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You design with CorelDRAW, Illustrator or Freehand and the CoCut cutting module drives your cutting plotter.
By clicking on the icon you activate the CoCut Professional cutting module.
Import and Export via drag & drop for CorelDRAW
The Wireframe mode shows the outlines to be cut.
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| Pencil thickness conversion |
Source graphic with color fill and pencil thickness (8 pt blue)
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Wireframe mode in CorelDRAW shows vectors without pencil thickness.
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The graphic is given to CoCut Professional using drag & drop function or CoCut export icon. |
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Result of pencil thickness conversion - cuttable outlines (blue) with original vectors (see wireframe mode above). |
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Enlarged preview
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| Cutting and Welding |
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Select the object and click on the X Cutting 
or Welding symbol.
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You choose the type of welding:
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Automatic:
Overlapping serifs of fonts are welded.
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By Color:
The underlying object will be cut larger according to the amount specifed to avoid streaks |
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Full Surface:
The objects are cut precisely for sticking on shop windows. |
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Screen-printing:
When Screen-printing is selected, the color stack is activated. You can modify the sequence of colors interactively from light to dark with the help of the mouse. Specify the amount of Overlap to avoid streaks in the joins. |
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| Cutting by color |
You select the machine, mode, number of copies ...... and click on Cut.
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CoCutProfessional allows you to cut individual colors or series of colors.
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| Material database |
You can set default values for print and speed, which can be saved in a material databank for retrieval at any time.
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| Cutting Preview |
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| The Use of Material is shown in sq. m and running meters in the Cutting Preview status line. |
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In the Cutting Preview the user can see which objects will be cut where on the material.
The context menu can be activated using the right mouse button.
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Optimizing
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The amount of material used is minimized by rotating and moving the objects. You can specify the distance between the objects to be optimized.
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Duplicating
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You can create any number of duplicates of objects.
You can specify the distance between the objects to be duplicated. |
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Rotation
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The object is rotated 90o in a counterclockwise direction.
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X Mirror
Y Mirror
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The object is mirrored horizontally or vertically.
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| Size |
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| The object can be enlarged proportionally or disproportionally. |
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When the maximum width of foil is exceeded, CoCut activates the sectioning command. |
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Sectioning
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The object is divided into segments of equal size. Each segment can be cut separately. The segments can be moved individually and also positioned exactly. You can deactivate individual segments by clicking on them. The most recent setting will be saved automatically. |
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Positioning
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The object can be positioned exactly.
In the X and Y boxes you can enter relative or absolute horizontal and vertical coordinates in relation to the point of reference.
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