You are looking for this (I guess):

from Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...> hide details 10:19 am (8 hours ago) reply-to Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net to Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net date Sep 26, 2007 10:19 AM subject Re: [Inkscape-user] convert .svg or bitmap to .dxf mailed-by lists.sourceforge.net

Thanks for all your help, guys. The saving to .dxf directly from Inkscape did the trick.

I work in a factory. We have this fancy, half million dollar machine that cuts parts from sheet metal with a laser beam. ( http://www.trumpf.com/ )

Someone had something they wanted to scan and then cut out on the machine. I scanned the image, used Gimp to make it so it was just a black outline on a white background, then imported the resulting bitmap into Inkscape and ran trace bitmap on it. I simplified and cleaned up the resulting .svg, then saved it as a .dxf, which the Trumpf software could convert and use to cut out the shape.

The examples below were done directly in Inkscape (not from scans) and saved as .dxf. There is a picture of the resulting cut metal objects in sixteen gage sheet metal.

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9753/piee6.png

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5249/biohazarduv3.png

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/990/metalshapesys1.jpg

On 9/26/07, Gary Hawkins <dragonlord666@...155...> wrote:

OK I don't post here much, I live in lurkdom LOL I seem to remember something about being able to cut to a craft robo personal cutter direct from inkscape - tell me I did NOT dream this? (I'm 99.9% sure I even tested it but cannot find any emails to that effect??!!!????)

if I did not dream this can anyone give me links etc to the version that does/did the cutting?

Thanks

Gaz(UK)

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On 9/26/07, Gary Hawkins <dragonlord666@...155...> wrote:

OK I don't post here much, I live in lurkdom LOL I seem to remember something about being able to cut to a craft robo personal cutter direct from inkscape - tell me I did NOT dream this? (I'm 99.9% sure I even tested it but cannot find any emails to that effect??!!!????)

if I did not dream this can anyone give me links etc to the version that does/did the cutting?

Thanks

Gaz(UK)

you can save to dxf which most cutters software understands I believe.