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    Import PDF and get an extra "bounding box"

    The attached PDF shows the specifics of how the text is to be laid out, I will search out the text entry method tonight and see if it will actually output the correct spacings. Dragging it in from the palette does work, but has to be done with each word as a separate group and dragged to the correct location. text.pdf
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    Import PDF and get an extra "bounding box"

    Tonight . . . In addition to all this, it is a military font that has specific parameters. Stroke is 1/6 of height. Space between characters is 1/6 height. Space between words is 3xStroke. Characters are essentially square with chamfered corners (for rounded characters like O D R etc.) and the chamfer is 45 degrees. The Navy font is very similar, but the chamfer is 30 degrees.
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    Import PDF and get an extra "bounding box"

    I guess I don't understand everything I know about SCALP - I was dragging the text in from the palette and it would not allow for a space. When I get home tonight I will try to find another method of entering text. Thanks for the pointer!
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    Import PDF and get an extra "bounding box"

    yep, when I ran a test plot, after all the text was plotted it came back and drew a rectangle literally 0 offset around the entire text. One other issue - maybe SCALP-related - I could not find a way to put a space between the words without making them separate groups. Maybe font related too - there was not empty/space box. Using AmarilloUSAF.ttf
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    Import PDF and get an extra "bounding box"

    PDF attached Part of the tracking issue may be that I was testing on paper - when I did a short cut yesterday on vinyl there did not seem to be any big tracking issue. Be that as it may - I took this long PDF and split it into the 4 words, with registration marks - will cut those tonight usaf-t2g.pdf
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    New from CA

    Thanks, I will give that a look!
  7. Sometimes I create PDFs in AutoCAD from drawings and import them into Sure Cuts A Lot, and even though it is not visible on the SCAL screen, there will be a bounding box around the graphic. I have tried creating the PDF from both model space and paper space with the same issue. Does not happen all the time, and I cannot see any difference in what I am doing. Another issue I had over the weekend was scaling text. I created a sign (using AmarilloUSAF.ttf font) - as you start adding letters, they come in at 1" high. After I finish the text I try to scale the text to 7" and it often will not change - or else I have to change it incrementally - from 1" to 3", to 6" to 7". A couple of times it would not scale at all. Any suggestions?
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    New from CA

    Hi. Have had my USCutter MH Mk2 for several months now and have had some successful cuts (Hollister Air Attack in the attached photo) but now I am having trouble with long plots. The test paper keeps drifting to the right as you face the cutter. What is unusual to me is that it will run pretty true for about 30" or so, then start to drift noticeably, then as you retract the paper it will "bunch" the paper. I am sure it is related to the pinch wheel pressure but I am at a loss as to add more pressure or less - nothing seems to help. I have tried to make the number of threads extending out of the left hand pinch wheel springs the same as the right hand side to no avail. I have a long plot, about 100", coming up consisting of 4 words. I can split it into the 4 words with registration marks and that is probably what I will do - handling and applying a nearly 9-foot sign might be a pain. On an unrelated issue, the validation email never showed up in my personal email - I had to use my work email and I am not able to change emails with out the validation email! Thanks for any input! Jeff