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3. SCAL: Installation, Preferences, and Workspace
3.01 Installing SCAL
3.01.1 Selecting and Downloading the Software
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Sure Cuts A Lot 5
(SCAL) can be downloaded from the following link. Note that there are four choices -
Mac or PC and then regular or PRO:
http://www.craftedge.com/download/download.html
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The additional features in the PRO version are listed below. You can also find out more details about these
features at the following link:
http://www.iloveknk.com/wp-content/uploads/Info/SCAL5_Pro_Features.pdf
Ability to cut longer than 72 inches
Weeding
– add weeding boxes and internal lines
Tiling
– splitting large designs into sections for cutting
Duplicate cutting
– setting up a grid of repeats in the cutting window
Cut by color
Cut by layer
– use different settings, as needed
Cut order control
End action options
– where cutting head moves at the end of a cut
Color layer alignment
3D extrude
Importing DXF, PLT
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Install the downloaded file and open SCAL. An initial window will open where you can choose if you are
starting a new project, opening an existing project, or recovering a project after a software crash. Because
this is the first time you are opening SCAL5, choose
New Project
and accept the defaults shown:
Click on
New
Project
Accept whatever settings
are shown. Later in this
chapter, details about these
settings will be covered.
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