Ok so I just bought the graphtec robo pro. I have it hooked up and it shows in devices under printers. I go into my adobe illustrator and send my file to cutting master 3. I then send it to the cutter, and it just sits on syncing. I have not been able to print anything on this cutter and I'm just about ready to throw it through the window.
same issue. My plotter is a ce5000-60. since i installed the Cutting master 3, the issue started. it was working just fine, but because of new illustrator version, it demands you to use the Cutting master 3. tried everything you have mention. it just remains syncin...
Cutting Master 3 is designed to allow customers to operate their cutter from the two most popular graphic and illustration applications: Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw X4-X7. Cutting Master 3 enables users to output their designs created in their preferred VECTOR illustration software directly to Graphtec cutting plotters. This software provides the opportunity for new users to integrate an economical graphics and sign making system without a large investment or the need to learn a different software application.
These instructions go over two versions for using the Craft ROBO, on a Mac one directly from Illustrator, the other on Windows using Craft ROBO software calledROBO Maser. The Craft ROBO comes with a set of cutting knives but the holding for these knives can also be used to hold other items such as pens or crayons to leave marks on the material going through the machine. I used a strip of neoprene around the felt tip pen to keep it in place within the holding space that is intended for the blade.
When you are ready to print. Look in the top icon menu bar and click on the icon that looks like a blade cutting paper and it says "Craft ROBO" on mouse-over. A window pops up and the name should be Graphtec Craft ROBO. Click OK.
Automatic Air Assist: When switching from engraving to cutting, the air assist device will automatically turn on to ensure a smooth process and help bring your creative ideas to life.
Cutting Master 3 is designed to allow customers to operate their cutter from the two most popular graphic and illustration applications: Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw X4-X7. Cutting Master 3 enables users to output their designs created in their preferred VECTOR illustration software directly to Graphtec cutting plotters.
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The issue I most often run into is when I have an interior HDR and I want to raise the exposure of everything except the windows, AND/OR lower the exposure of just the windows. The exposure control points do not work for this, and do not work in the same way as the Master Exposure slider in the panel. If the control points were connected to the same engine as the Master Exposure slider, that may also work - I am not sure. As it is, I can use the Master Exposure slider to either make the windows look perfect, or the interior - but not both.
There would have to be a Polygonal Lasso tool or Magic Wand for highlighting just the windows. The control point technology in HDR Efx is great for many things but cutting hard edges is not one of them.
Expanding the tone compression works sometimes but usually produces an unnatural look.
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In the secondary hardwood industry, rough mills convert hardwood lumber into dimension parts for furniture, cabinets, and other wood products. ROMI 4.0, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service's ROugh-MIll simulator, is a software package designed to simulate the cut-up of hardwood lumber in rough mills in such a way that a maximum possible component yield is achieved. ROMI 4.0 simulates the cut-up of lumber using two common processing modes: rip first and chop first. Additionally, this latest version of ROMI includes a novel feature that allows users to analyze each board's yield when processed in either rip-first or chop-first mode. This permits yield gains to be achieved, resulting in lower material costs for industry participants. The software also allows a user to model, simulate, and examine the complex relationship among cutting bills; part dimensions, quantities, and qualities; processing options; and lumber grade mix. ROMI 4.0 includes many improvements over the previous version, including the combined rip-and-chop option and various improvements to the user interface. We subjected the software to a complete review to assure functionality and user-friendliness. This article discusses these improvements and demonstrates the usefulness of ROMI 4.0 for hardwood dimension mills for researching yield and process improvement opportunities.
The earliest rough mill simulators were produced by the Forest Products Laboratory and performed either rip-first or chop-first operations (Wodzinski and Hahm 1966, Stern and MacDonald 1978, Giese and Danielson 1983). However, these early simulators ran on mainframe computers, were not designed for ease of use, and considered a limited array of processing options. Later simulators were designed to handle more processing options, to be easier to use, and to run on personal computers. One of the first of these was GR-1ST, a rip-first-only simulator (Hoff et al. 1991), and CORY, a chop-first-only simulator (Andersen et al. 1995). RIP-X was the first simulator that allowed users to simulate either rip-first or chop-first processing (Steele et al. 2001). In addition, RIP-X could process cutting bills with needed quantities of parts, while GR-1ST and CORY could not.
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