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SVG into Openbuilds CAM

Discussion in 'Control Software' started by IainP, Feb 8, 2023.

  1. IainP

    IainP New
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    Hi,
    I have an SVG I created in Inkscape that I want to cut, the SVG looks like this in Inkscape:
    upload_2023-2-8_18-46-28.png

    Importing that into CAM gives this:
    upload_2023-2-8_18-47-8.png

    So its lost the fill and looks like it wants to cut every line.

    What am I missing?

    thanks,
    I.
     
  2. Peter Van Der Walt

    Peter Van Der Walt OpenBuilds Team
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  3. Giarc

    Giarc OpenBuilds Team
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    Sadly that is what inkscape does. It took me a while to figure that out when I would import an .svg into Fusion 360. Now what I do it go in to Inkscape, remove the fill, then delete one of the sets of lines for each item. Then I can rescale it to whatever size I want with the single lines. Their may be a better way to do this, but I have not been smart enough, or patient enough to find it.

    Here is your picture on the left, and I drew a yellow area to the "x" you need to click on to remove the fill if you want to give that a try so it will look like the one on the right.
    upload_2023-2-8_19-54-13.png
     

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