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New version of Cutting Master 2 (v1.80) is available for Illustrator CS5. Support/Driver site: http://www.graphtecamerica.com/support/support_cc330_drivers-downloads.html Direct links: Windows Cutting Master 2 ROBO v1.80 plug-in to CorelDraw X5 & Illustrator 10-CS5: http://www.graphtecamerica.com/imaging_software/CuttingMaster2-V1.80/C-Master2forCraftROBO(W)v180.zip Mac Cutting Master 2 ROBO v1.80 plug-in to CorelDraw X5 & Illustrator 10-CS5 http://www.graphtecamerica.com/imaging_software/CuttingMaster2-V1.80/C-Master2forCraftROBO(M)v180.zip

On the PC you need to have the Cutting Master 2 program installed in addition to copying the plugin into the plugins folder. Couldn't say whether it's the same on a Mac, or maybe you tried that already.

That is a nice nice design. I'm not pro, so maybe you can answer me this: Is the gold layer on top of the white, or is the white cutout with the gold meshed in the void? And what is wet app/rapid tac? Is this not a standard glue-back vinyl of some kind? Please excuse my ignorance.

This is what I found: http://hotfile.com/dl/57042445/2fbdfc8/CutPlot430.zip.html I'm using it with Cutting Master 2 v1.71 and Adobe Illustrator CS5. Just drop the entire CutPlot430 folder from the zip file into your Program FilesAdobeAdobe Illustrator CS5Plug-ins folder.

This definitely works, although I never did get CS4 to reinstall. I recently found the plug-in on-line, unzipped it into the plug-in folder for Illustrator CS5 and it found it right away. Works perfectly. Thanks again for putting me on that path.

Partially solved. Changing the DXF output option to "scale 1 millimeters = 1 unit(s)" seems to give the proper scale into Robomaster. It's still off the page, but I can live with dragging it into place. Here's my Illustrator export options screen:

Illustrator CS5 (Win 32-bit), exporting to DXF format (since Cutting Master 2 doesn't support Illustrator CS5) and finding that the resulting import into Robomaster (v5.30) is almost of random size and position. Seems impossible to establish a precise 1:1 scale vs. the original Illustrator file. Some files come in way off the page and ~3x normal size, others end up in the corner of the page, but only a tiny fraction of life-size. I can re-size by hand, but it's just a guessing game without a ruler in Robomaster. Even if it had a ruler, why doesn't the Robomaster import have some kind of consistent clue about the scale involved? Here is my export screen from Illustrator:

Thanks for the info Omega. That's pretty much what I originally thought could work (see top post) but after installing CS5 I'm unable to re-install CS4. I get several errors and it's just not happening. However I was able to grab the AI plugin from the CM2 1.61 installer. Alas, no luck with that either - AI CS5 won't load it, just gives me a plugin error on startup concerning the cutplot.aip and regmarks.aip files. I may be stuck waiting for the CM2 update.

Ok, I give - how do you make it work in CS5? It doesn't show up anywhere that I can see. EDIT: I neglected to mention my OS: 32-bit Windows XPP

Update: Reply from Graphtec support: "Currently the Cutting Master 2 is not compatible with CS5, check back in Oct. for downloads, thank you" Ok, has anyone managed to make it work? Through any method? Seems like I tried the DXF export to Robo Master long ago and it had serious problems. I'll try it again but that doesn't seem like a great solution even if it does work. It's my own fault for not checking before going to CS5, but now I need to make some cuts and could use a solution if anyone has a suggestion.

The CM2 plug-in worked fine with Illustrator CS4, but I upgraded to CS5 and I'm stuck there for a variety of reasons and would like to get this working again. Apparently the latest version of CM2 does not recognize Illustrator CS5. My cutter is the CraftRobo cc330L-20 purchased from US Cutter. Help please? Anyone know of CM2 update plans, or other helpful info concerning this? Alternative software that works with Illustrator CS5 and my cutter model? Is there maybe a way to trick the installer into adding the CS4 plug-in somewhere then copying that to the CS5 installation folder? Would that even have a chance of working? Thanks!