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Settings for STIKA SV-8
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Inkscape.md

HPGL export

Plotter settings

  • Resolution X: 1016.0
  • Resolution Y: 1016.0
  • Pen number: 1
  • Pen force: 0 (has no effect)
  • Pen speed: 1 (increase to faster cutting)
  • Rotation: 270
  • Mirror X axis
  • Mirror Y axis
  • Center zero point

Plot features

  • Overcut (mm): 0.00
  • Tool (knife) offset correction: 0.00
  • Precut
  • Curve flatness: 0.1 (smaller number smoother curves - important for circles, for example)
  • Auto align

Inkscape Document Properties

  • Custom size

    • Width: 160 mm (the size of the cutting area)
    • Height: (the max is 1000 mm)

  • Scale X: 1.0

Your design

  • Add a box around your design that will copy the paper. This will cause that your design will be aligned with the cutting area. I observed some problems with cutting close to edge of the paper. It is much easier to fix the cutting problem on a straight line than on your complicated design.
  • Convert everything into paths before cutting: Select All (Ctrl+A), Path | Object to Path.
  • It is possible (and recommended) to use groups (tested in Inkscape 0.92)
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