Easter present

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      Step by step an easy tutorial with Xtool XCS 2.0
    

Instruction

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Step1: create the circle

Easter present instruction: step 1 - create the circle
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Easter present instruction: step 1 - create the circle
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We start with an circle 

hold shift on the keyboard to create an equal circle

 

 

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Step2: node for the win

Easter present instruction: step 2 - node for the win
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Easter present instruction: step 2 - node for the win
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then click on edit node and pull the upper node slightly up

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Step3: insert the design

Easter present instruction: step 3 - insert the design
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on the left side you have many of design from XCS 

choose one

 

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Step4: bend the design

Easter present instruction: step 4 - bend the design
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Easter present instruction: step 4 - bend the design
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Easter present instruction: step 4 - bend the design
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You can bend the design a little to adapt it to the shape from the edge

click on the design and then on the right there is the “lock aspect ratio” 

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Step5: remove the background

Easter present instruction: step 5 - remove the background
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here we have the problem that one design is transparent and you can see through the rear design 
I'll show you a way to do that now 

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Step6: outline trick

Easter present instruction: step 6 - outline trick
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Easter present instruction: step 6 - outline trick
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Easter present instruction: step 6 - outline trick
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Easter present instruction: step 6 - outline trick
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Click on the design and select Outline on the right-hand side

Set the distance of the cutting die to 0.5 mm (you can also select 0 mm to reduce the distance between the two motifs, but I find it nicer with a little distance)

 

then choose both of the design and click on the ride side on substract

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Step7: Node Magic

Easter present instruction: step 7 - Node Magic
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Easter present instruction: step 7 - Node Magic
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Easter present instruction: step 7 - Node Magic
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There is a small area under the design that you want to delete,

Click on the design and then on "Edit nodes".

select all nodes of the overhanging part and delete them 

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