Recent content by dennis999

these are great tips, i thought there had to be a way, i will look into these methods, thanks all!

Having come from a CAD background i am having trouble getting used to some of the methods in AI In particular i often want to copy or move something from one spot to another or one file to another In acad we get to choose a reference location or 'base' point for the objects being copied for...

thanks! got it so now how does one duplicate to a layer ?

is there a way to set specified objects so that they will not print ?

well i finally got it ! the printer would not expose the negative option in 'output' becuase it was not a postscript printer (although it does support postscript) after a LOT of futzing around with HP's lousy software i finally figured out how to get a second 'printer' installed with their...

RegistrationMark, i am having trouble getting off first base here i come from a CAD background and all of the terminology and methods are very different and seem quite foreign to me for what seems like a simple operation when you say: "are you saying a rectangle filled with "None" and stroked...

thanks jmgalvin maybe that was the issue with not printing neg (no white box) but what is 'papet' ?

yeah i tried that but it seems to ignore it and keeps coming out positive

thanks looks like i will need to learn about using layers, i am pretty much a newbie

I want to place a border around a bunch of varied stuff If i use a rectangle and send to back it looks OK but it gets in the way of editing the objects in front of it is there an easy way to make a rectangular outline consisting of just lines (ie which is sort of 'hollow') drawing lines is...

Hello i am new here and struggling with adobe illustrator i am trying to print a negative image of monochrome copy to my office laser printer i can't seem to find a way to do that is it possible ? or is it possible to invert the colors on screen and print that ? the only way i have found is to...