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I'll give it a try! Thank you very much!

Ok, dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway... I'm using a PCUT 25 and Signblazer Elements. I'd like to cut numbers for a Racebike numberplate that is an irregular shape but I'd like the outline of the numbers to be the same shape as the plate. How do I make that happen? If it helps, the plate is basically a parallelagram that is smaller on one side than the other (if that makes any sense...). Thanks!!

Wow... I just got through editing that text and am now cutting a series of stickers with that text. The node edit worked wonders. I did have to simplify the text some but it's turning out waaaaaaaay better and also is cutting significantly faster. Thanks for the help!!!!

I agree the text is 98% of the problem. What you're suggesting sounds exactly like what I'm talking about... I'll give that a try. Thanks again everyone.

Great. Sorry to bug you guys with simple quesitons but I sure appreciate the help! If that change in offest doesn't help is there a way to un-group the text and edit little tiny peices or no?

Where do I change the 'offset'? Sorry, I know it's probably another rookie question. I knew the 'weed box' would be an easy one. Thanks!

I recently picked up a new Pcut 25 off ebay and am pretty pleased with it but I'm having a couple issues... I'd really appreciate any suggestoins you all may have. First, I'm attempting to cut some stickers with the font 'Due Date'. http://desktoppub.about.com/library/fonts/dd/uc_duedate.htm The cutter is handling it ok but with all those jagged little edges and some of the small pieces that hang off the text I'd like to clean it up some to simplify the cut and speed things up some. I'm a total rookie with the SignBlazer Elements software and can't figure out how to remove some of those tiny little pieces (which will be very hard to see in that link but are quite visible when the text is large). With the old software I used I could simply 'ungroup' everthign and select any individual little part and alter or delete it if necessary. I assume SB has this capability but I can't figure out how to do it... Second, last night when test cutting we noticed the cutter going over the cut twice. Did we unknowingly put 2 pieces of text over the top of each other or what? It doesn't seem to me that the cutter would need to go over everything twice but it did. Third, (I'm sure this is the easy one....) How do I turn off the 'weeding border' that the cutter is cutting around my work area? I'd rather it not do that... Thanks very much in advance for any advice. I hope to become MUCH more proficient with my new cutter...