I've been creating some design templates on Inkscape that I want to cut and draw using the Cricut. On Inkscape, my design is just under 11.5 inches wide and a little over 3 inches tall. When I export it as an SVG and upload it in Cricut Design Space, it imports WAY larger than it is on Inkscape. Depending on the export settings I choose, it imports at anywhere from 15 inches wide to over 800 inches wide (!!!). I have had this problem before with very similar designs created in Inkscape and was previously able to resolve it by copying the entire design, pasting it into a new document and re-saving, but this fix doesn't work every time and I'm unsure why it would even make a difference. I know that you can resize images in Cricut Design Space, but I am distributing the template to other people so I am hoping for something that will require minimal editing once it's been uploaded. I have been paying attention to what units my page and display are in, so that's not the issue.

I poked around on google a bit and found other people who were having the same problem. It seems like it's an issue on Cricut's end (at least I assume so because it's not unique to designs made in Inkscape), but I was still hoping there was something I could change about the way I create or export the design that would fix it. Someone suggested lowering your DPI to 76 but that didn't help. I also tried switching from a "custom" export to exporting a selected area, with and without the "export selected only" box checked. I tried exporting as both an Inkscape SVG and a plain SVG. Changing the document properties so my units were in pixels instead of inches seemed to help somewhat, but it's still over 15 inches wide instead of the 11.5 I'm shooting for.

My computer runs Windows 11 Pro version 22H2. I originally installed Inkscape v 1.2.2 and am currently running v 1.3.0.0.

I'd be happy to include the file itself in the post but am unsure how. Is there a place people usually host stuff like that so I can link to it?

Thanks!!!

Find the paperclip icon for uploading stuff herein.

reedj3

Changing the document properties so my units were in pixels instead of inches seemed to help somewhat, but it's still over 15 inches wide instead of the 11.5 I'm shooting for.

I'd avoid pixels if size is important.

Thank you Polygon, I found the attach button! Here is the file in question.

Yeah it seemed counterintuitive to me, but I saw someone suggest it elsewhere so I gave it a shot. I was originally working in inches since those are the units that design space uses. But either way I'm not sure why changing my units would make any kind of difference. It's baffling to me.

I'm also now wondering if I can/should move this question to the "using Inkscape with cutters/plotters" section of the forum, which I didn't see when I made the initial post.

1. I reverted your units to inches.
2. I removed the transform on group g746 (bug in Cricut).

Tip: Ungroup before moving things around, then group.

Thank you for the fix! I tested it out by ungrouping, moving, and regrouping my paths, and everything remained the correct size. I also tested it on some of the other designs I was having problems with and it resolved the problem for all of them. Thanks again!