Gddren 0 Posted March 31, 2017 Hello all, I am brand new to the world of cutters. I paint very large wall murals (12 ft to 120 ft wide). I used to pay a buddy to cut pounce patterns in butcher paper for font accuracy when lettering was required. He had a Graphtec, but recently bought a new machine. Now I bought a cutter of my own. I have the Titan 3. US Cutter Support has not been able to help me at all, in fact they do not know what a pounce pattern is for that matter. Did I buy the wrong cutter? The Vinylmaster Cut software came pre-loaded, and works fine to import an Illustrator file. Does anyone think they can point me in the right direction? I would really appreciate some help in this dilemma. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted March 31, 2017 Have done a number of similar (but smaller scale) projects and ran Brown Masking Paper paper through the Plotter, drawing the pattern with a sharpie marker. After hand-razoring out the drawn pattern, use a small amount of Spray Adhesive like 3M Super 77 to temporary adhere the pattern to your wall or MDO. With a fast drying spray primer, 'Pounce' around the edges of the Stencil to transfer it to the Substrate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted March 31, 2017 His friend using the Graphtec has a pounce condition built into the FC unit Only the FC cutters.that I see. There is a pounce tool for the Graphtec, The FC has the groove for the cross cutter to run thru, so that is where the pounce pin would go so as not to damage the teflon strip. Maybe OP could buy friend's Graphtec.. http://www.uscutter.com/Graphtec-Pouncing-Tool 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VinylMaster 148 Posted March 31, 2017 Depending on which level of VinylMaster you have, in Pro and above you can create a Pen style for the text and set this to dozens of different dashed lines and then convert this to curves so it is cuttable. This will replicate pouncing and in fact gives you much more control over the output... just run a series of speed and force tests on the paper you are using as it will tend to tear if you don't do this. If you don't want to weed (blow out) the dashes (a pain yes), then alternatively, select the text and click the Perforation button (above the colorbar) which will cut dashes in the paper which should work with powdered chalk or similar in situ. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted March 31, 2017 That feature makes me want to Upgrade to the FC..., Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 393 Posted April 1, 2017 Saturday morning and I have already learned something! I would like to see some of your work. And welcome aboard, Cal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
