Hi I am brand new to Inkscape and am trying to laser engrave text inside an object. When I try to engrave, it only produces a single line. I want to have an approximate 1mm object with filled text inside. How do I accomplish this?
I do not have an engraver, just cutter/plotter, but in general - ordinary text is defined by the outline only. To engraving the fill you would need to do some kind of hatching paths. I guess looking into the gcodetools might help. Here is a video on youtube to get an idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUTVOTDbDRI
1) I create my designs in whatever software will export a DXF file (Inkscape does this)
2) Open you DXF in QCAD (Freeware)
3) Select the outline and use the hatch tool in the left side toolbar (Icon looks like a tag with punchout. Click it then click the new single icon that looks the same, you'll see what I mean). Create whatever hatch when the dialog comes up and set line spacing values in the dialog box.
4) Select the hatch (not the outline) and go to menu item Modify and down to Explode. Now the hatch is actual lines.
5) Save as same DXF file.
6) Open in Inkscape and save as SVG.
7) Bring into your laser software and it will be hatched/filled.
Thats It!... took me a while to figure out this workaround but does a great job. Happy Lasering.
Using Inkscape with Cutters/Plotters How to fill text for laser engrave
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Hi I am brand new to Inkscape and am trying to laser engrave text inside an object. When I try to engrave, it only produces a single line. I want to have an approximate 1mm object with filled text inside. How do I accomplish this?
Thanks!
I am also looking to do a similiar thing if anyone has some tips.
Thanks
I do not have an engraver, just cutter/plotter, but in general - ordinary text is defined by the outline only. To engraving the fill you would need to do some kind of hatching paths. I guess looking into the gcodetools might help. Here is a video on youtube to get an idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUTVOTDbDRI
The method I use is this:
1) I create my designs in whatever software will export a DXF file (Inkscape does this)
2) Open you DXF in QCAD (Freeware)
3) Select the outline and use the hatch tool in the left side toolbar (Icon looks like a tag with punchout. Click it then click the new single icon that looks the same, you'll see what I mean). Create whatever hatch when the dialog comes up and set line spacing values in the dialog box.
4) Select the hatch (not the outline) and go to menu item Modify and down to Explode. Now the hatch is actual lines.
5) Save as same DXF file.
6) Open in Inkscape and save as SVG.
7) Bring into your laser software and it will be hatched/filled.
Thats It!... took me a while to figure out this workaround but does a great job. Happy Lasering.