SCal 3 vs pro

[jwallen543]

Hey i have Scal 3 what does the pro have that Scal 3 does not have?

I use it with a US Cutter and the one thing i do not like about 3 is that the vinyl feeds to the end then starts cutting also you can not do quantity of something.

I use Sign Blazer most of the time but looking for something to work with my mac that is more like that and don't cost too much.

[dragonlord666]

you can download Scal and try it out, but it WILL cut diagonal lines across the file as a watermark until you purchase.
I would download and have a play, see what you think and then decide if you want to buy it or not.

Gaz

[Kelleysbiz]

[quote="jwallen543"]Hey i have Scal 3 what does the pro have that Scal 3 does not have?

I use it with a US Cutter and the one thing i do not like about 3 is that the vinyl feeds to the end then starts cutting also you can not do quantity of something.

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I have only used pro a few times but I believe pro feeds to the end then starts cutting too. Maybe its a setting anyone have any info on this?

[dragonlord666]

is the file all one layer or multi-layered?
if it's multi layers, I believe scal will cut from the bottom of the layers list to the top - so the first thing placed on the mat is the first to cut.

I don't cut a lot of vinyl but it might be specific to your cutters. might be worth finding someone with a different cutter and asking them if they can cut the file - see if it does the same on their one.

I have the 18inch silver bullet and don't see anywhere I can tell it where to start cutting apart from the WYSIWYG or Origin Point and I'm sure it starts from the closest point to the origin - maybe it has to do with how the file was created. every software will have a start and end point for a shape. maybe inkscape places these in a different place to scal as scal would to XXX software?

if you cutter uses a driver, check there are not settings in there that can be set - I know when I used to use signcut there was a setting that got us all everytime that would advance the media after a cut to cut off the vinyl - this meant the blade never returned to origin and you had to remove the tick. moreso after a update as it was always set as default with the tick in place

Gaz