Onyx cutting the inside AND outside of CutContour stroke..

[XtremeXccessories]

I'm sure it's just some stupid setting I'm missing. Anything I export from Corel works just fine and has 1 cut line, but from illustrator it'll cut the inside and outside of the stroke. It doesn't seem to matter if I set the CutContour line directly on the object or create an offset and set it on that, fill or no fill... Can't figure it out (I haven't been using AI long).

Screenshot included to give you an idea.

Thanks for your help.

 

[PHILJOHNSON]

Stroke Alignment in Illustrator

Hello XtremeXccessories,

Double cutting in Illustrator is a known issue and there is a fairly easy fix. The solution is to align the stroke to center as opposed to the inside or outside. Please take a look at the attached thumbnail for a screenshot of how to change the alignment.

 

[Bly]

Or give the objects a fill and no outline.

 

[XtremeXccessories]

Thanks for the suggestion, Phil, unfortunately it looks like it's already set to Center.

Bly, do you mean set the fill as the CutContour spot?

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

For Onyx to cut properly you need to fill your cut layer as the CutContour Spot color do not stroke or it will cut on both sides of the stroke.

So essentially your image should be covered by the cut path color.

 

[Bly]

Thanks for the suggestion, Phil, unfortunately it looks like it's already set to Center.

Bly, do you mean set the fill as the CutContour spot?

Yep. The fill colour is CutContour, no outline.

 

[XtremeXccessories]

Awesome, thanks for the help, I'll give that a shot next time. If only it was as easy as right clicking like Corel...

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Why not do it in Corel?

 

[XtremeXccessories]

Why not do it in Corel?

Our designer, and most of the world it seems like, uses AI. If I can I do, but a lot of the time on export/import something gets screwed up and just creates more work.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Totally understand... I'm a Corel guy and my designer is use to AI. It's an office battle but both work fine when you know the intricacies before printing.

Did setting the fill work for you?