InkScape vector cutting problem: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:44, 2012 November 12

Laser Cutting engraving (ie. rasters) from Inkscape works, but cutting (ie vectors) doesn't work natively; the laser cutter goes straight to "done" without ever moving.

Found a reference somewhere that this has to do with the printer driver subsystem. (reference?)

Work-around

set stroke style width to 0.01px (or 0.2mm)
File menu, save-as, pdf
- check "convert text-to-paths"
save
open PDF file
uncheck "Choose paper source by PDF page size" to preserve document size
print as usual

partial fix

The following cuts every vector, even the ones that are thick or 0, so it has limited utility

use file https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639
with
- instructions and other file https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639/comments/12
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639/comments/13

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 ** instructions and other file https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639/comments/12
 ** https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639/comments/13
-== Validate ==
-Should really validate that the sizes stay right when this is done. Will do as part of [[vernier clock]]. {{TD Possum Lodge}}
 [[Category: InkScape]]
 [[Category: Laser cutting]]