inkscape_for_lasering
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|Before exporting, make sure to convert all objects to paths. The laser cutter software only imports paths, not Inkscape objects, so if you don't convert then you might lose objecty things like rounded boxes and text. This is easy to fix: select all of your drawing ('' | |Before exporting, make sure to convert all objects to paths. The laser cutter software only imports paths, not Inkscape objects, so if you don't convert then you might lose objecty things like rounded boxes and text. This is easy to fix: select all of your drawing ('' | ||
|The laser cutter does a reasonable job of importing DXF files, so that's our preferred format for importing. Inkscape can write DXF files, just go to '' | |The laser cutter does a reasonable job of importing DXF files, so that's our preferred format for importing. Inkscape can write DXF files, just go to '' | ||
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+ | ===== Exporting for the laser cutter software using a script ===== | ||
+ | As an alternative, | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | #!/bin/bash | ||
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+ | inkscape --export-text-to-path -f $1 -E / | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | You'll need inkscape and pstoedit installed. | ||
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inkscape_for_lasering.txt · Last modified: 2023-12-31 14:45 by dan