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==Work in progress tutorial on inkscape== | |||
It is a bit of a pain in the ass to get inkscape to output something useful to laser cut if you are doing anything marginally complex. | |||
Trace Bitmap is your friend | |||
1) Use A4 size. Some people swear by this to get the dimensions right. | |||
2) Objects such as Text are not exported. Convert them to paths Paths->Object to paths. | |||
3) Different bits of the svg are not aligned correctly. Select all then Path-> Combine to make it all one object. Then use a dxf editing program to put the different bits of the object in different layers. As the laser cutting software is not the best for doing this. | |||
