So I have a great CAD system, but I really need a way to make things for my business, like logos and things like that. I also need to be able to layout silkscreen on products that I'm making. I quickly ran into the limitations of my CAD system and all of the free graphics programs, like Inkscape.
So what I need to be able to do is:
1) suck a design in from my CAD program so I know the exact physical layout of my product
2) design graphics in Corel
3) spit it back out to the CAD program so that I can incorporate it in the design, check that features really do line up properly, etc.
Does anyone have a link to any good tutorials on doing this kind of work? The tricky part is for all of the dimensions to line up as I move from program to program. So far, that has been the major down fall of a lot of what I've tried....things just move around too much to be useful. I'm working to very specific dimensions, and screen printing needs to match up with what the CNC machine is doing.
Thanks for any help. I just downloaded the trial for Corel. If I can make it do what I need, the $500 it costs will be worth every penny.