Michael,

I'm beginning to feel bad about all this, I hope it's only because you have more important thing to do.

If ever that could be useful, I found out that CorelDraw as a feature called contour that does basically what I was thinking about and I have a link for you http://www.carvewright.com/2010CWweb/learn/videotips/feb11tips.php

To save time, you can click on the CorelDRAW demo menu option on the left and go directly to see the feature in action.

It's very nice of you to spent time on this but if you think I'm the only who will use it then seriously you can just forget I ever ask.

Regards,
Felix