Cutting Master 5 extending cut lines and splitting artwork

[bdaedalus]

First of all, apologies if my terminology is not correct. Hopefully my descriptions will suffice.

I'm using Cutting Master 5 and Illustrator 2023, since I can't ever seem to get the current versions on Illustrator and CM to play nice. I am trying to cut vinyl and for whatever reason, CM5 seems to think it needs to make the cut/weed lines extend so far beyond the artwork that it has to split the artwork into two. I'm selecting the part I need before sending to CM5 and there are no erroneous points outside of the artwork to cause this. I've tried with other portions selected and they are all doing the same thing. The artwork should fit, and I have Poll Sized to make sure of it, but it keeps doing this. Any thoughts?

 

[bdaedalus]

SOLVED - and I feel stupid.

The designer had empty layers that CM5 was reading for no good reason. Hiding the empty layers fixed it. Hopefully this helps someone else in the future having a Monday...

 

[JulieS]

Cutting Master is frequently annoying ;-)

 

[Attila Nagy]

Cutting Master is frequently annoying ;-)

Cannot just say CuttingMaster.
CM4 is the Best Plugin for Corel and Illustrator, made by SAi.
CM5 is a "I have a guy who make it Cheaper" thing. Made by an other cheap guy.
Graphtec Should not be allowed to confuse users with naming softwares.

Same thing with Graphtec Pro Studio and Graphtec Studio.

They do it for purpose.