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I know it's Kryptek, took me 5 hours to do in Illustrator!

For some reason no matter what I do one side pulls more than the other side and items become skewed. Any suggestions on how to keep the vinyl straight? Thanks Mike

What about this?

This is what I am getting with the current settings: Pressure: 37 Speed: 200 Blade Offset: 0.45mm Overcut: 3mm I'm using Oracal 751 Thickness is 2mils according to the Oracal website http://postimg.org/image/6yuks1cxh/

Not to mention, everr time I cancel or pause the cutting the program is froze and I have to force quit it and restart.

No, I changed the blade three times. Set it back to where it was working perfectly for a different type of vinyl. Now that is screwy. As far as "trying to make it do something it wasn't made to do", I thought it was a die cutter? If It can't at least cut straight edges then might as well use a real scalpel! I'm very new to this, not 100% on all the settings, offsets, overcuts, pressues, speed and how they all correlate with each other so bare with me. Just trying to cut a simple graphic. It may not be a square but if I was cutting squares all day I would get a straight edge and xacto. I have already been through about a yard of vinyl, scraps and all and it still leaves jagged corners. New blade, light oil, set the depth a few different time, still no go.

What a nightmare! Now when I set it back to my normal cutting it's all screwy...

Ok, tried to mess with the overcut. Now at my last settings it's starting to make the text look cartoony instead of being straight. Trying another blade and some light oil.

The entire decal is 5" tall. Hard to describe the area exactly. I'm going to try a new blade and some light oil as suggested. I have tried several different offsets and pressure settings, some are starting to look jagged! How exactly do I add "over cut"?

I certainly don't Angie! I just make sure I save the file in different places now just in case something happens I'll still have a version !

Either it's not cutting or it's grabbing the points and snagging them to cause the issue. I've messed with the offset as well as blade depth. The parts are completely cut, just in certain areas it looks like the vinyl is getting snagged and causing irregularities. See attached picture. My pressure is set at 42, speed is cut at 200 and offset is at .60mm. Only reason why the offset is set at 60 is it works fine for avery yellow paint mask, just not oracal 7511 Thanks! Mike

The thing is you have to be careful when you open or create a new file, if you don't save you will overwrite the existing file. Guess I'm just trying to say that SCAL doesn't "act" like 99% of every other graphic application!

I have been using graphic software for almost 12 years now. When you save it's saved. When you close a file it's closed and start a new project. I can't tell you how many times I have closed a file and started a new one then saved but it overwrites the recently closed file! Kinda frustrating to say the least. In most graphic applications when you start a new project a new project window opens. In SCAL, the same name is there and when you hit save it will overwrite your project and now your work is gone. I have had to redo a dozen files simply due to the odd ball way SCAL saves and starts new projects. When you close a layout window in every other app the window is closed but the app is still open allowing you to create a new workspace. In SCAL, the entire program closes. It's a functional program but opening, saving and creating new projects is kinda poorly done. Just venting! Mike

Well, the offset is set at .60mm! It works, that's all that matters! Thanks for the advice!

Is there a specific setting for offset? Currently it's set at .30mm. Should I go up or down to test? Sorry, new to vinyl cutting but not new to graphics!