I've written some tutorials for manually creating cutting paths from existing images. That would give the best quality of cutting path, for the machine. Personally, I would do the drawing myself, rather than auto trace. If you have existing images that you want to use, you could either trace over them manually with the Pen tool, or if the image has the proper quality for it, use Inkscape's Trace Bitmap to auto trace it. Then save as WMF or EMF, and send to the machine. Well anyway, you would basically draw your paths using the Pen tool (or Pencil tool), or construct a drawing using shapes and convert to paths. I do find it a bit surprising, if that is in fact what your cutter is doing! When you say you've been sending PNG files to your cutter, but you notice that it's cutting both an inside and an outside line, that would imply to me that your cutting software must be automatically tracing them to create vector cutting paths. The only way to find out if that extension works with 1.0 (unless you know someone who knows) is to install 1.0 beta, install the extension, and try it.įrom the list of file formats you gave, EMF and WMF are the vector formats, and Inkscape can save in both formats. However, we can help you troubleshoot installing the extension, if you think that's where the problem might be. And for software, such as the extension you found, you would need to communicate with the author, if you have problems with it. Most of us probably can't help with any specific hardware. So I guess TL DR, any tips on bringing vector files into confusing chinese laser cutting software? I'm assuming the extensions from that site won't work on 1.0 anyway, and that's probably my issue? Does anyone know any other way to bring vectors into LaserDRW? I took a pic of the file types it will open (sorry it's a photo and not a screenshot, ha) I did find this:īut I've never used extensions before, and I've been googling and googling and can't figure anything out. The problem is: I have no idea how to bring vectors into LaserDRW. I have a laser engraver/cutter that runs LaserDRW (I use it on my fiance's Windows laptop - it wouldn't install on a mac) and what I've been doing (for about a year now) is just exporting all my files as PNGs (one file for engraving, one file for cutting) and they've worked just fine, if a little wonky on the cuts (I realize AS I TYPE THIS that it sees my cut strokes as just very thin shapes, that it's trying to cut outter and inner)īut the latest ones have been importing super pixelated, and I figure I should really be cutting with vectors anyway. When the Halftone option is turned on the image displayed in K40 Whisperer will be shown in grayscale.I'm brand new to Inkscape (previously was using Illustrator CS5 on my decade-old macbook, but it finally died, and I turned to Inkscape 1.0 as a replacement on my new macbook, running Catalina) In order to generate the halftone image in K40 Whisperer the Halftone setting in the Raster settings needs to be selected. ![]() The truck photo came from Wikimedia Commons: Madrid_-_Fargo_Power-Wagon However, grayscale can be simulated by creating a halftone image (dithering) of the raster image.īelow is an example of an image that was engraved with the Halftone (Dither) option turned on in K40 Whisperer. The stock boards that work with K40 Whisperer are not able to control the power output by the laser. In addition to red, blue and black, you can also do grayscale with K40 Whisperer. Halftone (grayscale) Images with K40 Whisperer Open the SVG file you just saved in K40 Whisperer. Within Inkscape select "Save" to save the design as an SVG file.Ĥ. Adjust the size of the document to match the area you want to export (You can use "File" - "Document Properties" - "Resize Page to Content" to make the page the same size as your design)ģ. ![]() (Raster Engraving is not supported for DXF files.)Ģ. ![]() Use BLACK and other colors to indicate raster engraving. Use BLUE lines to indicate vector engraving. If a laser works with Laser Draw it should work with K40 Whisperer. The best way to determine if a laser will work with K40 Whisperer before buying is to check if the laser comes with LaserDRW (Laser Draw) software.
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