Elwin Estle wrote:
That I couldn't tell you. I only created the .dxf file and handed it off to the laser programmer who converted it to run on the laser. However, he did say that the scaling on the inkscape .dxf files was a bit funky. I am wondering if you could put in some sort of reference object, like a line or circle that is at some specified dimension and then, when loading the .dxf into the laser software, just scale the whole .dxf so that the scale for the reference is correct, then just delete the reference. I don't know if this approach would be possible or not, since I have no experience with the actual laser software, but it might be a start.
The scaling behavior is certainly "a bit funky" by design. You will notice that the dxf format has a rather specific label. It was created for interoperation with robomaster software for desktop cutting plotters like the wishblade. The scale factor is easy to find in the python source you can easily change it to fit your needs.
Aaron Spike
