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** Bring up Fill and Stroke and check all lines are 0.01mm. At that size they won't be visible in Inkscape, so make them 0.4mm to check the colours and the designs. Set the lines back to 0.01mm before exporting. | ** Bring up Fill and Stroke and check all lines are 0.01mm. At that size they won't be visible in Inkscape, so make them 0.4mm to check the colours and the designs. Set the lines back to 0.01mm before exporting. | ||
** File/Save As Desktop Cutting Plotter (AutoCAD DXF R14) .DXF | ** File/Save As Desktop Cutting Plotter (AutoCAD DXF R14) .DXF | ||
** In the Options tab, unselect 'ROBO-Master' and | ** In the Options tab, unselect 'ROBO-Master' and 'LWPOLYINE'. Set the Base Unit to 'mm'. Check that 'Layer export selection' is set to 'All'. | ||
* Moving to LaserCut | * Moving to LaserCut | ||
