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Line colours are used to organise different operations within the artwork.\u00a0For example, separate colours can be used to identify:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cutting.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Vector marking.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Engraving.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Different processing settings.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The exact colours and settings used will depend on how the Epilog job is configured. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we use the “split by colour” tool in Epilog Dashboard, the software is expecting to find a limited set of colours used throughout the design, but if the colours are different then it can cause problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use a consistent colour throughout your design<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Use a consistent RGB colour system throughout the drawing. This makes it easier to identify which lines will be used for each laser operation and helps prevent incorrect settings in the Epilog Dashboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, if red represents cutting and blue represents engraving, use these colours consistently throughout the artwork. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may find it useful to select the “only web colours” check box in the colour picker. This will restrict the colour palette available to you which will mean it’s easier to pick a solid, standard colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selecting items with the same colour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You can use Select menu <\/strong>\u2192 Same<\/strong> \u2192 Stroke Colour <\/strong>in to quickly select every line with the same stroke colour. This is useful for checking that all cutting or engraving lines have been assigned the correct RGB colour, or to help homogenise the colour selections across the board. <\/p>\n\n\n
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Opacity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In some cases, especially with imported AutoCAD documents, we have found problems with overlapping lines with an opacity less than 100%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where lines with some amount of translucency overlap a new shade or colour can be created which can confuse Epilog Dashboard. This doesn’t happen very often, but it has caused issues in the past. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Line colours are used to organise different operations within the artwork.\u00a0For example, separate colours can be used to identify:\u00a0 The exact colours and settings used will depend on how the Epilog job is configured. When we use the “split by colour” tool in Epilog Dashboard, the software is expecting to find a limited set of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[110,223,111,51,108,68],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-troubleshooting-laser-cutting","tag-adobe","tag-epilog-dashboard","tag-illustrator","tag-laser","tag-laser-cutter","tag-troubleshooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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