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Special Marks on the end of each filename
to indicate if the design is a silhouette, stencil, or other 1 piece design or not.
Pictures below assume grey represents final material.
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| _ Underscore means the design is a pure
silhouette with no holes. It has one cut around the
periphery and can be cut either into or out of one solid
piece of material. |
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| = Equal Sign means the design is like a
silhouette but it has interior holes. The design can be
cut out to form one solid piece but it cannot be cut into
one solid piece of material. Any thin details are annular
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| ~ Tilde Sign means the design is
a copy of the above form, except some thin details are converted to
centerlines (cut starts at one end and stops at other end)
Enables plasma to cut the same design smaller. Not normally compatible
with vinyl cutters, but with low knife pressure such lines can be scribed
in the vinyl without cutting through, which can make it possible to vinyl cut
at extremely small scale.
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| # Pound Sign or ! Exclaimation preceeding either above symbol
means there are multiple disconnected primary objects in
the scene where some sort of connection is required to
produce a one-piece design. Such as two animals or two
people that are not connected. |
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| +Plus Sign or -Minus Sign means the design has multiple solid
but disconnected elements. The design can be cut into one
solid piece of material but it cannot be cut out as one
solid piece. |
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If the filename does not end with any of the
designated stencil factor marks, then it is a nested design,
which is not normally compatible with jet cutting (plasma, laser, waterjet),
but it works for vinyl cutting, engraving, routing and processes that have
backing material or that do not cut all the way through.
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Most SignTorch designs do have stencil factor marks to be geometrically compatible
with jet cutting applications (plasma friendly), which means they are generally compatible
with all cutting applications, unless clearly noted, such as how metal art
is obviously intended for metal cutting and not for vinyl cutting.
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