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    Started playing around more with Vinyl Master and the node editing capabilities. One thing I could not figure out, or if it's even possible, was to delete a line segment between two nodes. For example, if I have a circle that is made up of 4 nodes, top, bottom, left and right. Is it possible to delete the segment between the Top and Right nodes so that I am left with a 3/4 circle line? The best I've been able to do so far is to delete the arc but have it replaced with a straight line connecting the nodes. I want the shape to be open, no longer a shape, just a simple line. In Inkscape, this ability it called "Delete Segment between two non-endpoints", is there something equivalent in Vinyl Master?

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    I have rarely found the knife tool useful for most tasks. Drawing a box and punching it through the object typically gives the results I'm after in a faster and cleaner way. That's what you're wanting to do here.

    Draw a box through your letter then use the "Punch Out" tool. You can access it either from the "Shaping & Welding Tools" on the left of the screen, or from the "Object->Shaping" menu at the top of the screen.

     

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    The brother machine uses a fabric blade and a high tach cutting mat, so I don't believe you'd be able to cut fabric using your machine. HOWEVER, I did find a youtube video of a lady explaining how to cut without using a fabric blade or a cutting mat. She used two sheets of freezer paper to sandwich the fabric and then cut it with a normal blade. Might give that a try.

     

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    SVG is an open format and as a result not every program implements all the protocols exactly the same way. Most usually have an option to save as a "flat" svg file, which from my understanding is the bare basics of an SVG file. It does support some of the "fancier" features that SVG can do.

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    What does the other end of that cord look like? If it's truely a 16A 250V cord the other end is not something that you can plug into a normal 15A 120V outlet. If it does have a "normal" plug on it, then the next question is the heat press actually expecting a 250V source, if so, that would cause your breaker to trip as the machine would be trying to draw double the normal current that it would use on 250V line.

    Now if the press is designed for 110/120 and somehow the wrong plug was put on it you can buy a 16A 250V cord and simply cut the plug portion off and put a new one on. Home Depot sells them and it's quite easy to do. 

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    Yeah, most on here that have had something over 24" typically say it wasn't worth it and a 24" cutter was more than big enough for their jobs.

    It comes down to what you plan to cut with it though. If you plan to do really big signs the 34 might be the way to go. Keep in mind though, big decals are a big pain and often times a design can be broken down into smaller more manageable pieces.

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    11 hours ago, Jp450r said:

    That was after i vectored it. I ran it thru VM pro's vectorizor and thats what it traced out. tell me how to do it differently for the right file you want to see and i will.

     

    Once you vector your file, do you not save it off? If not, I would recommend you start. That way you have the actual file you used to cut saved and ready to go again if you ever need it.

    Vector the file then go to save as, and save it as a .eps file, or you might need to export, to get the .eps option. I'm not too savy in VM yet to remember for sure which way it needs to be done.

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    14 hours ago, Jp450r said:

    I work a normal job and don’t remember the name of the font and will get it when I get home. I figured when I said I had upgraded to pro that it was obvious because you and couple others told where to go to get the discount on up grading. The picture I posted of the vector was 1080x720. 

    So the original JPG was 1080x720? If that's the case then yeah, something that high resolution will probably trace well enough that no one would notice anything in the final results. However, if you look at it in wireframe mode where you can see each individual node, you will still very likely see more nodes than you would if you typed the text out in the vector program to begin with.

    Regarding the choppy font, is that how it appears in VM, or the font manager? I ask, because I have seen some viewer programs that for what ever reason do not display a font well yet when used in the actual design software it comes out just fine.

  18. Posted

    Sorry to say, but the issue is your cutter. It is the bottom of the barrel of cutters and does not track well on large jobs, let along on two different cut jobs. Only being off by an 1/8" of an inch on a design that big is actually pretty good.

    If you're going to continue with large sized jobs you'd be well served to upgrade to a higher end cutter, ideally one with a servo motor rather than steppers.

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    What resolution is your jpeg file. An extremely high resolution can result in decent Text trace but it'll still be better to type the text out in the vector program rather than doing a conversion.

    Here's an example. The top is the vector the bottom is the jpg, as you can see the larger word did trace pretty good, although not perfect, where as the smaller version is not good at all.

     

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    Strange, shouldn't be any reason Corel can't open an EPS created in Inkscape. In fact, it should be able to open the svg file without any hassle.

    Might try a PDF. I know it's not the format they specified but again, corel should be able to open it no problems. And if they can't open it, I'd question their process rather than your file. Pretty  much all vector programs these days can open svg, pdf, eps, ai, and several others.