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ChrisWag91 / Inkscape-Lasertools-Plugin

A simple plugin to convert inkscape vector graphics to Gcode for DIY laser engravers
GNU General Public License v3.0
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SVG file doesn't seem to render #14

Closed horga83 closed 3 years ago

horga83 commented 4 years ago

Hi Chris,

I pulled the attached SVG file off the net and I can't seem to get the plugin to render it without first converting to a PNG and then importing into Inkscape. Thought you might be interested in testing with it. Sunflower.svg.zip

ChrisWag91 commented 4 years ago

Hi Horga, Thanks for the feedback. I had a quick look at the file. It seems that there are some problems with the file itself. For example inkscape does not see any layers in this file.
Also make sure you have all the units set to mm instead of px and the scale is set to 1. Screenshot_20200909_083000

But it seems to work just fine if you do that and manually ungroup the object before running lassertools (right click -> ungroup until no more groups are present and then save the file). This will happen automatically if the file is a native inkscape design. Screenshot_20200909_083211

Can you verify this on your system?

cheers Chris

horga83 commented 3 years ago

Hi Chris, The issue seemed to be keep ungrouping until there are no more groups, I always just hit the ungroup in the toolbar once. Perhaps you could add that tip to your instructions on the github readme. Any tips for when placement of the rendered object does not start at 0,0?

Thanks

ChrisWag91 commented 3 years ago

readme is now clarified