Craft Edge

hello,

i usually make vector files in illustrator or photoshop, then i export them as a 300dpi high resolution raster image and use the lot's import function to get the file to sure cuts a lot instead of trying to push it through a SVG conversion manually (as i have had issues with double cuts that way).

the problem im having is when i try to cut basically anything, the leading cut and the finishing cut of any shape dont line up like they should. it cuts fine, the speed and depth are right - but it wont line up and im left with junk and wasted vinyl.

here is an example. i made a vector version of the tardis, and then cut it.

does anyone have any advice to solve this issue?

thanks a million!

I'm wondering if your image is too large. I seem to remember something about cut files, tracing, and the like, and that 72 dpi or something much lower than 300 dpi was being used to make cut files. I always use 300 dpi, and most of the time in AI it tells me it's gonna take a while to trace it. I always attributed that to the fact that I used 300 dpi instead of a lower, more appropriate size. Hope someone else can help you more with the technicalities.

mitsim wrote:I'm wondering if your image is too large. I seem to remember something about cut files, tracing, and the like, and that 72 dpi or something much lower than 300 dpi was being used to make cut files. I always use 300 dpi, and most of the time in AI it tells me it's gonna take a while to trace it. I always attributed that to the fact that I used 300 dpi instead of a lower, more appropriate size. Hope someone else can help you more with the technicalities.

so instead of using a 300dpi image, use a 72dpi image and make it physically large? for example,

im using a 5x10 @ 300dpi image and it cuts funny, so instead ill use a 15x30 @ 72dpi image?

i feel that the import trace is causing the problem then...

The double lines are caused by using both a stroke and a fill in Illustrator. Just use one or the other then either save as svg or export directly to SCAL3 or eCAL.

I'm not sure what to tell you on the open cuts, but it might be due to extra nodes from tracing. Since you are working in vector form, I would try to skip the trace to see if the problem goes away.

I have the exact same problem.....did you ever get an answer that solved it?