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Cutting/Drawing Issues

I am getting large diagonal lines sliced through all of my cuts.
 Your Make The Cut software is still in trial mode. You need to register your copy of MTC using the
activation pin that came on the software CD. Here is the link: https://www.make-the-
cut.com/Register.aspx
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My shapes are drawing off the material. What am I doing wrong?

 If you are using Knife Point, make sure you are setting the origin based on the position of the test pen
or blade holder, not the alignment pin. The pin is used for WYSIWYG mode.
 Check whether your Virtual Mat is in Portrait or Landscape mode. This will change whether your
image appears the same way you see it on the screen or rotated 90 degrees relative to the screen.
 Details on these various settings are covered in Section 2.07.
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When drawing with the test pen, I have extra lines being drawn.

 Make sure you raise the pen in the blade holder seat on the KNK before tightening the front screw. The
blade holder seat needs to be able to drop the pen down when it reaches the spot to draw the shape.
Otherwise, the pen tip will be dragging across the paper from the origin to where the shape will begin to
be drawn and then back to the origin at the end of the “cut”.
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I’m drawing with the test pen and there are bubbles at the corners.

 For perfect corners, turn off Blade Offset (set to 0) since you do not need an offset for pens. Refer to
Sections 2.01 and 2.06.
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My cut started out fine but by the end of the cut, it’s not cutting through the material.

 Make sure the blade holder housing doesn’t have any bits of material inside of it.
 Make sure the front screw is tight so that the blade holder isn’t slipping upwards during the cut.
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My cut is clean in some places but not in others. Why am I not getting consistent cutting?

 Try raising the blade holder a little ways up in the blade holder seat (~1/16”). If the blade is too close to
the material, not enough force is being invoked.
 Make sure your material is pressed firmly onto a clean and sticky mat (assuming you are cutting a
material such as paper or cardstock).
 You may need to increase the force. Try raising it by a setting of 10 and repeat the cut.
 Your material may require two passes. If a material is not homogenous or if it is heavily textured, using
two passes is sometimes needed to get the entire shape cut cleanly. Also, if the material has been
exposed to humidity, then it will become difficult to cut in one pass. You can dry paper and cardstock in
a slightly heated oven for around 15 minutes or so to release the moisture. Preheat the oven at the
lowest temperature and then turn it off before putting your paper into the oven.
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