A New Inkscape Pictorial

[Lucille]

I went back to cutting another design, and hellfire 1 side of design had half a cut and the bottom part of design had half a cut.

I realise that the design has to be positioned correctly within the box, because what you see on the Inkscape screen cuts upside down when sent to cutter, and it appears that your page in Inkscape needs to be a certain measurement to cut out all of a design.

Lucille does this make sense (see screenprint)

I always work in landscape because what I see on screen is where it cuts on the CS, it's a no brainer, working in portrait I can't be a* to keep remembering everything is back to front

With regard to Inkscape I've yet to work on the size of the cutting area and where it is in relation to what you see on the screen, I will get round to it but for now I have a rough idea and for me working in landscape is seems to be central horizontally on screen and to the left, but I was cutting a large card at the time and I think it almost fills the cutting are, because on a test cut I nudged it down slightly and that side didn't cut, so I do know I can't position anything along the bottom edge of the on screen work space, if that makes any sense .

[Angel13]

Ok Lucille

How do you change Inkscape page to show a Landscape version??

Its Ok Lucille just re-read other posting entitled Inkscape preference. for your continued assistance.....

Just added the actual design page and result of 1st cut and 2nd cut after reshuffle. Hope this is a help for others....

[elwoodsusanm]

I have been experimenting with the cutting area from inkscape with robo I have attached the results. I have also saved inkscape as a default so that I always have the right area

[hellma]

Is there anyway to get inkscape to draw in Black when i draw the cutline is always grey. Thanks in advance. Have also posted this under inkscape prefrences so can someone remove it please.
Helenx

[Lucille]

Is there anyway to get inkscape to draw in Black when i draw the cutline is always grey. Thanks in advance. Have also posted this under inkscape prefrences so can someone remove it please.
Helenx

Yes go into Preferences you can set it there.

[Angel13]

Is there a way I can get grid lines to appear in Inkscape like you can when using the Robomaster programme, so that I can better position a design for the correct position for cutting; guesswork ain't working at the moment......

[elwoodsusanm]

File/Document Properties/Grid You can then choose how you want it to look - spacing and have lines or dots

[Lucille]

Yes you turn it on from the View menu and as Sue says you can change the sizes in Preferences.

[Angel13]

File/Document Properties/Grid You can then choose how you want it to look - spacing and have lines or dots

Yes you turn it on from the View menu and as Sue says you can change the sizes in Preferences.

both for the quick response

And now I have discovered Dan99 Inkscape Video tutorials so you may not hear from me for a while certainly not today...Here's the link now take your pick of the tutorials, always prefer watching then reading. Oh Yeah.....

[Lucille]

both for the quick response

And now I have discovered Dan99 Inkscape Video tutorials so you may not hear from me for a while certainly not today...Here's the link now take your pick of the tutorials, always prefer watching then reading. Oh Yeah.....

You should check the tutorial section more often Dans link is already there

[Angel13]

You should check the tutorial section more often Dans link is already there

A big THANK YOU LUCILLE for the additional help, I have now not only added the grid lines but worked out where to place my design for cutting. And everyone should check out Dans Video Inkscape link that is in the tutorial section.

[DJG]

A big THANK YOU LUCILLE for the additional help, I have now not only added the grid lines but worked out where to place my design for cutting. And everyone should check out Dans Video Inkscape link that is in the tutorial section.

Can you give us clue as to where we place the design without part of it being chopped off please?

[elwoodsusanm]

Look at my post further up

[DJG]

Look at my post further up

Thanks Sue I saw that but I wanted to be able save it as a template

[annekev]

Thank you Lucille for this brilliant tutorial , tried it out to-day, its great, saves a lot of messing, it cuts perfectly from inkscape, your a genius.