I am encountering line breaks in an SVG file after importing it into Fusion. Breaks as small as .0000623mm (I measured). Is there not a way to automatically join lines below a certain threshold? Or can I set the Threshold? I have found in my search that there used to be a CLOSE GAPS function in Fusion… Has that gone away or to a Paid Subscription? Anyone know if it is possible to create a new USER PARAMETER to help with this?
I have manually Fixed the problems, but surely there is a better solution… Someone will say just use sheetcam.
Another question is can I change Y axis to be Horizontal and increase in value toward the right… With X axis Progressing away from me while increasing in value? More so, can I swap X and Y while keeping them ascending in numeral value based on the standard quadrant system…
I believe Bret @Wsidr1 recently posted a link to GAPS for Fusion.
Perhaps he can join this conversation.
I have not had much success with GAPS.
I am not going to sweet talk it: sometimes it is super easy to find the problem; other times it is so frustrating that you just need to redraw portions of the design if you NEED to use that design.
The SVG is one I designed in Inkscape. It was differenced from a solid object to get the shape, So you wouldn’t think there would be any breaks in it. However no matter what size I make a design in Inkscape I have to Scale it x96 in Fusion to make it the same size, Which I’m certain is increasing the chance of line breaks. Anytime I make a mounting hole in Inkscape at .175" Diameter It always has 4 breaks and I have just been re-drawing the circles in Fusion.
I couldn’t get some of the tutorial videos here on the forum to play, so I will continue to browse on YT. That twitch stream from Tinwhisperer is probably the one I want…
Thanks Everyone, I am learning a ton in the first couple days, and its going better than expected.
I have used Silhouette Studio before and it had been ok, but I was constantly having to google answers as well. I think it really just comes down to familiarity and proficiency within a program before you start bumping up against its limitations. I actually really like using Inkscape, its just the transfer into fusion that is giving me a few issues.
Another general question, Is it common that the Inkscape SVG inserts tiny into Fusion?
Definitely true with any program. I have tried to learn Inkscape but usually stop and move to another program that I have more experience. I know this jeopardizes my chance to learn Inkscape.
You can use the Join function to join the ends of disconnected lines. You can set how far apart the ends should be for it to do a joint. I usually start with the default (0.05mm?) and only increase the distance if the default doesn’t work. It will take any points that are within that distance and join them.
If you play with the setting you can see the impact of setting higher & higher tolerances until you end up with a big blob
I do artsy stuff in silhouette export a regular svg then cam in sheetcam.i have had issues with sheetcam not seeing a image. Mostly because I didn’t convert to a path I think. That’s not much of a issue because most stuff get opened in my regular cad program to measure areas to confirm I have sizes I want… I biggest flaw with f360 it is more than I need and my computer doesn’t have the horse power for it.
I’ve been teaching CAD for over 15 years and this is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone say Silhouette is more capable than Inkscape.
Inkscape is modeled to be a professional capable graphic design program aligned far more with Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw than Silhouette & Circuit (oriented to the home crafter market).
I never said silhouette is a more capable program. I said he may be better off finding a more capable program. There is s difference there.
To the point here is why I said this .
The only lack of understanding I have is I have never transferred and SVG into f360. I have never dealt with a self made file from any program having broken lines in sheetcam.
Yes he needs a more capable program if inkscape can’t draw a closed circle.
I am only making the suggestion to find a program that is more capable. I only told him what we used.
It isn’t me being me its me trying to make suggestions for him to make better files.
Programs are like anything else you get what you pay for. Compare the cost of the paid version of the two programs in question.
Silhouette isn’t a high powered cad program and yes it leans towards hobbyists. It is easy to use and capable of making closed circles.
Through a bit of trial and error I have Identified the leading cause and SOLUTION of my line breaks when Inskcape SVGs are being loaded into Fusion. So YES I was getting line breaks in a few different geometries INCLUDING small circles Using the Circle Tool. However, the culprit was not in the creation of the SVG, but the scale that it was saved/exported at… As I have mentioned earlier, I would always have to drastically scale up the SVG as I “insert” it onto the fusion sketch plane. (x96 larger) in order to be the same size that I created it in Inkscape.
Even with my inkscape and fusion document settings set to Inches and everything seemed to be as it should.
The process of scaling the SVG to such a high degree appears to have been taking what would be microscopic gaps within the drawing and enlarging them to be noticeable and measureable!!!
SOLUTION!! I had seen very little mention of using Document Properties>[Scale:] But so far that is what has changed my SVG size… so that when I “Insert” in Fusion, It is already the correct size and the Line breaks on simple geometries are eliminated.
0.010417 Is the Scale that I have found to give me the most accurate size translation into fusion. It is within *.001" for every 18". I would need another digit in order for it to be closer, but this is Perfect for anything that I would design. I’m happy to have found this solution and hopefully this can help others as well. This specific number value may not work for you, Im not sure if it depends on the template/resolution/document size but I did find different templates were giving me different results and some of them were loading in their own scale factor. I use this Scale factor on a Custom Template - 96x48 document - Inch/standard Measurement. If anyone has any questions about my process, let me know. OTHERWISE…SOLVED!!
I think you just had some settings wrong because I opened my Inkscape and changed a document to inches and it defaulted to the same scale you are quoting.
After posting that I got curious and opened up a new Inkscape document and changed it to inches and it defaulted to .039370.
I then imported something from affinity into Inkscape and changed the document properties and it defaulted to guess what, .010417.
If you were having to scale it by 96, I wonder if you were exporting at 1 DPI somehow.
Those numbers turn out to be the DPI in millimeters.
Why, I have no idea. @TomWS might understand this. I did the math to figure out my import scaling back when affinity and sheetcam worked together a little differently. Sheetcam wanted 90 DPI due to a weird “header” I don’t know and can’t remember which it was but they are perfect together now.
I kept messing with it, and everything I kicked out of Inkscape, even exporting at 96 dpi, showed up at 72 DPI in affinity. Leaving the “scaling” at mm and 1, a 2 inch square came into affinity at 2 inches. Clicking inches and letting it default to .039370 then bringing in my 2 inch square to affinity even keeping the export settings at 96 dpi, it reduced my square to 1.5.
No clue why, there’s probably some explanation in one of the programs. Glad you got it solved.
Hey, yeah my Dots Per Inch have been 96 since the beginning. I did try adjusting that in my search to find a solution, but even setting to 300dpi made no change in the scale issue or even the size of the gaps after scaling up 96x. Its strange how i had to back my way into this solution.
Do you have your Inkscape settings to include stroke width in calculations or disregard them?
If they’re included and you have a 1mm stroke, a 1" square will come out 0.03937007874 smaller (1/25.4).
You change this in your Preferences. Disregarding the stroke width will make a 1" (or 25.4mm) box in Inkscape a true inch regardless of how thick a stroke width you use.
I like using thicker stroke widths (like .055" for my cut kerf) to get an idea of how something will cut out and where things will cut too closely but I don’t want to oversize my measurements to accommodate that - Inkscape will do that for me.
I’ve been teaching CAD for over 15 years and this is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone say Silhouette is more capable than Inkscape.
