Vinyl Cutter

Software, installation, and use

The Vinyl cutter is a CAD CAM device that can cut complex shapes into vinyl sticker paper.

Uses:

  • Create stickers and signs

  • Stickers for your laptop!

Examples

Installing Software

To use the Vinyl Cutter, you need to install Cutting Master software.


Illustrator Plugin

Download and install to cut directly from Adobe Illustrator

Using Cutting Master Software

Tutorial for setting up the software and plugin

How to create simple stickers in Adobe Illustrator

Tips for creating files

  1. Convert all bitmap graphics you plan to cut into vector paths. Cutting Master 3 can only output vector objects to the cutter.

  2. When objects have fills other than solid, Cutting Master 3 will ignore the pattern, leaving just the outline.

  3. You can use colors or layers to distinguish objects that you want to output separately.

  4. Make sure that none of the objects overlap. This will cause weeding difficulties later. Weld or use Pathfinder to weld the overlapping objects.

Manuals for using the Vinyl Cutters