Flexi Contour cut and flex cut stop half way

Hi all,

Got questions regarding flexi flex cut and summa.
Been using the contour cut for a while but never really used the flexcut.
So this is my first try.

Setup the file in illustrator, created 2 spot colours, named CutContour and PerfCutContour.
Also separate the curves into 2 layers.
Flexi detected both curve and separate them into 2 layers, 5 Opos mark created on each side.
Drag knife on cutcontour layer and flexcut accurate on perfcutcontour layer

As usual, Cutter scanned the first 2 mark and the xy line, everything running perfectly, cutcontour run first (because the layer is on the top I assumed?) then the flexcut.
After that cutter moved to scan area, continue cutting but just the flexcut, it ignored the cutcontour and keep going with the rest of the mark until it finish without doing the cutcontour.

My questions:
-How to fix this issue?
-In Flexi summa cutter option, there is a menu tool 1 (0-6), what is this? I didn't see any change when I put in any number.

Thanks in advance.

 

Hi Frank, yes..I'm the member that you helped before, thanks for that.
As customer no 1000th so do I get any prize for that? LOL
Anyway, here is what I'm trying to do. Perhaps screen shot would explain it better.

For instance, I would like to kiss cut a star and flex/perforated a rectangular over it.
So I created star stroke named CutContour and rectangular shape named PerfCutContour.
I did everything in illustrator and added job into from flexi.
Please refer to the attachment for the setup.

The funny thing was, why it performed the cutcontour at the first registration mark and after that, it seem to forget doing the cutcontour and jump to perfcutcontour?
The cutcontour will be half way done.

To be able to do both cutcontour and perfcutcontour, I have to do it in seperate pass.
I turned off the perfcontourcut first, let the cutter do the cutcontour.
Once it has finished then i turned the cutcontour off then do the perfcontourcut.
It's take too long to do so.

Regarding the flexcut mode in the plotter, it has been set to off.
Right now, I can't test anything because the workshop is closed, i can only remote desktop to the shop computer and do screencap.

Hope you can help.

Thanks again.

 

Hi Frank,

Tried the uncheck this morning.
Didn't work. Still not cutting the CutContour after it moved to the next panel, only the PerfCutContour all the way until the job done.
At the moment, the best way is to turn off one color and let it finish then do another color next, take longer but at least can get the job done this way.

Please let me know if you have tested this problem.

Many thanks.

 

Yupe, should be off. Please refer to the attachment for the photo of the cutter screen. Hope this is correct?

 

Hi Frank,

Really hope you have a chance to test it out.
The latest flexi service pack is superb, creating more registration mark is really helpful for the precision.
However, it also takes longer since it has more panel to do.
Not to be able to do perf and cut contour at the same time is taking its toll.

really appreciate it.

 

hi Cboy808,

I just read you thread.

We got similar problem but I'm a bit luckier.
I still can cut all the way through if I don't activate both cut.
I have to alternate between cut contour and flexcut, which is time consuming.

If I turn both on then the cut contour will be forgotten after panel 1. The cutter will continue doing just flexcut from panel 2 onward.

Spoke to a technician last week, he recommended me to create the cut line using flexi editior instead of illustrator.
The result is also the same.

 

Hi Frankw,

I just tried that and it's still the same.

I will keep experimenting and if I can find a solution, I will post it here.

 

By the way, Frank.

Is it possible to resume the cutting from certain panel?
for instance, if the machine failed to read the mark on certain panel, can we reload and start again just from that panel?

If yes, how to do that?

Thanks