Is Pro worth the upgrade

[jbthrock21 7]

Right now i run a small sign shop as a side job and i gain more and more business. I started with a cheap cutter and signblazer. I used that for the first 3.5 years and finally decide to upgrade my cutter. I bought the uscutter titan 2 28". About the same time i started thinking about upgrading my software and i ended up buying Vinylmaster Ltr. The problem is i find my self doing more and more jobs that involves tiling. Ltr does not including tiling so i have just duplicated the objects cut them in half and then matched them back up. My question is.......i'v never had the tiling feature so is it worth it or is the way i'm doing it now going to be almost the same? Is upgrading to vinylmaster pro worth the $275? i've tried to look at the differences between the two and nothing really sticks out that i need. But i'm fairly new and self trained thru youtube so there might be a whole lot of new tools that i'm missing out on that could make my life alot easier?  

Any input on this subject would be appreciated!

[VinylMaster 148]

Why Upgrade from VinylMaster LTR to PRO?

 

Along with everything in LTR, VinylMaster PRO (Professional) also includes:

 

Ø  Tiling/Panelling for Oversize Artwork

 

Ø  Cut Documents (Professional & Production Cutting)

 

o   Position Artwork, Edit and Layout Easily

o   Advanced Color Separation

o   Speed-Weed, Easy Lift and Hanging Marks

o   More Tiling/Paneling Options for Oversize Artwork

o   Nesting

o   Save Cut Files for later and Merge in new Artwork

o   Greater and Precise control over Vinyl Cutting

 

Ø  Advanced Step & Repeat

 

Ø  Advanced Tile & Circle Arrays (Arc & Spiral)

 

Ø  Text Boxes for Complex Artwork and Menu Boards

 

Ø  Advanced Text (Kerning/Tracking/Spacing/Full Justify/Tabs/Bullet Points etc.)

 

Ø  Power Shapes (Polygon & Triangle)+ Three more Sets of Basic Shapes

 

Ø  Font Manager (View, Install & Use Fonts)

 

Ø  Gradient Fills (Linear, Square, Radial, Conical)

 

Ø  3D Modelling (Extrude, Rotate, Spin & Render)

 

Ø  Additional Welding and Shaping tools (for Advanced Artwork Design)

 

Ø  Curve editing and better Node tools (Knife/Vector Brush and Eraser)

 

Ø  Crop, Resample and Flatten Images

 

Ø  Extras:

Additional clipart, fonts, logos, textures, signs and road signs, as follows:

 

Type		LTR		PRO		DSR
Clipart		3,604		9,609		17,279
Future Fonts		5,200		10,500		13,900
Corporate Logos		10,000		40,000		82,000
Signs & Road Signs		313		1,059		1,500
Textures		478		1,164		2,348

[Guest Steve]

before, after all the workarounds I have been doing thus far...before I upgrade to anything else I need to know if there are ANY file type options other than the singular *.vDOC vinylmaster cut V4.2 offers!! Will an Upgrade enable me to create .DFX files?? Will it Allow me to export into a Coreldraw(CDR file) so in turn I can make a .DFX in the offered thru coreldraw??

I cannot seem to find clear understanding as to why It would be beneficial to UPGRADE my Vinylmaster cut 4.2 software!!

thanks!

[darcshadow 1,643]

Curious, why the need for DFX files?

[MZ SKEETER 4,728]

You could download the trial version and try it out for yourself. My demo of Pro does have DFX files listed as a  FILES format when you import/export.    This is the UScutter compare list of different levels.   https://uscutter.vinylmaster.software/tools-features

[Wildgoose 4,200]

I have Pro and can confirm that you can export to DXF and several other options. See attached screen shot. 

[Guest Guest Steve]

Thank you folks!! I am going to  look further into getting upgtade! Not only, in my position do I do all signage and vehicular Logo applications but I also do things for fab via Plasma cut etc. Having a way to move my designs into a .DFX is VERY useful for me!

Thanks again to all of you!!!