Inkscape drawing to sheetcam issue

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A little help appreciated!

This is a new issue I am having.

I create a drawing in inkscape, save it as a dfx as I have been.

I click import drawing on the file in sheetcam and I dont see it anywhere in sheetcam. I have zoomed out to try to find it but no luck. Thanks in advance!!

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  1. Maybe your saving as SVG and not DXF.

  2. Make sure your hitting apply in Inkscape or you might see the image but it won’t create a trace bitmap which will give you a blank image.

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As Don suggested, always save as SVG in Inkscape. Sheetcam will open either one, but SVG is much more reliable coming from Inkscape.

There are a bunch of versions of DXF and Sheetcam doesn’t like some of them.

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I must have skipped trace bitmap! I did that it it was able to load in sheetcam. Thank you!

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so SVG is by far a better file format when working with artistic things…
there is a big differance in the node count when talking about SVG and DXF.
a DXF curve is actually made up of multiple/hundreds of short lines creating nodes…
A SVG file is a mathematical formula between points…
here is an example of the differance

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so instaed of processing 4 nodes your gcode will be a lot larger and mor complex with DXF.

DXF is great for technical precise parts to be cut…I use it all the time for that…but I prefer SVG for ease of modification…and for processing.

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