Moderator Johanna Posted July 25, 2007 Moderator Report Posted July 25, 2007 The possibilities of using this technology to create patterns is exciting- please keep us informed! JustWakinUp- I can't believe Tandy has never thought of doing geometric CraftAids! It would be one way to get basketweave designs with guidelines, and make quilting patterns a snap. I'm not familiar with Corel Draw either, and I know Adobe has more features than I know how to use, but even I can create patterns like this, so I don't think this is too much of a stretch for leatherworkers. Keep talking, guys, I'm listening! Johanna (the tech side of me has my head spinning with ideas!) Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
Members candyleather Posted July 25, 2007 Members Report Posted July 25, 2007 The trick is get a plastic sheet similar to the craftaids for to print the computer desing and get your own craftaid. Does anybody know the name of that plastic and the way of made a plastic craftaid? Quote
Moderator Johanna Posted July 26, 2007 Moderator Report Posted July 26, 2007 X, http://www.leatherworker.net/forum/index.p...=findpost&p=289 Johanna Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
Members candyleather Posted July 26, 2007 Members Report Posted July 26, 2007 X,http://www.leatherworker.net/forum/index.p...=findpost&p=289 Johanna :flowers: Thanks Johanna!!! I wrote them an e-mail, if I get more info I'll post here. Quote
Members Nixon66 Posted October 31, 2007 Members Report Posted October 31, 2007 I just came across this thread so I thought I might refresh it and add my two cents. There is a free shareware vector graphics program that I found and came highly recommended called INKSCAPE. You can Google it and find several locations to download it. I have had great success doing line drawing for all kinds of things, but the latest being patterns for leatherwork. I would show examples but I'm having trouble showing the .svg files in anything except the originating program. Quote
howardb Posted November 18, 2007 Report Posted November 18, 2007 Brilliant concept David. I recently visited both the Hide Crafters and Tandy home stores in Fort Worth, TX. Nice folks. Try contacting them directly & see if they have CAD files of the tools. If so, it's plausible for them to be squished & exported as line art. My guess is that very little, if any, already exist in CAD, but it's probably worth an e-mail. There are other toolmakers out there too, like Barry King, so getting a complete library is likely going to take time! Regards, Brent Quote Brent Howard CALG, HLG
Members TimDreamer Posted December 22, 2009 Members Report Posted December 22, 2009 Bump!! This was two years ago, has any progress been made? Quote An appeaser is a guy who throws his friends to the alligator in hopes that the alligator will eat him last. -- Winston Churchill True Gun Control is grouping your shots and hitting what you are aiming at. -- Tim Dotson
Members TomBanwell Posted December 22, 2009 Members Report Posted December 22, 2009 I would think you could just use the tools to make an impression on leather, then scan them. In Corel Draw (similar to Inkscape) you can easily change the scanned jpg into a vector file, and within CorelDraw or Illustrator or Inkscape you could manipulate the individual vectors into a finished design. Quote
Members Aahran Posted June 8, 2011 Members Report Posted June 8, 2011 Tandy now has an iPod app that is a start on what you're looking for. They only have a few tools available right now, but they are planning more. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tandy/id401656166 Quote
Members Toastie Posted June 8, 2011 Members Report Posted June 8, 2011 Looks good tinkering with it now Quote
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