Going from digital to physical and staying the same size

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

I don’t think we’ll be modifying incoming SVG files — that sort of stuff should be done by the user prior to import.

For a bit on what it’s like to fix such files see:

Converting line art for drawing

Often clip art is drawn as a series of stacked stroked and filled outline, e.g., http://clipartist.net/svg/minimalistic-ray-gun-logo-black-white-line-art-svg/ which looks line, but is a confusing mess when one views it in outline mode: [inkscape_1] The solution is to expand the strokes, and punch out the white fills. In Inkscape this is done by: Path | Object to Path [inkscape_2] Then break everything apart (it is important to work in View | Display Mode | Outline) using Path | Break Ap…