Sheetcam to inkscape- drawing gets smaller

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Pat4rd
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Sheetcam to inkscape- drawing gets smaller

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Hey guys, stayed up till 6am trying to figure out why my drawing goes from 11" in Inkscape to 2-3" in sheet cam. I know it's converting it to metric somehow but I believe I have all my settings on inches. When loading sheetcam I select inches.. what am I missing? Going to sleep for a few hours and go back at it.
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Les Newell
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Re: Sheetcam to inkscape- drawing gets smaller

Post by Les Newell »

When you load the drawing select metric instead of inches. It could be that your drawing has been saved in metric even though you are viewing it in inches.
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Re: Sheetcam to inkscape- drawing gets smaller

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Thanks les, fixing to head to the shop now and I'll give it a try
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