I have created an SVG file to cut veneer for Marquetry. I built it by creating the individual parts, and have successfully cut them and temperarily taped them (see attached JPEG). I am trying to get the image into a background layer - to cut the overall outline out of a piece of veneer that all the pieces will fit into. I have tried grouping all the pieces in the SVG and boolean operations to get the SVG image subtracted from a plain (maybe filled) background - so the background becomes the frame. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
There is always a small gap between pieces, and if you just union all, you will have to deal with many small gaps with node tool. Furthermore, I guess that you need to preserve this small gap around the car for the wooden background. So I would :
select all, do path>outset (the amount of outset can be set in global inkscape preferences : ctrl+shift + P then behavior > steps).
Then you can press ctrl + + to unite all paths.
Draw a rectangle to the size you want the wooden background to be, then send it to bottom (end key), select the two paths and do path> difference (ctrl + -) : et voilà !
This worked!. I’m on a Mac, so it took a couple tries to figure out which keys worked, but I did get a separate background that I was able to move to LightBurn to drive my laser. I’ll need to check the offsets, and look at the “outsets”, but I have something to work with. I appreciate your input, and will post the finished marquetry panel.
Work in Progress Creating a background
Inkscape.org
I have created an SVG file to cut veneer for Marquetry. I built it by creating the individual parts, and have successfully cut them and temperarily taped them (see attached JPEG). I am trying to get the image into a background layer - to cut the overall outline out of a piece of veneer that all the pieces will fit into. I have tried grouping all the pieces in the SVG and boolean operations to get the SVG image subtracted from a plain (maybe filled) background - so the background becomes the frame. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
There is always a small gap between pieces, and if you just union all, you will have to deal with many small gaps with node tool. Furthermore, I guess that you need to preserve this small gap around the car for the wooden background. So I would :
This worked!. I’m on a Mac, so it took a couple tries to figure out which keys worked, but I did get a separate background that I was able to move to LightBurn to drive my laser. I’ll need to check the offsets, and look at the “outsets”, but I have something to work with. I appreciate your input, and will post the finished marquetry panel.