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    what software are you using?  are you sure there isn't an image that's in white and blending in with the workspace background?  the cutter isn't going to cut what's not sent to it.

    have you tried just cutting by color?  you can also post the file, and maybe someone else can see what's going on.

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    I need some help on deciding what to get drop your opinion. I've done some research on titan 3 cutter and there's not much info out there or videos on how and what kind of cuts or quality it does? Does it get close to what a graphtec ce7000-60 plus do ?

    I guess the question to ask is what are you wanting to do with your cutter?

    I don't have a Titan 3 or Graphtec 7000, but I do have a LaserPoint (i), Graphtec CE6000-60 Plus, and Titan 2.  Between the three cutters, I would say that the Graphtec is by far, the most accurate of the all the cutters, and even though my first generation LaserPoint is over a decade old, I feel like it's better built than the Titan 2, though the Titan 2 is much quieter. 

    I would say, if your budget allows, get yourself the Graphtec, or if you're looking for something little easier on the budget, then perhaps a good condition Graphtec CE6000.   

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    How about you do it in reverse? Cover the entire sign in the reflective vinyl then negative weed the white.

    That's a good idea for me to try.  I guess I have to decide which is more precious to me - time to weeding reflective, or just doing the negative with the additional cost of regular vinyl.  I considered trying to do a reverse weed, but the reflective can potentially peel off in small than fingernail size bit.  I already have to fix one sign because the customer didn't know how to rill it out correctly. :o

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    To make it less painful, farm out the work to a printer.

    Especially since those tow companies need many signs, it's just not worth the aggravation to cut and weed these things.
    I took on one of those towing signage jobs a few years back, and vowed to never do it again.

    Trust me, I have tried to my best to get it farmed out, but no sign company wants to take the job on.  A year or two ago, the state changed the laws regarding tow signs, and now it's required to have 2" high reflective lettering.  Had there been a simple punctuation in the law, the circumstances would have been 2" lettering on a reflective backing, but alas, our state chooses to enact stupid laws, and when it comes to vehicles here - they are just as cherished as fur babies.  

    Out of curiosity, what would a going rate be for an 18"x12" painted aluminum substrate with 2" reflective lettering go for? 

    Before the new law, the signs used to be screen printed en masse, and anything they needed custom, I would just cut, weed and tape it in regular vinyl and charge a couple of bucks. I didn't have to do the installation on to the substrate, and I didn't even have to deliver the decal.  As long as my friend was willing to pick it up from me, she just needed to cover the cost of the vinyl and app tape.

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    A friend has turned over her cutter and reflective vinyl over to me, so that I can do tow signs for her company.  Even after declining repeatedly, I am now stuck with this task :mellow:  

    That being said, does anyone have any advice on weeding the reflective vinyl?  I've weeded reflective before, but it's only be for my personal stuff, and it's like 'one and done' jobs.  Now that I'm tasked with weeding a lot of text, it's making me crazy because of how fragile and easy to tear the reflective is (Oralite 5700).  Does anyone have any suggestions on how I make this less painful?  Is there a different reflective vinyl that weeds better that the Oralite 5700?

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    Thanks a lot, i have already installed the program but the drawcut (vinylmaster) was from now the easiest and fastest way.

    I have also to use inkscape has i i am start embroidery and the embroidery software is a bit light in vector process.

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    I've tried different vector software, and so far, I've found that Inkscape produces the cleanest results, truer to the raster image than other vector engines.  The only other software that I found to be better is Vector Magic, but Vector Magic is not free, but it can do colors.

    You can give this a try since you're getting into embroidery:  https://inkstitch.org/

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    hola como puedo desactivar mi Sigmaster de otro ordenador' me robaron la PC y no recuerdo mi correo???

    [Hello, how can I deactivate my Sigmaster from another computer? My PC was stolen and I don't remember my email.]

     

    Póngase en contacto directamente con el fabricante del software para ello.
    [Contact software manufacturer directly for that.]

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    Try converting the live text after writing it out and at that point it will be an object and you should be able to nail the size. I use SignCut Pro 1 (the old original) and I have to convert all my text anyway. That's why I asked the question. If the 3" object was spot on it pretty well has to be something to do with the interpretation of the text. If working on something that will need revised later I save a working file with some live text saved over on the side so I can recreate the overall thing if needing to modify. Then I save a cut file with the text all converted. 

    Excellent advice.  Mahalo!

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    Finally got around to playing with the software. When you type out the text., the box that appears around the text is not the size of the test. It extends above and below. I'm assuming below for lower case letters and above for super script or some sort of punctuation maybe. As far as I know, the only way to get the true size is to convert the text to curves then resize it.

    Got it. Thanks!  not sure why it needs to be that hard.  I typed out all caps, and thought it would the right size.  Maybe I should be considering SCALP :(

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    Anyone else out there that runs a Graphtec CE6000-60 Plus & Graphtec Studio setup?

    I recently did a quick text cut, and noticed that the cut text was smaller then what I had laid out in the workspace.  I thought that this was kind of odd, and was concerned that the overall scale was off, but when I checked all the setting, it's all set 100%.  I then cut a 3" square, and it was spot on, so I'm wondering if this is just the text that's doing this, and if it is, has anyone else ran into this situation - and if there's a fix.