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 Once imported into the Laser software menu:
- * Go to 'Tools/Unite lines' and accept the defaults.
+* Go to 'Tools/Unite lines' and accept the defaults.
- * Then manually select each segement, and "colour" it to the appropriate layer.
+* Then manually select each segement, and "colour" it to the appropriate layer.
 As an alternative for complicated layers
- * Create a rectangle around the whole design
+* Create a rectangle around the whole design
- * Save as svg
+* Save as svg
- ** open original svg
+** open original svg
- ** delete all but one layer, and the bounding rectangle
+** delete all but one layer, and the bounding rectangle
- ** save as dfx
+** save as dfx
- *** repeat until all layers are available
+*** repeat until all layers are available
- * Open lasercut software
+* Open lasercut software
- ** Import a dxf file
+** Import a dxf file
- ** Go to 'Tools/Unite lines' and accept the defaults
+** Go to 'Tools/Unite lines' and accept the defaults
- ** "colour" it to the appropriate layer
+** "colour" it to the appropriate layer
- ** Align bounding rectangle
+** Align bounding rectangle
- *** Repeat until all layers imported
+*** Repeat until all layers imported
- * Delete bounding rectangles
+* Delete bounding rectangles
 ===Path operations===