Jim, As per my recent email, the jpeg save feature is only for giving a quick snapshot of the grid image. If you print using the Print button (and you can print to PDF if you have a pdf printer installed) then there is no cropping of the image, and you can specify the number of cells per inch for the printed grid. The actual project file is saved without cropping of the image. Regards Dave
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Simple tool for testing some thread colour combos: Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Good idea Darren. Jim, if you email me the pic I can take a look at it for you. Cheers Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Hi Jim, That sounds weird. I just posted a response on the Thread Central forum. Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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It's 9,000 miles for me, and worth every one of them! Can't wait to catch up with everyone again and to make new acquaintances. Tom does an exceptional job of pulling together this fantastic event and I highly recommend attending. Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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How do you keep a rodbuilder in suspense? :-)
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VisualWEAVE lets you specify the number of grid cells per inch to print. When it prints out on multiple pages you can then join the pages, similar to what Ellis suggested. A printer that prints on larger paper would make this easier. Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Thanks Doc Hi Jim, just saw your questions on I've posted responses. Hope that explains it. Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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I have it, you can email me. That's what got me started. It came out closer to 20 years ago than 10!! Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Yes, I'll be there Fred, and I'll expect another birthday cake! lol I'll have my better half with me, and some extended family too. Can't wait. cheers Dave Boyle
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On a couple of rods I wrote names free form and stuck them down with CP. The trick I used back then was to tie the threads in place with long strands of my wife's hair - taken with permision of course! - and removed the hair once the CP had set.
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I'll be there in Feb to celebrate another "birthday"...Would be great to have a challenge that happens at that time...
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Tom, A sincere "thank you" for your efforts to promote the craft of rodbuilding. Happy 9th birthday Rodbuilding.org! Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Tom, You've got me drooling on the keyboard again. Stop it, you're killing me! Cheers Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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If the rod has a decorative cross wrap or weave on it, you could then customise the rod bag with the same pattern. You could either get the bag monogrammed or look into getting an iron-on transfer made. Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Ditto from me Much appreciated Mike Thanks DB
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Hi Bruce, You can save the files anywhere, but the most logical place to save them is in the Program Files\VisualWRAP\Patterns folder. That is the location that VisualWRAP goes to by default when you use the File Open command. If you choose to save them somewhere else then you can always navigate to that alternative location using the File Open browser. One note - if you downloaded the zi
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Robert, Not sure if you read this board or not, but my emails to you don't seem to be getting through and I am not sure how else to contact you. Please check your email spam folder in case my emails to you are ending up there. Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net - - - - - - - - - - -
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VizWeave works fine under Vista. Thanks Dave Boyle
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While I'm at it I'd also like to publicly acknowledge Ernie Smith who has been quietly helping others to get vizwrap running on Vista as well. It is this sharing attitude that makes me really happy to be involved in this great craft. You guys rock. Regards Dave
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Great work Allen. Looks like I owe you a carton! Thanks Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Check out these links: Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Spool 9 = Grip colour Spool 10 = Rod colour Spool 11 = End wraps Spool 12 = Under wrap colour Spool 12 will be black if you don't set the Underwrap option (Preferences/Wrapping/Flat View). If you set the option to use an underwrap then spool 12 becomes visible on the toolbar and you could use it in a script if you wanted to. With Underwraps enabled, pressing the Clear button will set the
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If you look in the VisualWRAP Pattern Library in the "All Patterns" category you will see images of various cross wrap patterns. If you scroll down the list you should see one called Checkerboard. Is that what you have in mind? Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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G'day, Here is a page listing some upcoming rod building events: The idea is to have a common place to look when searching for upcoming events. You can bookmark that link, else go to the ThreadCentral home page and click on the "Rod Building Events" link in the Thread Central menu on the left. If you know of other events that could be added to thepage, drop me an email wi
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G'day, There are two new thread art tutorials available for viewing on the Thread Central website: The tutorials cover Trim Bands and Multi Colour Tiger Wraps, and are made available courtesy of Jim Rippe who created them, and Mike Barkley who put them into PDF format. Thanks guys! Regards Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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Bucky, The idea is to create the text in another program, save it as a bmp or jpg file, then import that file into vizWeave. You could use MSPaint (pretty basic) or another graphics program. You could even use MS Word to create the text on the screen in a large size, then press the Print Screen button to save an image of the screen, then open up Paint or any other graphics editing program, pas
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Hi Giorgio, If you have a picture in the grid and want to add rows or columns, you can. To add a new row: Click just to the left of the grid (the column containing the row numbers) at the position you want to insert the row. The entire row will highlight. Right click and choose "Insert". similar procedure for inserting columns. Billy, Some great new wraps there! The most sat
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G'day, I did a security update to the website recently and thought all was well, but found today that the page links were not working. I believe all is OK now. If anyone visits the site and finds anything wrong please feel free to drop me a message so I can get it sorted. Thanks Dave Boyle www.threadcentral.net
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I travelled half way around the world for the 2008 show and had the time of my life. I consider it a privilege that I was able to attend and spend time with a bunch of fantastic people brought together by the craft/hobby/passion we share. While I can't be there in 2009 due to work commitments, I highly recommend to anybody whose even considering going this time to "just do it"...and po
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