Craft Edge

I have seen so much creativity with Inkscape but so far have't seen any actual cuttings. The reason I ask is that I have tried to cut out some things I have made in Inkscape and it cut them pretty jagged. Would love to see some of the thinkgs everyone has cut.

This is a post I did in March I think of a card I cut out using Inkscape to make the pieces and then cutting out using SCAL.

http://forums.surecutsalot.com/viewtopic.php?t=62

Raewyn

gluestick wrote:I have seen so much creativity with Inkscape but so far have't seen any actual cuttings. The reason I ask is that I have tried to cut out some things I have made in Inkscape and it cut them pretty jagged. Would love to see some of the thinkgs everyone has cut.

I look at my designs in both Inkscape outline view and SCAL before I post them. And yes, I have cut my shapes.

If you look at your shape in Inkscape in the outline view, you can tell if it will cut jagged or not. Basically, the lines should be smooth, having a lot of nodes can produce jagged lines sometimes.

In Illustrator you can reduce or simplify to cut down on your nodes. I think you can do that in Inkscape. Most personal cutters have to stop at every node/point. When they do this it takes longer and can give you a jagged cut. Try to get as smooth a cut as you can by reducing as many nodes as possible.

Enjoy!
Chris