You will need to adjust the blade length on your blade holder If multiple blade lengths are displayed it is because we recommend multiple passes for your chosen material with different blade lengths for each pass Filters Filters allow you to select specific paths that you wish to send to your machine There are currently two filter types Color and Line Type Color Select what color lines in your project you want to cut you can select multiple line colors or checkmark All to cut all colors Type With the Types filter area selected you can choose what type of lines you want to cut You can assign line types from the Line Type window See Assigning Lin
18. e for more information AN Connected Line Draw connected lines to create a design To use this tool click and drag on an area in your screen or click once and then click somewhere else on the screen to create a connected line between the two points You can then continue clicking to create more connected line segments When you select this tool from your left hand tool bar an additional tool bar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information Rectangle Draw any size rectangle Click and drag to freehand a rectangle or use the precision tools shown below to select a specific rectangle size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place a rectangle of that size on your page Rectangle W 1 39 H 0 69 top left When you select this tool an additional tool bar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information Ellipse Draw any size ellipse Click and drag to freehand a ellipse or use the precision tools shown below to select a specific ellipse size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place an ellipse of that size on your page Ellipse W 1 39 H 1 04 top left When you select this tool an additional toolbar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information 21 Getting to Know th
19. en your image in the InVue software and make sure you have selected the image using the select element tool 2 Click on the File drop down menu at the top of the InVue software 3 Hover over Convert To and select Image 4 A new window will open where you can name your file choose whether you would like it to be a jpg or png and choose where you want to save it The advantage to jpg files is that they are compatible with almost all computer programs Png files are not as compatible but still work in many computer programs The advantage of a png file is that it will have a transparent background as opposed to the white background a jpg image will have 4 Once you have made your selection click Save to save your new pixel image Image Crop Once you have imported an image in to the InVue software you may want to crop it so that only a portion of the image remains You can crop your image using a variety of shapes by following these steps 1 Select the Object drop down menu at the top left of the InVue Software 2 Hover over Crop Image and select the crop shape you would like to use 3 Click and drag around the area you would like to crop 93 Working With Images 4 Acopy of your cropped image will be made over top of the original Use your select element tool to select on your cropped image 54 LI Vectorization Convert a graphic to a cuttable image To use this tool you must first import an image in t
20. ht click an image that you are viewing online and select Copy image Then go to your InVue software and select the paste button to place the image in to your workspace Option 3 Import If you have saved the image on your computer and want to open it in the software you can import it similar to the way you import a wpc or svg file 1 Select the File drop down menu from the top left of the InVue software 2 Hover over Import and click on Image 3 A new window will open where you can locate your file click on your file to select it and then choose Open to bring the file in to the InVue software 61 Display Mat You can change your workspace in the InVue software to have a grid and rulers on it that match the grid and rulers on your Inspiration cutting mat To do this go to the View drop down menu at the top of the InVue software and select Display Mat 63 Glossary C Click and Drag To click and drag click on any part of your work area in the software and without releasing your mouse button drag your mouse in any direction E Fill The color fill inside your design P Pen Line The lines that make your design Pressure The downward force used to cut your design V Vectorization Convert a graphic to a cuttable image 65 Index A Add Control Point 44 Add Control Point To Middle 44 Adjustment 59 Alignment 59 Arrow 52 Auto Save 13 B Bmp 53 61 Bring Forward 19 Bring To Front 19
21. les folder You can save your file as a PVG or a SVG PVG files are exclusive to the InVue software and may contain special features only available in the InVue software SVG files open in many other designing programs and are ideal for sharing with friends who do not use In Vue select Save to save your file O08 Save File N c Tags Where L My Files PVG pvg Cancel Save Open A Saved File 1 To open a saved file select the Open File button and a new window will open e You can also open a file by going to the File drop down menu and selecting Open File 2 From this new window you can browse to any location on your computer By default it will open to your My Files folder which is also the default folder for saving files 3 Once you have located your file click on it so that it is highlighted and then select Open You can also search for files on your computer and from the Pazzles Craft Room by using the Gallery Button Click here for more information Using Project Files Projects files are special files where you can switch between interchangeable pieces to create a one of a kind design To open a project file go to the File drop down menu and select Open Project A new window will appear where you can select a project file Once the project is open on your page a new window will open in the bottom right corner of the InVue software amp Masculine Birthday Card
22. low to learn more about what that tool does or see there descriptions below h Select Elements Use this tools to select elements on your page You can click on any part of your design to select it or click and drag a box around the parts of your design you want to select When you select this tool two additional tool bars will appear At the top of your work area with tools for resizing aligning rotating mirroring and precisely moving the objects in your design Click here or see Alignment and Adjustment for more information At the top right of your work area a tool bar will appear with selection and welding tools Click here for or see Selection and Weld Tools more information select Items by Pen Color Select all the parts of your design that have the same pen color To use this tool click directly on the line of your design that is the pen color that you wish to select Mb uoc joins selected items together so that they are one piece To use this tool select all of the items you wish to join together and then select weld pe 39 Selection and Weld Tools Subtract Weld Cuts out one object from another like using a cookie cutter To use this tool select the items you want to subtract weld and then select this tool of a Intersection Weld Joins to objects so that all that remains is the points where the two objects overlapped To use this tool select the items you want to intersection weld and the
23. n select this tool rn x Interactive Weld Preview and choose from different welding options To select one of the welding options click on it and then select Done 40 InVue Software Manual Items to Weld Item 2 Intersection Item 2 Subtract Item 1 Back Vectorization Convert a graphic to a cuttable image To use this tool you must first import an image in to your workspace Then select this tool A new window will appear 41 Selection and Weld Tools eoo Image Vectorization Scale y Cancel Color Levels y 49 E Vectorize Low Thresold _ 10 i Adjusting Scale will change the size of your cuttable design Adjust Color Levels and Low Thresold to adjust what parts of your design are vectorized You can preview all of your selections in the window on the right Once you have made your selections click Vectorize 42 Manipulation Tools The Manipulation tool bar will appear when you select the Move Point Tool or the Path smooth tool from the tool bar on the left of your screen Click on any of the buttons below to learn more about what that tool does or see each buttons description below gf Ix E IA Move Point Use this tool to bend and manipulate the lines in your design You can click on any of the lines of your design and then click and drag to move it When you select this tool an additional toolbar will appear at the very top right of your
24. nline Contour wo Preview Here you can select if you would like an outline inline or contour Contour will put an Outline around the very outside of your design without any holes in the inner pieces You can also select how many outlines or inlines you want how thick you want it to be and what color you want the fill and line color to be Your selections will not be permanent until you click on the green checkmark on your design to approve 23 Group and Ungroup In the InVue software you can group or ungroup a design A design that is Ungrouped means that each piece of the design can be worked with individually You can change an ungrouped design using the manipulation tools and separate out all of the pieces of your design A design that is grouped means that the grouped pieces act as one piece You can select all of them with one click and move and resize them easily You cannot however manipulate your design Both grouped and ungrouped designs have advantages You can easily change between grouped and ungrouped If you select an image an a red x x appears in the top left side that indicates that the image is currently grouped To ungroup your image simply click on the red x If you select several images and a blue plus sign TP appears in the top left side that indicates that the image is currently ungrouped To group your image simply click on the blue plus sign 25 Line Style Different line styles can
25. nt to erase Se Erase by Pen Color Erase all the parts of your design that share the same pen color To use this tool click directly on any portion of your design that is the color you want to erase 49 Shape Tools The Shape tool bar will appear when you select the Rectangle tool or the Ellipse tool from the tool bar on the left of your screen Click on any of the buttons below to learn more about what that tool does or see the description of each button below ajo Dell ee Rectangle Draw any size rectangle Click and drag to freehand a rectangle or use the precision tools shown below to select a specific rectangle size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place a rectangle of that size on your page Rectangle W 1 39 H 0 69 top left When you select this tool an additional tool bar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information Ellipse Draw any size ellipse Click and drag to freehand a ellipse or use the precision tools shown below to select a specific ellipse size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place an ellipse of that size on your page Ellipse W 1 39 H 1 04 top left When you select this tool an additional toolbar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information Q Polygon Draw a polygon of a
26. ny size and with as many sides as you want Using this tool you can create triangles hexagons and much more Use the precision tools shown below to select how many sides you want You can also select a specific size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place a polygon of that size on your page You can also freehand the size by clicking and dragging in your work area 91 Shape Tools Polygon W 1 39 5 3 side Arrow Draw any size arrow Click and drag to freehand an arrow or use the precision tools shown below to select a specific arrow size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place an arrow of that size on your page Arrow W 1 39 H 1 39 side YT Star Draw a star of any size and with as many points as you want Use the precision tools shown below to select how many points you want You can also select a specific size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place a star of that size on your page You can also freehand the size by clicking and dragging in your work area Star W 1 39 F 4 side Circle Draw a perfect circle of any size Click and drag to freehand a circle or use the precision tools shown below to select a specific circle size Once you have chosen your dimensions simply click on your work area to place a circle of that size on your page Circle D 1 39 side E Square Draw
27. o your workspace Then select this tool A new window will appear eoo Image Vectorization Scale yu Cancel Color Levels 49 i Wectorize Low Thresold l 10 Adjusting Scale will change the size of your cuttable design Adjust Color Levels and Low Thresold to adjust what parts of your design are vectorized You can preview all of your selections in the window on the right Once you have made your selections click Vectorize 55 Ey print and Cut Adds a registration mark to your page so that you can print the page and cut around it using the Inspiration Vue optical eye 57 The Adjustment and Alignment tools appear at the top of your work area when you select the Select Elements tool Here you can precisely move resize mirror rotate and align the objects in your design The drop down menu on the left has options under it such as Move To Move By and Rotate Depending on what you have selected in this menu the toolbar will change When Move To Move By or Scale is selected this is how your toolbar will look Click on the areas in the toolbar to learn more about them Adjustment Alignment Move To x 0 00 y 0 00 top left J Apply Left Apply When Rotate is selected the toolbar will change to look like below Input a degree number in the text box to precisely rotate your selected object Then select Apply Adjustment Rotate 0 00 t
28. op left W H stands for width and height When selected you can precisely adjust the width and height of your object When you click the link button your object will stay in proportion when you resize it Once you have made your choices select Apply Adjustment WH s W 0 01 H 0 01 When Mirror is selected you can mirror your object in a variety of ways You can also select the page button to duplicate and mirror your design when this button is selected Apply will change to Clone Once you have made your choices select Apply Adjustment Mirror Hor Left J Apply 99 Importing You can import several types of files in to the InVue software including wpc and svg files and image files such as jpg bmp gif and png Importing a wpc or svg file 1 Select the File drop down menu from the top left of the InVue software 2 Hover over Import and click on SVG PVG WPC 3 A new window will open where you can locate your file click on your file to select it and then choose Open to bring the file in to the InVue software You can also bring in image files that you can then vectorize or print and cut Importing an image file Option 1 Drag and Drop If you have found an image and have it open on your computer many times you can simply click and drag the image and release your mouse when you are hovering over the workspace of your InVue software Option 2 Copy and Paste You can also rig
29. ow SN AN Connected Line Draw connected lines to create a design To use this tool click and drag on an area in your screen or click once and then click somewhere else on the screen to create a connected line between the two points You can then continue clicking to create more connected line segments When you select this tool from your left hand tool bar an additional tool bar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information b Segment Draw a line to create a design To use this tool click and drag on an area in your screen Unlike the connected line tool lines made with the line segment tool will not be automatically connected together 47 Erase Tools The Erase tool bar will appear when you select the Erase Segment tool from the tool bar on the left of your screen Click on any of the buttons below to learn more about what that tool does or see the description for each tool below Wu a Y m FI oegment Erase portions of your design To use this tool click directly on the portion of your design that you want to erase When you select this tool an additional tool bar will appear at the very top right of your work area with additional tools Click here for more information a Segment with Closure Erase a portion of your design and automatically close the paths that are left To use this tool click directly on the portion of your design that you wa
30. rmation on how to use the software This in software guide will explain what each of the tools in your software does and how to do basic functions For ideas and lessons on designing projects visit www PazzlesCraftRoom com There you can learn by attending weekly live online classes asking an expert in a live Designer Chat watching hundreds of video tutorials reading our blog discussing in the forums and more Create A New Page 1 Open the Create New Page Window by selecting the New File button e Alternatively when you first open the InVue software this is the first window you will see e You can also open this window by going to the File drop down menu and selecting New File 2 Select the measurement type you want 3 Choose the dimensions that you want from the defaults or put in your own under Width and Height 4 Youcan also name your file under Name 5 Select Create to open your new page 6 You can always change the measurement type or the dimensions of your page by going to the File drop down menu and selecting Page Settings 8 0 0 Create New Page inches em points Width Height Name 12 optional 8 5 x 11 in 12 x 12 in 12 x 24 in OpenFile Cancel Save A File To save a file select the Save button A new window will open where you can name your file and choose a location for it by default your files will save to your My Fi
31. s closer together Outline will fill your design as shown with the red circle Inline will fill your design as shown with the blue circle Line Type Rhinestone Circle 20 55 4 6 4 8 mm Size a A mm 4 70 Spacing 0 14 Ey Printable Rhinestone changes your design to rhinestone holes to be used with the Pazzles Rhinestone kit Choose the rhinestone size from the drop down list You can adjust how far apart the rhinestones are placed by adjusting the number under spacing 31 Using the Color Palette Color Palette With the color palette you can add different fill and line colors to your design You can even create custom colors The most important thing to remember about the color palette is that LEFT clicking changes your fill color and RIGHT clicking changes your line color Click on the different parts of the picture of the Color Palette to learn more about it or see the description of each part below Color Mos vi Default Palette H FENNEN Ieee Custom Color Palette a Fill The first color box i next to the icon representing your left mouse button Indicates what fill color you currently have selected The fill color is the color that will be used to fill any closed path Pen Color The colorbox immediately to the left of the right mouse button icon k Y Indicates what pen color you currently have selected The pen color is the color of the outline of your sh
32. ue 1 00 minimum width 14 Cursor Your mouse cursor will sometimes have a symbol in the bottom right corner that will help you as you work Here are what the symbols mean e Plus Sign You are currently using the select element tool and are hovering over a selectable part of your design e M You are currently using the move point tool e A curved line You have the move point tool active and are currently hovering over a line in your design that you can manipulate e A no symbol You have the move point tool active and are currently hovering over a line in your design that you cannot manipulate This could be because your image Is grouped or because it is text e E You are using the text tool and are currently hovering over text that is editable 15 Getting to Know the Toolbars Get to Know the Tool Bars When you first open the InVue software there will be several tool bars around your work area Click on any button to learn more about what that specific tool does Main Toolbar B a HE kt lt KUKU gt gt ARQAQA Design Toolbar Main Toolbar 17 Getting to Know the Toolbars Main Toolbar The main toolbar is the primary toolbar of InV e and has many useful buttons for working in your software Click on an icon to learn more about what each icon does or see them listed below New File Opens a window so you can create a new page Open File Open a saved file save S
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