Double Cutting?

[SignaramaFL]

So I have a rather odd situation... I have a logo that I am contour cutting for a local business. I print it, and then load it into my Graphtec. I first did this all with briteline vinyl/laminate... worked just fine, printed beautifully. Well I forgot this customer needed to have the 3M vinyl, so I re-printed this said logo, laminated with briteline, and put it through the Graphtec and now its double cutting the logo!!! Which is causing it to cut all the way through the backing paper... I'm sure I didn't change any settings, used the same file for both print/cuts. Any help would be great!

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

clear the cutters buffer... sometimes when you trigger a file that is already in the buffer they tend to overlap and cut twice.

 

[SignaramaFL]

Wouldn't be in buffer, I just turned all of my machines back on from the weekend. But that is a good thought.

 

[Jim Doggett]

So I have a rather odd situation... I have a logo that I am contour cutting for a local business. I print it, and then load it into my Graphtec. I first did this all with briteline vinyl/laminate... worked just fine, printed beautifully. Well I forgot this customer needed to have the 3M vinyl, so I re-printed this said logo, laminated with briteline, and put it through the Graphtec and now its double cutting the logo!!! Which is causing it to cut all the way through the backing paper... I'm sure I didn't change any settings, used the same file for both print/cuts. Any help would be great!

Double vector. The logo file has the hairline stroke and fill object separately defined.

Or possibly, an extra paste put one precisely on top of the other, and both are cutting.

 

[Jim Doggett]

Oops, solution:

Ungroup, and then delete to objects on top. You'll select, hit delete, and it'll look like it's still there (merely the bottom object remaining). If it's not that, and the object IS deleted, hit ctrl-z, undo.

 

[SignaramaFL]

Double vector. The logo file has the hairline stroke and fill object separately defined.

Or possibly, an extra paste put one precisely on top of the other, and both are cutting.

how would this be possible, if I didn't have an issue with double cutting with the briteline vinyl?

But to make sure I did check, and it is just one file thats being sent.

 

[Double Diamond]

I have a quick solution... change the cutting force to half. When I first hooked up my plotter, the advance after cut was set to 0.00 and when I chose multiple, it cut on top of original. I hope it helps. J

 

[OhioSignShop]

every time I've seen this "double cut" its been as Jim described, a stroke added or another layout issue. If it's too much knife force it will cut thru but not "double cut" two outlines.

 

[SignaramaFL]

Im still not sure how this has happened, but like double said thats actually what i ended up doing. Just cut the pressure in half and it worked to get by. And i could be missing something within the file... but I feel like I've torn it apart fairly well

 

[Fred Weiss]

Attached are a couple of freeware items for Adobe Illustrator that are particularly valuable for locating and removing the unfilled invisible paths left behind by Illustrator during a number of its Pathfinder routines.

Select allows you to select any unfilled paths in the Select > Objects group. WR removeDuplicates is a script that automates the finding and removal of them.

They are both very good and are also safe.

 

[round man]

Thanx Fred!!!!! I wish I had a nickel for every time I've had to go behind a designer using Illustrator and delete the double vectors over the years,...we could all go out and eat a very fine steak dinner

 

[Bill Modzel]

Fred,
Do those work on the Mac version also?

 

[Fred Weiss]

Fred,
Do those work on the Mac version also?

Never tried it Bill. I feel pretty sure the WR removeDuplicates will work since it's JavaScript. The SelectCS is an AIP plugin and I'm pretty sure it's cross platform as well. But neither should pose any risk to your system to drop it in the scripts or plugin folder to see if it works.