Hey y’all I finally got my crossfire finally, all set up and I’m gearing up for my first cuts. I’m having a problem in SheetCam and something doesn’t look right. I’m seeing lots of nodes and I don’t think I’m supposed to have this many. Created image in Inkscape and exported as DFX into SheetCam.
Is it supposed to look like this cause I have a feeling it’s not. I’ve attached a picture.Can someone give me some support?
does inkscape show that many nodes on the drawing? Also, DXF’s tend to be a lil “dirtier” when imported into sheetcam. Importing as SVG’s should have less nodes.
Oh you know what I didn’t even know you can view nodes on Inkscape 
I’m such a noob
@efrancanojr Welcome to the forum!
There is more to the story on the difference between SVG and DXF files. Since there are SOOOOO many versions of DXF format, some CAD mfrs take the easy way out and format a curve as a series of short, straight line segments requiring LOTS of nodes. SVG files, however uses spline and bezier curves in the standard format so a CAD program ‘may’ keep the natural curve and express it as a curved shape, requiring only a few nodes to define each curved segment, no matter how long it is. Hence a much smoother rendition and smaller files.
Wow great info! So sorry for the question but can I upload an SVG into SheetCam or must it be a DFX?
Sheetcam works best with SVG in my opinion. You can also use AI files (Acrobat Image) copied from PDFs.
Nice! Just uploaded some SVG files into SheetCam and working much better thanks!
