JasonClark
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The file did "open" in CutServer and the dimensions do show 4"x4" however there is no outline of the shape as before. In the case of opening an SVG file in CutServer as a "cut only" job, it does not have to have a specific prefix. That would be the case if I were outputting an image to a printer then contour cutting that image later. In which case we name the cut path CutContour. I am wanting to cut paths on pigmented vinyl without crop marks, just load the vinyl in the machine, load the vector paths and cut the job. I've attached the instruction sheet from Onyx regarding that procedure.ONYX-Cut-Only.pdf Thanks again for your help and suggestions.
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I've attached a simple file created in Illustrator. I should note that the artboard was 6" x 6" and the shape was 5" x 5". I saved the file as an SVG and have attached that also. I opened it into CutServer and took a screen capture (also attached). You can see that it opened in CutServer just fine and you can see the outline of the shape. The document size shows 6"x6", so I would think logically that is because it is reading the artboard dimensions. Hope this helps you narrow this down. test_shape.ai test_shape.svg
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My friend you are awesome! Whatever you are doing is working. So, this v3 file you sent opened at the correct size in Illustrator, same as in Designer. That is great! CutServer though did better but no home run just yet. As shown in the screencapture4.jpg, it did open in CutServer and at the right size but there is no path showing up. There would normally be an outline of the path shown in the viewing window. But again, this is good progress. If you don't mind sharing, what are you doing to make this work so far?
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When opening the file into Illustrator it came in extremely small at .048 inches. (see screencapture2.jpg) However, this time when attempting to open the SVG file in CutServer it did open (as shown in screencapture3.jpg) but there was nothing there, no cut path and the size of the file shows 0x0. But at least this is some kind of progress. 😀
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Onyx CutServer will not accept pdf files, only .svg and .xml. I opened the SVG file you sent into Illustrator and below is a screen capture of how that did. As you can see the file size is different than the original. Illustrator shows it as 8.3933in. x 8.933in. The native Designer file was 3.425in. x 3.425in. Again, thank you for your help. You've been more than kind to assist with this. If you think of anything else to try please let me know. Otherwise, I think that for now the obvious solution is to use Illustrator to send cut files to Onyx CutServer until Affinity can resolve these issues in a future update (if they consider it important which I hope they do).
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Thank you for your reply. I appreciate your insights. The document setting in Affinity Designer was set to 300 dpi. Objects that were created at 10" x 10" in Designer were coming into Illustrator at 18" x 18". Now, after I read your reply, I went into Designer and changed the document resolution to 72 dpi and exported the file. I did this same operation for 96, 144, 192, and 300 DPI just to see how the size would change when bringing it into Illustrator. When I go to Illustrator and do File/Open/ *.svg, each and every time the file came in at 8.5" x 8.5"..... It didn't seem to matter at all what the document DPI was set to in Affinity, it never opened correctly in Illustrator. But it also did not open at 18" x 18" when set to 300 dpi as it was earlier...I'm not sure what this is telling us but I can't understand why the same operation is producing such different results. I look forward to your thoughts on this. I also tried putting a stroke on the object with no fill but that did not make a difference when trying to open it in Onyx CutServer.
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I need help understanding what is happening. There are two issues I'm having and I'll try my best to explain them. Issue #1: If if create a shape, say a square, that is 10" x 10" and export as an SVG using the "SVG(for export)" preset, if I open the file in Adobe Illustrator the size changes to 18" x 18". In Inkscape the size came in so much bigger (something like 31.5" x 31.5") Why is this happening and is there any way to correct it? I have tried every SVG export preset and I get the same results every time. Issue #2: I am trying to send a shape to a vinyl plotter for cutting. I am using Onyx CutServer. When I attempt to open the exported SVG file from Affinity Designer into CutServer, nothing happens, the file does not open. However, if I create and then export the same shape using Adobe Illustrator, the file will open in CutServer with absolutely no problems and at the correct size. Why is the SVG export from Affinity Designer giving me so much trouble? I have included the code for the files created in both Designer and Illustrator. These are the exact same shapes, same artboard dimensions and both using the default SVG export preset. So what is going on? Thank you all for your help in advance. SVCAiCode_ai17128346357.txt TestAffinity.txt