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I was reading on the Craft Edge site they have added a cart to SCALP to shop for eshapes on their store. Doesn't seem like a good reason to update from .51

Just use Inkscape to draw and then import the draiwing into SCALP. SCALP is good cutting software but not so good on the design portion. If you can just make non-reusable stencils out of vinyl for your airbrushing. Vinyl material is very inexpensive and easy to cut multiple stencils quickly. I quit trying to make reusable stencils shortly after I got my vinyl cutter. Basicly I thought the holy grail was reuasble stencils. But now it's much easier and produces better results to have straight up vinyl stencils. Scott

A friend wants me to cut a graphic for him and he send me the following attached .eps file. None of my programs will open it. Can someone please try and open it and let me know if it's just a junk file or whether it can be switched to .svg. Plus I just found out my friend created the graphic on a CAD program and saved as an .eps so I don't know what is wrong with the file or even if it is usable. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks-Scott CDE3.eps

The Greenstar vinyl isnt suited to really fine cutting from what I can tell. Blade should barely be sticking out as in barely be able to tell it is there with a magnifying glass. On my SC machine I always use 1 for pressure and 200 or 300 for speed. Also, get a Keyspan adaptor for USB if your using a USB.

First is a custom jetski paint job with lots of vinyl stencils used. The turtle is a large vinyl stencil and is actually I think the 4th or 5th piece of vinyl I cut with my new US CUtter SC 34" machine. Plus lots of bubble stencils! On the side is a couple of flowers

That's for sure. The Kanji paint mask is the most detailed cut I have been able to do. Luckily it's a paint mask so I was able to weed the tiny parts out using very fine tweezers.

It's been awhile since I posted to the forum and wanted to show off some very detailed cuts I was able to make using my SC machine. These are paint mask stencils for a model airplane a friend is building. You can see a ruler to get a size approximation for the cut stencils. The upper graphic is a rub on decal that I was able to copy to make the stencil. Scott japanese kanji 525 backup.svg

I"m on version 3.051 and when I click on "check for upgrades" SCALP tells me there is no upgrades available. So far 3.051 is cutting well so I will stick with it. -Scott

You may want to download Inkscape for design. Then export to cut in Sure Cuts a Lot Pro 3. I have had zero luck designing more than a very simple drawing or lettering in Sure Cuts a Lot. Scott

I have a Galaxy Note 2 and there is only one app I have found that barely works and I have to export the drawing as an .svg file then email it to myself on my laptop then open it in Inkscape then do any conversion or fixing if it will even work at all....basicly get a Notebook computer instead of an Android based tablet at this point. Maybe in the future there will be something good. There is 2 apps for Android I have found: Vector Artist and the other is Infinite Design neither work well as far as I can tell. I get frustrated quickly with them. Maybe a Windows based tablet would work better. But still a used laptop or even a new laptop is the way to go at this point. Scott

Here is the Hiragana. http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=hiragana

Did the problem get solved and what caused the problem to begin with i.e. "weedlines"?

How jagged is the cut? Could it be the stepper motors and/or belt tension causing a "jagged" cut?

Use SignBlazer and/or Inkscape for design and SCALP for cutting.

I've been using Vector Artist a little bit and it does seem to work. I have not created anything crazy with it but now I know if I have an idea on the go I can jot it down. Has anyone used one of the Windows based tablets to run Corel or Inkscape and also Sure Cuts A Lot? I have been eyeing a Windows based tablet. Scott

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 cell phone and have been wanting an application to use to do some vector graphics on the go. Unfortunately there is not much out there that I have found. Does anyone know of a good vector graphics program for Android? I have found 2 of them: 1)Infinite Design-which I bought the paid app and it just did not seem to work well for me...I deleted it. 2)Vector Artist- Vector Artist is free and I have actually been able to do a simple drawing, save it as an .svg file, email it to myself and open it Inkscape and finally export it to Sure Cuts A Lot 3 Pro. I have not spent much time using Vector Artist but it seems to at least work. Any thoughts? -Scott

Yes pretty much saves time plus it's kinda a cool feature to use.

Yup grab Inkscape. You should also get the "Export to Sure Cuts A Lot 3 Pro" Plugin for Inkscape which is availible on the Craftedge website here: http://www.craftedge.com/download/download_extras.html I gave up on SCALP for much more than cutting only. Scott

I saw that program. Might be worth while. I was hoping for a straight up vector drawing app

I guess at this point Android is "fail" on vector drawing applications. Going to look into getting a small tablet PC that I can run Inkscape on in the near future for drawing on the go. -Scott

There is also a "Plugin" available for Inkscape to export directly from Inkscape to SCALP3. http://www.craftedge.com/download/download_extras.html

click on "cut with cutter". Then go into the "Settings". There is an option for X and Y resolution. This is where you can adjust the size. I had the same issue until I fine tuned the resolution. -Scott

Can you post the .eps file? I friend is an old school ranger from way back and he would probably like something like that.

Yup not very useful since the screen is so small. The Galaxy Note 2 phone is fairly large and I have been able to make a few simple vector drawings so far this evening. I was thinking it would be useful to sketch something out if I get an idea while out and about. The Infinite Design program is fairly complete but seems to me hard to use. The Vector Artist program seems simple to use for basic drawings. I'm sure someone will get an Android vector graphics program that will work well for tablets.

much better. Now you need to make both the left and right side tracks on all the tanks the same i.e. the left tracks are black and the right side are grey.