darcshadow

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  1. Fonts never trace well, you're better off finding the font and recreating it. The baseball bat wouldn't be too hard to recreate either. The hawks is the challenge. If you could find a larger image to start with that will help. The hawks are mirror images of each other, so just focus on getting one right then just copy and flip it. The shapes to the hawk are rather simple and you might do well manually tracing.

    To manually trace, import the raster image and then with the beizler tool do ruff trace by putting nodes at the sharp corners and complete the shape. Then set the transparency of the new object to 50% or so and start adding additional nodes and editing the lines to match up with the raster image. Takes some practice but it's a very handy skill to have.

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  2. No, cause the preview is using the actual cut file. I use a temp file frequently and it changes often. If I go back in the history and look at the temp file, the preview is what the file currently looks like, not what it looked like 2 or 3 months ago.


  3. The files contained in the HISTORY folder are nothing more than text files that have the address of the actual file used. So if you were to copy them from one computer to another, it would do you no good unless you also had the original cut files on the new computer and stored in the same location.


  4. Can't AutoCAD export files as eps? Assuming it exports them as a true EPS and not a raster image imbedded in an EPS, most any cutting software should be able to open it and cut it. Just curious, why are you using SignBlazer to design, and a different program to cut? Why not just cut from SignBlazer?


  5. Are you wanting the history transferred, or the actual cut files? As I posted above, the history files are nothing more than shortcuts to the actual file that was used. To find the cut files, open your history menu and pick a file, you'll see the full file name below the preview image. Then search your computer for that file name.


  6. That cutter will do what you want, although small intricate designs will be a challenge with any value cutter. That starter kit is a decent price, but there are several items included in it that you don't need for what you plan to do. The included vinyl and transfer tape will work well for sandblasting but it's the wrong type of vinyl/tape for walls. Wall designs are usually rather large so you'll want to also buy some 24" wall vinyl, as well as some application tape for said wall vinyl. For the shirts, are you wanting to put the vinyl on the shirt and then paint it some how? Don't know how well that would work, but the included vinyl might be able to do that. Typically people use heat transfer vinyl and a heat press to apply vinyl designs to clothing.

    The extra cutting blades, hobby knife, and squeegee are all handy to have, the magnetic blanks, InkJet Paper and printable inkjet vinyl are not necessary for the projects you mentioned but could be fun to play around with a little.

    You will want to get the stand for the cutter, it's only an extra $30 on that kit package and well worth it.

     

    Are you familiar with vector graphics? If not you'll want to research that a little first. Inkscape is a free program you can download and play around with to get your feet wet in the vector graphics world before buying anything. Vectors are pretty easy to work with once you get the hang of it, but it can be a bit confusing at first as most people are not use to thinking of things in terms of vectors.


  7. Ok, I never looked at the history thing before so I just opened SB and took a look. The history is simply short cuts to the .sbd files. The actual .history file is only 1KB and is simply a text file containing the addresses of the various files.

    To answer your original post, on my computer anyway my history folder is located

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Cutting Technologies\SignBlazer Elements\history

     

    But if you're wanting the actual files moved from one computer to another they are located where ever you saved them. If you saved them in SB they will have a .sbd file extension and you can search your computer for them. If they were imported files (eps, ps, pdf, etc) you'll have to search for them that way.

    when you open the history thing in SB, it will show you the full name of the file so you can search for individual files as well. My guess is once you find one file, all the others will be in the same place.

     


  8. By history, are you referring to listing under file->open? If so, that is just a shortcut to the file. The actual file has a .SBD extension. Search your computer for .SBD and you should find all your files.


  9. 16 hours ago, andygeekboy said:

    Hey Topper, rookie question, does heating up the vinyl make it easier to stick?

    I have 'knock down' plaster on my walls and was wondering what I could do to get the vinyl to stick.

     

    thanks

    I've put 631 on knock down texture with no problems.

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  10. 4 hours ago, slice&dice said:

    Flip it over to the other side?

    Might look ok during the day, but when the light is on behind it you'd still see the shadow. Probably not worth the time, but you might be able to sand it down to remove the shadows, would be a lot of work though.

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  11. From the screen shots you posted it is cutting absolute, the catch is the bottom right of the preview screen is your 0,0 point and on your design screen, the 0,0 point is the top left. If the cutter preview image was rotated 180 degree things would like up and you'd cut what you see.

    Personally I'd turn off the absolute position and just position the cutter head to start where you want.


  12. Just a shot in the dark. Does your MH have the dual holder, one for a pin and one for a blade? If so, are you using the correct position for the blade? Don't know why it would work with one type of vinyl and not the other though.

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  13. On ‎9‎/‎24‎/‎2016 at 9:10 PM, busterbay said:

    This is EXACTLY what I have been complaining about, I put in a ticket also and it still has not been addressed I was told I would get an answer over a week ago.

    I am attaching an image of what it does.

    Plain and simple when we hit cut we should get the same thing we see on our screen and we do not.

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    Till they make the software change, you just need to change your thinking in the way you look at the image. In your design space, the left edge is the bottom. Rotate your design in your design space with that in mind and it will come out on the plotter they way you want. Or change the way you think of top and bottom on the cutter. Personally I think the cutter preview image shown should be rotated to the right 90 degrees. The height of your design space would then be the width of the vinyl and the width of your design space would be the length of vinyl.