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Dan Kozakewycz
07-02-2014, 2:32 PM
Just wasted two pieces of material getting this error, bit puzzled as it's the only problem on the entire plate.

Here's the vectors in JobControl:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Quicksilver4000/Black%20Art%20Graphics/Error1_zpsfa8a7790.jpg

Here's what the laser did, note the two bulges where the curves should have been tangent.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Quicksilver4000/2014-07/2D4DDB81-5FE6-405B-B07D-A69B8B37074B_zpsby2ptrhy.jpg

Anybody got any ideas why it's not following the vector in that one place alone?

Dan Kozakewycz
07-02-2014, 2:54 PM
Redrew the line by the drawing exactly over the original, it looks identical but now cuts fine.

Very strange.

Kev Williams
07-02-2014, 9:16 PM
I don't use autocad, but I export and import DXF files between my Casmate, Gravostyle and Corel programs. Quite often I'll get results like that when Corel opens a DXF I created in another program. Sometimes perfect circles look like eggs on one side, or I'll get similar bulges like yours where none should be.

Have no idea what causes it, you may be having a similar error between the job control and the machine...? At least with my problem I can see it first!

Dan Kozakewycz
07-22-2014, 4:47 AM
Had this again yesterday:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Quicksilver4000/0DF56493-936F-4BC3-8E25-C3D052E2A3A7_zpslazhetdy.jpg

Will get on to tech support about this, I am not impressed.

Dan Hintz
07-22-2014, 6:26 AM
See if you can narrow it down for them, Dan. Delete all other lines in the file and verify it still screws up on that one line. If it does, try saving it in different formats, like an older version of your drawing package's format (e.g., save it as a CorelDraw 12 file rather than an X5 version).

Scott Shepherd
07-22-2014, 8:24 AM
Dan, post some info. DPI when you send it, speed/power/ppi, correction value. Also which version of job control and your firmware you are using.

Also, if you want to email me a file, I'll try it and see if we get the same results on a different machine, which would isolate it to the machine or the software.