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Using Inkscape with Cutters/Plotters Combine Paths for Cricut Design Space
  1. #1
    cmarc2 cmarc2 @cmarc2

    Hello, I am fairly new to Inskscape and trying to make a file that I can use to cut for my Cricut Design Space vinyl cutter.

    I have it exactly like I want, but when I import to my Cricut, all of the paths are still there for the RCamerica, FlySky, RCCA, & 1up logos and I have spent hours trying to figure this out.

    I just want each logo to be one logo, not a ton of individuals.  Can anyone help?  

    I am bald and I am pulling what little hair I have out trying to figure this out.

    Mcgoo Decals Test1
  2. #2
    Ellen Wasbø Ellen Wasbø @EllenWasbo

    I do not have Cricut Design Space myself, but I have heard it is important to save as plain SVG not the default SVG when you should export to Cricut. Did you do that?

  3. #3
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    Assuming you have stepped through Inkscape's tutorials in the Help menu, you will be familiar with stroke and fill, plus groups vs objects.

    Some of the decals are stroked paths with no fill, some are groups of paths, some having fill but no stroke. So it raises the questions:

    Is the goal to cut just the outer perimeter of each decal, or to cut the heavy strokes without fill, or to also cut the background fills separately from the the heavy strokes, or....?

  4. #4
    rmazzi rmazzi @rmazzi

    @cmarc2 I just joined the forum and i am going to be using Inkscape with a Cricut Maker.  I am not sure exactly what you are experiencing, but I have found that once I load an SVG of any type to Design Space, will see each segment or letter as an individual item. You have to select the all the pieces and Attach them in Design Space.   Also, I found a youtube channel  Clever Someday that has some useful tips for using inkspace with DS.  I have less hair myself with using Design Space.  Provocraft needs new developers to make the program easier to use.  Their real strategy seems to be to make it difficult to use anything other than Cricut Access ($10 per month) for all the images and such.  Hope this helps.

  5. #5
    Wilma DAVENPORT Wilma DAVENPORT @WilmaDD

    @rmazzi and @cmarc2 .  Within Inkscape, you can select your items (letters, objects) and either combine or union them.  Anything that you union/combine will come into Design Space as one item.  For example the word TEST.  If you just object to path (or stroke to path) and then bring into Design Space it will treat each letter (and possibly the centers) as an individual objects.  This also bogs down Design Space.  Yet if you use Union (or combine) then Design Space treats the whole word as one object--then you don't have to attach in Design Space.  (Also keep in mind that combine and union although they "look" the same they  will act differently according to what you are working with.  Been using Inkscape for about a year now for Design Space.  Absolutely love this software... I don't use Design Space for any design work.  Hope that helps.