I have read through all of the 7 pages or so of suggestions, and see many of my wishes already addressed, as well as some super ideas I would never have thought of. I am also majorly impressed at how many of the earlier suggestions have been incorporated into the latest version of SCAL. Now that's customer service!
My biggest wish is for some sort of calibration function to help correct for the tolerance of the machine when loading the mat. This one relatively simple addition would take away the biggest drawback of the Cricut by giving it the ability to cut in a precise location on a page, such as one that is already printed on.
I can think of a few ways to do this, but the basic idea is to load the mat, manually scroll the cutting head to a designated location on the page/mat and then set that as a calibration point. You could use the center point of the mat, or the corner/corners of the paper loaded on the mat (won't work for 12 x 12 paper, of course). Once SCAL reads the real position of the calibration point and compares it to the nominal position, the software could simply shift the entire design to compensate for the slop in loading.
Thanks for listening!
Calibration
Re: Calibration
I second this wish!! A calibration feature would save me of the headache I've had for the past three days!!!
Christina
“I do that which I cannot do in order that I may learn how to do it.” ~Picasso
“I do that which I cannot do in order that I may learn how to do it.” ~Picasso
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Rendered Memories
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Re: Calibration
I agree!! Having the ability to line up the cutter with something that I've printed would make SCAL - which I'm considering purchasing - MUCH more useful for me.... Even if it were not precise to the micrometer, it would sure be nice to be able to use the center of object feature for .svg's I've designed.
Re: Calibration
GREAT idea...
this would be super
Tammy
this would be super
Tammy
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HeatherM
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Re: Calibration
I agree, this is something that is really needed with some of the E's. One of my biggest disappointments with my new E is how far away from the corner the blade starts...and it's not a SCAL issue. I found I can gently pull the mat back out a little, but the blade moves in about a half inch in the other direction, and I'm afraid to move that for fear of skewing my cuts. This is not a problem I ever had with my baby bug.