I found that all three of the options for saving a file in v91 opened it at the correct size when opened in v92, while for the fourth (custom units in px and plain svg format), the drawing was too small in v92. In all cases, the document opens with the same custom size units as it was saved in v91, while the display units are px for a plain svg file or mm for an Inkscape svg file. I have no idea what is different in my setup to allow me to change the display units on converting to v92.Īs to the conversion, I found that when the document has been saved in v91 in plain svg format it opens in v92 without the dpi conversion dialogue, but when saved in inkscape format, the dialogue appears.
#Using inkscape for laser cutting pdf
Hence to be able to open the file in SSDE I have no need to go through Mike's dodge of converting first to pdf format and then reimporting into v92. I then tried importing the files created in v91 into v92 and here comes the confusing part: I will cover the conversion in a moment, but having opened the document in v92, I find that, unlike Mike, I have no difficulty in changing the custom size units, nor the display units, as required and they stay as I have changed them. The other options of px/plain and mm/inkscape turn out respectively too large and too small when opened in SSDE.
My tests also showed that using custom size measurements of mm and saving in plain svg format has the same effect.
When using v91, I have found that saving the Inkscape file with Custom Size units set to px and saving as standard Inkscape format allows the file to open to the right size in SSDE. I then took advantage on Thursday of a quiet shift in Kingscote signalbox on the Santa Specials at the Bluebell Railway to conduct some tests.
#Using inkscape for laser cutting portable
Noting that the dialogue for converting from earlier versions of Inkscape has changed in the later version, I took Mike's suggestion and installed the Portable version of Inkscape v92.2 (I had not previously found the portable versions). I use Silhouette Studio Designer Edition (SSDE), so I don't need to export from Inkscape in dxf format. As you may recall, I had difficulties in sizing when trying v92 immediately after its release, so I reverted to using v91. Happy Christmas to all following this thread.įollowing up on Mike's informative posts, I am somewhat confused, as I have no problem in altering the Custom Size units in v92.
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