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Make sure you have calibrated the Skycut’s camera. The procedure is covered in
Section 3.03
.
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On the control panel, go to
Set>Camera
and press
Set
. Make sure the
Auto PNC
option is marked.
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If using the cutting mat, make sure the printout is aligned fairly straight on the cutting mat and the mat is
fairly straight in the cutter.
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Make sure the blade holder is over the lower right registration mark when starting the cut.
•
Are the registration marks printed dark with no streaking or missing ink?
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Did you make any changes in the
Contour Cutting Wizard
after printing and before trying to cut?
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The Skycut stopped during a cut.
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If the Skycut stops with the head over on the left side of the cutter, you have most likely exceeded the
cutting range. Several things to consider:
Check the width (
W
) of your project (or the height
H
if in
Landscape
mode). It canno
t exceed 16”.
Check how far you are moving the head to the left when setting the origin. If your project is 15” and
you moved the head more than 1” to the left, you will send the cut out of range and the cutter will
stop.
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If the Skycut stops and the head is not located near the left side:
Make sure it’s not a communication issue.
You may have exceeded a buffer limit. Try reducing the number of nodes. Select the shapes and go
to
Curves>Node Editing>Reduce Nodes (Object)
.
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A3 Cutting/Drawing Issues
My shapes are drawing (cutting) off the material. What am I doing wrong?
•
When setting the origin, make sure you are using the tip of the blade as the reference point and set the
tip inside the corner of the material (not too close to an outside edge).
•
Verify that the preview window in SignMaster matches where you expect the shapes to cut as you view
the material loaded into the Skycut itself.
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When drawing with the test pen (or cutting with the blade holder), I have extra lines being drawn (or cut).
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Make sure you raise the pen (or blade holder) in the blade holder seat on the Skycut before tightening
the screw. The blade holder seat needs to be able to drop the tool down when it reaches the spot to
start the shape. Otherwise, the tool tip will be dragging across the material from the origin to where the
shape will begin and then back to the origin at the end of the “cut”.
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I’m drawing with a pen and there are bubbles at the corners
.
