Boom 7 Posted July 31, 2017 My question is: Can you cut your image without first opening up illustrator? I already have my designs that get cut quite often, I would like to have a lower grade laptop at the office location that could stay there and only be used for cutting. My other main laptop would be used for designing etc. This would help relieve headaches and increase production for me and possibly others in this predicament. Thank you, Cole I use cut master 3 for cutting with adobe illustrator cc 2017 on a Graphtec plotter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcbevins 340 Posted July 31, 2017 All the cutting software I have ever seen can open a file directly. This is the normal mode of operation. Many don't even require Illustrator or another design program for desgin. It might not open a AI file directly, but if you save in it's native format it would be no problem. Though, it may open ai as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boom 7 Posted July 31, 2017 7 minutes ago, dcbevins said: All the cutting software I have ever seen can open a file directly. This is the normal mode of operation. Many don't even require Illustrator or another design program for desgin. It might not open a AI file directly, but if you save in it's native format it would be no problem. Though, it may open ai as well. Awesome, Do you happen to know what type of file it needs to be to open directly with Cutting Master 3? I can't figure out how to open directly with CM3... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcbevins 340 Posted July 31, 2017 Not being familiar with Cutting Master whatsoever, I looked it up a bit. I probably have misinformed you. Cutting Master doesn't appear to be stand alone cutting software, but only a plug in for Illustrator or CorelDraw. Thus you probably can't cut directly from it. You need stand alone cutting software. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boom 7 Posted July 31, 2017 1 minute ago, dcbevins said: Not being familiar with Cutting Master whatsoever, I looked it up a bit. I probably have misinformed you. Cutting Master doesn't appear to be stand alone cutting software, but only a plug in for Illustrator or CorelDraw. Thus you probably can't cut directly from it. You need stand alone cutting software. I just stumbled upon Graphtec Studio. It appears I can use that program to open files I already have. Searching now to try to download Graphtec Studio for computer to see if it will do what I'm looking to have done. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boom 7 Posted July 31, 2017 https://www.graphtecamerica.com/cp-download-ce6000 Found this site to download Graphtec Studio or Graphtec Pro Studio. About to try to research to see what the difference is. Graphtec Studio you can download now Graphtec Pro Studio you must submit a request Share this post Link to post Share on other sites