I’ve had the Cricut Maker 3 for a couple of years now and have really been struggling with trying to create my own custom stickers and car decals. Design Space is not easy to work with. I’m wondering what you all use to create your own designs that plays well with Cricut?
I want to replicate this cut. Just getting into the sticker game, I’m assuming this was cut from a larger sheet? I’ve tried getting quotes from others about printing this, but they don’t seem to cut to precise shapes?
What would this process be called to do this?
I am having the worst time on this removal. It took about an hour to remove what you see in the image. Even with a heat gun the vinyl still only comes off in quarter size pieces and I am very wary of using an eraser wheel.
I've done a ton of removals over the years and have always been able to figure out how to get around issues like this. For some reason everything I try on this one just doesn't help.
Any tips or ideas?
I’ve been looking for a better way to design boxes and foldable paper/card shapes for a 2D cutter.
The main issue is not the outside cut line. That part is easy. The annoying bit is the fold lines. When you are making a box or any 3D shape from a flat sheet, you don’t want every line to be a full cut. Some lines need to be perforated so the material can bend cleanly without separating completely.
That is where the workflow became painful. I could design everything parametrically in FreeCAD, but after exporting the SVG I still had to open it in Inkscape and manually change some of the lines into dotted/perforated lines. Every time I changed the design, I had to redo that manual step.
I didn’t really want to learn a whole new piece of software just for this, so I made a small FreeCAD macro instead.
Now the sketch name controls the SVG output. For example, cut_outer becomes a solid cut line, while perf_24 or perfp_10_30 becomes a perforated fold line.
So the idea is simple: design the shape parametrically in FreeCAD, mark which lines are cuts and which are folds, then export an SVG that is ready for the cutter.
It turns the old FreeCAD → Inkscape workflow into something that can be done directly from FreeCAD. https://github.com/guillaume52/freecad-vinyl-svg-perforator
Sorry if this is the wrong forum, I could not find a vinyl printing forum.
Requirements:
What sort of printer should I look at and what are the running costs?
Hey all,
Looking at getting a new Vinyl cutter for my side business. Not looking to spend thousands on a graphtec machine or equivalent so I have been leaning towards the US cutters. Looking for pros and cons for the different machine lines as well as the cutting software that they offer. My primary design work will be done in either illustrator and eventually affinity. Any help is appreciated as I am actively working on purchasing.
Thanks
Hi everyone!
I have a decal project in mind (would outsource the actual work) but wanted to ask this community for some advice.
I have a new bicycle with a very busy paint job. I would like to apply a rectangular vinyl decal with an intricate logo cut out. Rather than have the underlying paint show through the logo cut out, I’d like a white background. So I figure the best strategy is to first apply a pure white vinyl rectangle and then put the logo vinyl decal on top of the white vinyl. My obvious goal is not to damage the bicycle’s paint job.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Hi all, I used VinylMaster a couple years back (on an older computer) to create a PLT file for my cutter. I now want to make a slight tweak to the file, so re-installed VM on a newer computer. Every time I click 'contour cut wizard' the program freezes. I am 1) running as administrator, and 2) delegated the program as safe with my anti-virus, nothing seems to help. I did submit a ticket with Future, but wondering if anyone would be so kind as to let me send them the file and they can save as plt. Any help appreciated!!
I have an extremely old Desay cutter that I have been band aiding together for decades and one of my final 2 “legs” broke. What are these called and does anyone know where I could buy them? I don’t use it enough to buy a new one but may have to.
I’ve been testing a few lately and noticed some weed way easier than others, but not sure if it’s just me.
Curious what brands you guys prefer and why (especially for detailed designs)