Help me understand Flexi PM PerfCut Please

[Behrmon]

I've done a search here but don't believe I have found my answer.

Transitioning away from VersaWorks.

Workflow = Design in Illustrator (MAC) / Open PDF within Flexi Production Manger (PC Win10Pro) / Print/Lam/Cut on Rolands XC540 & XR640

I set my Perf Cut swatch to PerfCutContour like I always would for VersaWorks.

My dialog box in PM show the separate cut paths (CutContour & PerfCutContour). I uncheck "Use Same Driver for all colors" and set separate values.

When the PerfCut runs it does not Pounce like it would thru VersaWorks, is this correct and if not how do I accomplish it using our workflow.

Thanks for the help.

 

[bannertime]

Since no one else has responded... I just looked through the settings for those machines in PM and did not see where you could set which tool setting to use. All I saw was Offset, Speed, and Force. Is that all you see when you click the "Edit" button for the path driver? With Graphtecs there are some more options like "Conditions." Conditions are setup on the plotter for various tool types, then you tell PM which condition to use for the cut path specified.

 

[Solventinkjet]

Check to see if the driver dialog has a preset for perf cut. Right now you may have it on cut 1 or cut 2 but there might be a perf cut specific preset that tells the software to send the different cut pattern.

 

[Behrmon]

Here is what I see. I do notice that PerfCutContour is the same color in the Driver Option dialog box where as they are not in my file.

 

[Solventinkjet]

This thread has a good way to set it up that works but I don't think it's the official way to do it. But it works.

 

[Behrmon]

This thread has a good way to set it up that works but I don't think it's the official way to do it. But it works.

Thanks, I don't do any layout in Flexi, but maybe I can pick something out of that?

 

[Behrmon]

Since no one else has responded... I just looked through the settings for those machines in PM and did not see where you could set which tool setting to use. All I saw was Offset, Speed, and Force. Is that all you see when you click the "Edit" button for the path driver? With Graphtecs there are some more options like "Conditions." Conditions are setup on the plotter for various tool types, then you tell PM which condition to use for the cut path specified.

Thx, the Rolands don't have "Tool Settings or Condotions" like standaolne ploters ofetn do.

 

[bannertime]

Thx, the Rolands don't have "Tool Settings or Condotions" like standaolne ploters ofetn do.

I looked in some of the other tabs too, couldn't find anything. It looks like Versaworks converts the PerfCut lines into segmented lines. So you'll probably have to do that manually in Illustrator. Then change the force on the PM driver settings. Wish I could have been more help, but I just don't see where PM can tell the plotter to do a perf cut pattern.

 

[Behrmon]

I looked in some of the other tabs too, couldn't find anything. It looks like Versaworks converts the PerfCut lines into segmented lines. So you'll probably have to do that manually in Illustrator. Then change the force on the PM driver settings. Wish I could have been more help, but I just don't see where PM can tell the plotter to do a perf cut pattern.

Thx for the reply. I did read one tutorial about creating a dashed stroke, maybe that's what I will need to do?

 

[Behrmon]

Does Production manager always show the cut paths as Black no matter how they are set in the original file?

 

[-Fusion]

Have you been able to separate the Contour cut and perf cuts across multiple jobs with Flexi?

 

[bannertime]

Does Production manager always show the cut paths as Black no matter how they are set in the original file?

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No, PM should show the color from the original file. You should see the colors of all the cutable paths. In Flexi, they are all shades of gray, but I don't think PM cares much about the color of the cut path.