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1 GreatCut manualTable of Contents1 What GreatCut Can Do?..12 Quickstart and GreatCut Selection of the device How to work with Cutting - Milling - Creasing - Drawing .. The Reference The The The The The The The The The Reference part context Reference part output The The The Context menu of the right mouse The The The The status line The status line The preview The preview object The The The The The sort with The manualiTable of Contents7 The The The The The The Add Tips & tricks - Buffer overflow Cutter does not respond!.. Buffer Script Data import from Apple Typical sources of errors when manualii1 IntroductionGreatCut is add-on software for cutting vinyl from CorelDRAW , Illustrator, Freehandand AutoCAD. On account of their wide range of graphic possibilities these illustrationprograms are eminently suited to producing high-quality drawings that can easily beprinted using powerful printer most professional requirements GreatCut is the best choice, as it enhances yourillustration program with high-end signmaking tools such as automatic print & cut withcontour lines.

2 This tool supports Accu-Aligning system (AAS) with Puma III and Jaguar sophisticated welding functions allow multi-colored cuttings. Its Inline/Outline tooloutlines texts - both tools can only else be found in specialized cutting programs. SoGreatCut is the ideal plug-in for vinyl signage, screen printing and copy shops, which needto convert logos and all kinds of vector graphics into cutable What GreatCut Can Do? GreatCut is able to work with GCC cutters and adapt to their particular features. GreatCut automatically converts lines to cutable contours. Cutting by color and precise mounting using register marks Color welding: user-defined color overlaps and screen-printing overlaps withuser-defined color sequence. Cutting preview of vinyl width and display of the amount of vinyl used. Positioning, resizing, duplicating, etc. of objects. GreatCut evaluates the data produced by the host program and prepares it forcutting on GCC cutters GreatCut can cut even extremely large drawings without any difficulty.

3 You canresize and segment your drawings to any scale you wish, no matter what thesize of the drawing in the host program. If the drawing is too wide for your cutter, it will be automatically sectioned, so that your cutter can cut it. You can set up default values for printing and speed for different values can be stored in a material database for reuse at any time. While your cutter is cutting, you can continue working with CorelDRAW or anyother Windows program. The cutter works in the background.. What GreatCut Can Do?22 Quickstart and How to Install GreatCut ? Step 1: ConnectionCutter control via USBI nstall cutter USB drivers, which were delivered by GCC. Please use the instructions givenby cutter control via COM port (serial)Make sure, that cutter and serial Windows port are configured ll find this port configuration in the system Control Panel under:System/Hardware/Device Manager/Ports/Communications Port. Select via double click therespective port (e. g. COM1) and activate Port settings are: Bits per second: 9600 or 19200, Data bits: 8, Parity: None, Stop bits:1, Flow control: HardwareCheck also Resources: COM 1: I/O Range 03F8 and IRQ 4 and COM 2:I/O Range 02F8 and IRQ 3 Step 2: InstallationStart the GreatCut installation by double clicking : GreatCut setupNote: Installation process is done again for each selected Quickstart4 Fig.

4 : Software License AgreementIn this dialog the installation folder for GreatCut is chosen. By default the folderC:\Program Files\GCC\ GreatCut is Quickstart5 Fig. : Selection of destination folderHint: To install additional drivers select custom Quickstart6 Fig. : Selection of setup typeDefault program folder in start menu is GCC\ Quickstart7 Fig. : Position in start Enter license Use .ecf file: Recommended, if license data was sent the eMail with license data you ll find an attached file with the extension . double click on this file will license your software automatically! Quickstart8 Fig. : Start window with invalid codeBy clicking " " button following dialog is : Option for first installation of Quickstart9 Fig. : These fields have to be filled with license GreatCut Insert GreatCut icon in CorelDRAW toolbarCorelDRAW 6 Select the menu Extras Select the menu item Adjust Select the file card entry Toolbar Double click on Script general Select the CoCut 6 from the script list Select any symbol and drag it - while keeping pressed the left mouse button - tothe CorelDRAW-toolbar.

5 Press the OK-button CorelDRAW 7 Select the menu Extras Select the menu item Adjust Select the file card entry Toolbar Double click on Script applications Select the CoCut 7 from the script list Select any symbol and drag it - while keeping pressed the left mouse button - tothe CorelDRAW-toolbar. Press the OK-button CorelDRAW 8 Select the menu Extras Select the menu item Options GreatCut Scripts10 Select the file card entry Work area/Adjust/Toolbar Double click on Script applications Select the CoCut 8 from the script list Select any symbol and drag it - while keeping pressed the left mouse button - tothe CorelDRAW-toolbar. Press the OK-button CorelDRAW 9 Select the menu Extras Select the menu item Options Select the file card entry Work area/Adjust/Toolbar Double click on Script applications Select the CoCut 9 from the script list Select any symbol and drag it - while keeping pressed the left mouse button - tothe CorelDRAW-toolbar.

6 Press the OK-button CorelDRAW 10, 11, 12, X3, X4 Indication: CorelDRAW must be installed with the option Visual Basic forApplication .This option can be installed as follows:Insert CorelDRAW 10/11/12/X3/X4 medium into the drive/ start setup / select type ofinstallation Custom setup . If already a CorelDRAW-version is installed on your computerfirst select user defined setup and then Custom setup .In the dialog that now opens, double click on main applications or one click on thePlus-field. Here, double click on productivity support and activate the option VisualBasic for Application . After the installation of GreatCut you have to link theCoRUN-Script with the the menu Tools/Customization Select the option Workspace/Customization/Commands in the left option bar Right next to the option bar, click once on File and select Macros and to the toolbar of CorelDRAW 10/11/12/X3/X4. Activate the tab Appearance. Here, press the Import-button and select : the symbol disappears at each new start of CorelDRAW 10 andchanges to the book-icon (CorelDRAW Bug in the User Interface).

7 Select the option Workspace/Customization/Command Bars in the left optionbar . Change the name of the toolbar New ToolBar 1 to GreatCut . Click on OK. If you now mark one or several objects and click on the thus created icon, the objects arepassed on to GreatCut and can be GreatCut GreatCut Script in Macromedia FreehandFreehand 8, 9, 10, MXGreatCut is in the Xtras-menu underneath the menu item Animate and in thewindow-menu / menu item Xtras under does the passing on of data from Freehand 8, 9, 10, MX to GreatCut take place?Selected /marked objectsStart the GreatCut via the Xtras-menu. If the objects are marked, only the marked objectsare passed on to objectsStart the GreatCut via the Xtras-menu. If no objects are marked, all objects on the desktopare passed on to : Process-fillings and lens-effects are not passed on. Indication: Freehand8 possesses a color -correction -mechanism (as for example CorelDRAW), thatinfluences the display of the colors in Freehand. Solution: Switch off the function inthe file menu / menu item settings / tab color GreatCut Script in Adobe Illustrator 8, 9, 10, CS, CS2, CS3,CS4 GreatCut is in the file menu underneath the menu item does the passing on of data from Illustrator 8, 9, 10, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 toGreatCut take place?

8 Start GreatCut from the file menu. If the objects are marked, only the marked objects arepassed on to GreatCut . If also texts are passed on they will automatically be converted : If no objects are marked, GreatCut is not active!Indication: Specialprocess-fillings are not passed GreatCut Script in AutoCADMenu file for AutoCAD LT 98 and R14In the menu Extras select the menu item Adjust/Menus. In the dialog that now opens press the browse button. The file selection dialog opens. Change the file ending to *.mnu in this dialog. Select the file and close the dialog. Now press the Load-button and confirm the inquiry dialog with OK. The GreatCut -menu is now loaded. GreatCut Scripts12 Now change to the menu bar dialog in the upper tab. In the menu group selectGreatCut Plot and insert it into the desired place in the AutoCAD menu. In the menu file select the menu item printer installation. In the dialog that now opens press the open button and select the (LT98) respectively cocutr14pc2 (R14).

9 Close the dialog. Start now the print-job by activating the menu item print in the file menu inorder to do following settings: activate the button Plot in file, set the scalefactor to 1:1 and the unit to mm. Menu file for AutoCAD 2000 2000i, 2002, 2002LT, 2004 & 2004LT, 2005, 2005LT, 2006,2006LT, 2007, 2007LT, 2008, 2008LT, 2009, 2009 LTIn the menu Extras select the menu item adjust menus.(Indication: Alternatively you can also open the dialog via the command _menuload) In the dialog that now opens select the tab menu groups and press the browsebutton. The file selection dialog opens. Change the file ending to *.mnu in this dialog. Select the file and close the dialog. Now press the Load-button and confirm the inquiry dialog with OK. The GreatCut -menu is now loaded. Now change the menu bar dialog in the upper tab. In the menu group selectGreatCut Plot and insert it into the desired place in the AutoCAD menu. In the menu is now a GreatCut -entry and in the toolbars a GreatCut -toolbar was : Be careful that at the first output the checkbox "plot to file " is this procedure, all graph elements are passed on.

10 The change-pen commands areinterpreted from the Plt-file so that the 8 layers are separable. AutoCAD does not plot withArcs which means that all elements are resolved in lines and dots are interpreted : If DXF is used, you have to press twice the ENTER button after the selection ofthe object as the execution of the macro menu is aborted by the object selection. At thepassing on via DXF the dimensions and texts are not passed on but it is possible to selectand output them. The curves are not converted to lines but the Splines or Arcs in theDXF-file are converted to Bezier curves. The layer amount is not limited to the startup-group of Windows a link to the program is installed during theinstallation with which the passing on of files to GreatCut is realized. If isstarted an icon is shown in the system tray (lower right corner of the screen). Doubleclicking on the icon ends the : If the icon is switched off the passing on to GreatCut does not work anymore!Via Start/All Programs/Startup/Auto-Import for GreatCut it can be started : During the installation you have to pay attention that GreatCut is alwaysinstalled for the last used AutoCAD-version if several AutoCAD-versions are installed GreatCut Scripts13your MultiSkin and export scripts for CorelDRAW, Illustrator,Freehand and What is MultiSkin?