elitterate

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    Text won't cut, only image

    I have one image I vectorized and broght into signblazer. I have several lines of text that I created in signblazer. When I click cutter it shows only the vecotor image in the bottom corner and none of the text. HELP! This is for a wedding tomorrow!
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    Text won't cut, only image

    It will let me post a screen cap of the file though. The KTM comes out super deep. Whole top line is okay. Ring image is salvageable with a blade. Keep calm has only 1 'E' that I can get out. The 'and' and the 'I' aren't even visible.
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    Text won't cut, only image

    Oops, sorry it won't let me post the picture.
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    Text won't cut, only image

    Thsi is what it looks like when I try and weed it. The letter after the 'U' should be an 'H'. Only the top cut. The bottom didn't cut through at all. It just happens in random spots. I did 60 ants for my baby girl's birthday party and probalbly only 20 cut so that they would weed perfectly. 10-15 cut most of the way and just needed an knife to help in some spots and the rest were just a simple light scratch on the vinyl.
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    Text won't cut, only image

    I don't have that program. Can I get it off UScutter sight?
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    Text won't cut, only image

    Done. Blade length is fine, the problem is that the machine is picking and choosing what it will cut. I had a problem with it only cutting one letter of an entire word. I checked my blade and tried to recut. Same problem. Only some areas are cut, some are just touched and some have nothing at all. After consulting with this forum I added another image to the design. Only that image cut, none of the text or other image from before. (some of it was glanced over, but not weedable) I am almost sure it is not the blade. I think it is either my machine or it is the pressure.
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    Text won't cut, only image

    Added a new image and recut. None of my previouse text cut through the vinyl all of the way, but the new image cut through. It almost cut through the whole backing but only where the new image was. What is happening?! Did I just get a lemon? Is my model a pile or junk? How is UScutter with their waranties? I have so many projects I want to cut! I begged for a cutter for almost 2 years.
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    Text won't cut, only image

    vinyl is free, no problem tested the blade on post its and it cuts through one just fine
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    Text won't cut, only image

    It is not happening in one spot of the cutter positioning. Such as for the word 'keep' it runs in the direction the roll comes out. All of the letters in that word pass over the same spot as the vinyl unrolls, it just cuts them all differently. US cutter MH721-MK2 Orcal matte finish vinyl Blade is a year old, but honest I have never been able to use this machine like I want to (something always goes wrong and I quit) Is the cutting strip the piece of white tape like stuff just after the rollers? It does happen in different spots all over the cutter. I haven't seen a pattern yet, but there may be one. Thank you all for your time. I just want to enjoy doing this so much!
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    Text won't cut, only image

    How do I check if my cutting stip is level? (I know I'm showing a great lack of knowledge here)
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    Text won't cut, only image

    tried a different camera and I still can't get it visible enough to send. Sorry.
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    Text won't cut, only image

    It's not coming through in a way it can be seen. The best example I can explain is that I have the word 'keep' in a very easily weedable font. The 'k' is almost just there on the surface. The 'e' is fine and the next 'e' is not there at all. The top of the 'p' is just about through but he bottom is not. These letters are in all caps right next to eachother and about 2 inches tall. Where am I going wrong?
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    Text won't cut, only image

    I just got those answered but hadden't time to post it. I haddent selected them both in the left side of the cutter menu. Now that's all fine, but I'm having pressure issues. It will cut 1/2 of the word fine and then the other half not at all. I thought it was just a matter of advancing the blade but that didn't fix it. What pressure should things be set at? Is it supposed to change over time?
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    Text won't cut, only image

    Also it I can't remember how to uncheck the save space button. It is all spaced to layout, I don't want it condensed this time.
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    repeat on a pattern

    I opened the file that cowboy_1_831 put together for me right when it was posted, but I didn't try to cut it until now. It is a perfect file, but I am doing something imperfect with my cutter. It cuts the first row great and then when it starts the second row it didn't roll down enough and so it cut it on an overlap. It did that with the one I sent as well, but I thought it was just a fluke. I have waisted so much vinyl on this project! Please give me any advice you can.
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    repeat on a pattern

    I'm new to SB, but I have gotten to the point that I no longer want to bang my head on the keyboard every time I turn it on (learning curve). That being said I still have a long way to go and am so greatful to have found this board! I am wanting to cut a pattern of quatrefoil. I decided not to draw my own and instead found one on the internet. It is a simple pattern that is intended to repeat. I found that if I use the array command I can get all of the desired repeats, but they are not seamless. It is not desirable to have lines cut at the edge of each pattern. I am repeating it about 21 times, so it is spliting it into 22 different boxes. I have tried to select all objects and combine them. I have tried to weld the combined object. When I flip over to wireframe I can easily see that they are still segments of a pattern. Please help. I'm trying to do this for some interior design work. Thank you.
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    repeat on a pattern

    You guys are freak'n amazing! Thank you thank you! (cart wheel implied) I hope one day to be close to this kind of skill level. I teach engineered drafting and draw houses, but the computer programs I use are so engineering based that I fight graphic design programs. The stuff you guys know is really an art AND a science. I will keep scouring the boards for things I should learn but if there is anything in particular that you guys recommend reading/watching to better myself I am all ears. Again thanks!
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    repeat on a pattern

    @Neuromax, That is what I thought. I must be doing something wrong in my process. What steps do you take to weld things? If I successfully weld them and then go into wire frame will it show the individual boxes or one big group? I'm so grateful for all the help. I usually give treats to the people I corner with questions in person. I guess I could mail you all a box of smarties
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    repeat on a pattern

    I am wanting one smooth piece when I am done, all of the white cut on the white and all of the black cut on the black. Right now when I try and cut it is put into 22 individual tiles (all of the repeats). I am wanting one piece of wall paper and it is giving me individual tiles that will have a lot of seams showing. I am sure it is just something simple that I am missing the boat on. Man I wish this stuff came easy to me!
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    repeat on a pattern

    I have been duplicating it fine, using array. The problem is that it creates each one as an individual box and then cuts along that line as well. Rather than the black parts being as one when the are on an edge of a repeat it cuts a line through the center of them. Is this making sense? I will try and think of another way to explain...
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    repeat on a pattern

    This is the orginal I had. I pulled it into inkscape and did a bitmap trace and then brought it into sb where I did the array to get the number of repeats I needed.
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    repeat on a pattern

    I am having trouble finding the original file, so I hope this works. pan.SBD
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    repeat on a pattern

    Absolutely! Sorry for the pause in response. Any help would be great.