Thank you. You're very welcome!

You're welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful and were able to create something to make a customer very happy!

You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you found the video informative! Inkscape is indeed incredible software, and you can't beat the price! I I will take your suggestion about the video on script text into consideration :-)

Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad my video was able to help you make some sense of inkscape and preparing files for your CNC.

Glad it was helpful!

You are welcome glad it was helpful. Thank you for the kind words.

You're welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful!

Thank you!

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Glad you found it helpful. Hopefully moving forward you will be able to simplify and speed up your workflow!

You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.

Thanks for the comment. I still make these inkscape videos when I have time, which is unfortunately not as frequently as I would like..

Thank you. I believe that was done in 0.92.4. I am now using v1.1

It will try to put the text on the path, which actually is the center of the stroke . You can select the text with the type tool and use the ctrl and up\down arrow keys to offset the text up or down from the baseline

@@MakerMinded Thank You!

Hold shift and ctrl while resizing, that should constrain it proportionally and resize around the midpoint.

@@MakerMinded Bingo! Thanks man saving me time!

@@jrpalmer7021 You're welcome!

Yes there are various versions of inkscape. The latest is 1.1 I believe. This video was created with .92.4 I believe.. one big difference that may be experiencing is in 1.0 and newer, when you convert a stroke to a path, it also leaves the original path (possibly the 3 lines you speak of...) And also leaves them grouped . So you would need to ungroup and potentially delete the original path (would be the center line). Hope this helps.

The image capture issue may be an operating system issue? Perhaps another program uses that shortcut combination and is acting on it before inkscape does..

@@MakerMinded I really appreciate the reply, I got it fixed by deleting all the nodes on the center ring. After I did that the union function performed as expected. As for the short cuts, I'm at a loss. Seems that half or so don't work and do random functions. I've deleted and reinstalled the software, run it with nothing else open, etc... Oh well... I really appreciate the response and advice!

@@pyroman590 The reason deleting the nodes on the center ring worked is because that would be the solid background ring as opposed to the stroke ring. When you union the solid background ring and the stroke ring you end up with a solid background ring that is the diameter of the stroke ring. As for the keyboard shortcuts, I really don't think it is an inkscape issue, since the keyboard shortcuts I use are the generally the default inkscape shortcuts. What is one keyboard shortcut that is not working for you, and what does it do instead?

I don't have a plasma cutter myself, but I do have a laser, and afaik the principles are the same: the machine will cut the paths. It doesn't care what colour is inside or outside. I like to work so the black is what stays behind, it's easier for me to think it thru that way. So in the case of this example, the white area would be getting cut away. Notice that the black components all overlay somewhat so that the material stays solid. Hope this explanation makes sense and is helpful. Edit: it can be good practice to toggle between regular and outline mode in inkscape to view the paths with no distracting colours. Ctrl numpad5 is a shortcut to toggle between views.

Inkscape does not 'have' fonts per se. It uses fonts installed in the operating system. I downloaded the saddlebag font from a website (can't remember which) and installed it in windows.

Sorry, I can't help you with that. You'll have to do some tests with your machine to determine your tolerances.

I hope you've got this issue solved by now (sorry for the delayed response...). In case you are still looking for an answer, I suspect it has something to do with how you are unioning the text. If the text is made up of multiple objects, (like the outline of the 9, and the shape that is the inside of the 9) then when you union those two objects both shapes merge into 1, the larger object will basically 'absorb' the smaller shape. In a case like that you would want to use 'difference' to remove the middle of the 9 from the outer shape first, before unioning the 9 with other objects. I hope that makes sense, and helps you out.

What version of inkscape are you using?

@@MakerMinded hey i figured it out. i was making the cirlces and inputting text and that all worked. the problem was when i went to insert my image in the center, it wouldnt union. i had to bring the raw image in and trace it within the same inkscape window and then it worked. but it would not union an imported svg for some reason. (so i had to import the jpeg and retrace for it to union)

@@adamrodriguez6025 perhaps when you imported the other svg it was grouped? You can't Union grouped object.

Hard to say without knowing the exact steps you are taking. Perhaps your text is already converted to a path?