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I had to hold ALT+SHIFT and then i was able to follow along. Thanks to your screenshots i saw the key i was missing... the pathfinder window with the "merge" icon... holy cow i cant believe how much time i wasted. select the intersecting layers and click "merge" lol man i feel dumb thank...

Ok, here’s exactly how I am doing it in Illustrator CS2. I'll do this step by step so I am hoping someone can tell me a better way. I really don’t mean to thread-jack wildhock's original post, but I think it’s along the same lines... Here is an actual file I just finished for cutting on...

I have a "merge" option in the pathfinder effect menu, but it doesnt do anything. I tried the "trap..." options for merge and selected remove redundant anchors but that didnt change anything either. Im probably doing it wrong :(

cool thanks for the pointers. That one on ebay looks pretty heavy-duty but simple enough. I'll check out sears too to see if they have a grill cover that might work thats cheaper

thanks for the warm welcome, and the links sign boy! yeah im a photoshop guy who just recently got into illustrator for vinyl. I've used it in the past but only for logos and such for print (much more forgiving).

Odd question im sure, but i'd like to keep dust and such out of my cutter between uses by keeping it covered. I was wondering if you can buy a cover or do i have to make one or modify a gas grill cover for it? -Dana

the catch to that is then you have 3 paths for each letter outline. The original letter, the outter ouline, and the inner outline. If you dont delete the original and the inner, wont the plotter slice up your lower layer as it shows in the group layer? not a big deal, select and remove the...

i went from 7 to CS2 and although the jump was significant it was easy enough to pick up all the new features. Well worth the extra money to buy the creative suite imho you can find people selling legal copies on craigslist sometimes for cheap.. best way is to find the educational license ones

Hey, joined a while ago when i first bought my plotter (Graphtec 24"). I've been playing (struggling) around with illustrator to make things friendly for the cutting process. I've done some simple stickers for my car club, did some fun things for my guitar hero controller but thats about it...