Changing Cut Order

Flexi's Cut/Plot dialog has settings to automatically optimize the order of cutting objects. However, for manual control over the order in which objects will be cut, you can use the Change Cut Order feature in Designer.

  • Select all objects
  • Click Arrange, then Cut Order and Reorder

The display will change to wireframes, showing a number for each object indicating the original order of objects, which is the order in which they were drawn.

To change the order, do one of the following :

  • Click the objects in the desired order.
  • In DesignEditor, change the order of objects
  • In DesignCentral, choose an automatic Sort method.

 

The Following parameters can be adjusted in Design Central

Select All Colors if you want the reorder to apply to all objects regardless of their color. Select specific colors if you wish to reorder them separately.
Select the point of origin for cutting. This corresponds to the point of origin of the knife blade.
Different methods for reordering automatically.
Optimize start points Finds the best entry point for each object considering the path the knife blade will follow.
Ungroup all Ungroups all objects in a group so they can be reordered individually.
Break text Breaks text so the characters can be reordered individually. Breaking text cannot be reversed.

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