Leather wrap glass?

[Bigjohn (john stegenga)]

Ok. I did search this, but I didn’t find anything. Online there are a bunch of youtube videos showing people using protractors and such, paper wrapping glasware, etc. - skills and tools I don’t really have.
Heck I barely have the skill to use lightburn - but if my wife makes a design in photoshop I can sure as heck hit “alt t”!
So - to wrap a glass I know have to know the circumference at the top, and at the bottom, of where i want the leather.
I can figure that out…

But then those cut lines have to have some small arc / curve to them - and that right there is where my brain gets lost.
Any help?
John

[bLouChip (Lou Cipriano)]

I’m just guessing here…
check out ‘warping’ tools, menu Tools-‘Warp selection’ , or ‘Deform selection’

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

This thread has a link to a how to article.

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[Bigjohn (john stegenga)]

Thanks – I’ll check that out - but for example this:

so not a trapezoid, though slightly…

[MikeyH (Mike Hembrey)]

@Bigjohn

using protractors and such

That is a truncated cone. Print and cut out what Lightburn gives you with the tapered cylinder (which is a cone by the way) and wrap it around the mug. If that does not give you the effect you want, that is where the “using protractors and such” comes in.

[Bigjohn (john stegenga)]

Thank you everyone for the guidance. I think I managed it.