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Contour Cut with Multiple passes Question
Hi everyone,
I am trying to contour cut with 3 passes through the material. I can do this fine, but I have more than one cutpath, and would like it to cut each path 3 times before moving onto the next.
This may need a better explanation:
If my cutpaths are a circle and a square, it will cut the circle, then the square (and repeat the process 3 times). I’d like it to cut the circle 3 times, then move onto the square to cut 3 times.
Anyone had any luck doing this?
Thanks,
Richard
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15 Replies
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what software and why 3 cuts.
simple to sort but my method may have no relevance to your set up. -
Hi Chris,
I am after 3 passes as the laminate is for motocross graphics and to get through the material my particular cutter needs 3 passes to get through the SAV and laminate.
So there can be up to 10 or so different cutpaths that I’d prefer the cutter to do 3 times individually.
Any help is much appreciated.
Rich
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been there done that if your cutter can’t cut it in one go then you are on a hiding to nothing as the registration will go out and ruin to many prints of expensive material.
presume you are using a roland which is not man enough for that job.
we print MX stuff on one of the rolands and cut with a graphtec one cut pass and a perfect cut. -
Yeah, we will be upgrading our cutter at some point, but without getting the violin’s out and giving it the whole ‘times are hard’ – we just want to test the market before upgrading.
At the minute it only ever-so-slightly ran out in the last few cuts so it’s not a big issue, just thought I’d get a better finish if it did each single cut 3 times before progressing to the next.
Any help would be much appreciated 😛
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what software and rip
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FlexiStarter and Flexi10 on vista 64bit
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in corel you can change the order they are cut don’t no on flex
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Morning Chris,
Thanks for the reply.
Can you print and contour cut out of corel using a valuejet? Saying that I don’t have Corel.
Posted the question on Flexisign’s forums so I am expecting no response from that!!
Thanks for the help anyway, it’s very helpful to know there is a community on here willing to help!
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You can export out of Corel as EPS or PDF, if your Valuejet came with a rip it may be possible – depends what cutter you cut with, Summas/Rolands/Graphtecs/Mimaki come with utilities to enable mark placements that is printed and them picked up by an eye on the cutter. The only one I use for contour cutting is the Summa and that works pretty well and is simple to use.
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Hi Alan,
Thank you for your input. My cutter is a manual alignment sensor for contour cutting, so the machine doesn’t go round automatically finding the registration marks.
The valuejet didn’t come with any RIP software etc but I have heard there are ways to install them as a ‘desktop printer’.
I’ll keep on trying, there must be a way surely?!
Regards,
Richard
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i like your persistence and i do like innovation but none of your equipment is helping you.
if there is a windows printer driver 64 bit any version of corel v10 on will help if that works in 64 bit.what material are you using
what is the max pressure of the cutter
what angle blade are you using. -
I’m testing Substance material out. Not sure if you’ve heard of it before, but it seems a million times better than others you get in the UK ( I won’t name and shame).
Cutter is supposedly capable of 800g (I say supposedly)
I’ve tried 30 46 and 60 degree blades and get a better result with a 30 degree. Somewhere I’ve seen people reference ‘sand blast’ blades but never come across any. The cutter uses Roland blades.
Oh I’m persistent…I’ll upgrade the cutter at some point but I just really can’t afford to at the minute.
Thanks for all your help though 😀
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that material is superb it should only require 450 gms force with a 60 deg blade to cut once.
the roland is only capable off 300 that where the guess work came in. -
Hi
Sorry to jump in but were do you get it from in the UK?
Not much help with the cutting though I’m afraid, only done it with normal vinyl.
Steve
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Google SpiralGFX and give Martin a call.
@ Chris – all I can say is ‘Ching Chong’ about my cutter. It does all the usual stuff perfect, never had any problems until trying to cut MX graphics. I say problem, it still cuts it – just by the end runs out by a very small fraction.
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