Hi!
I'm live in Honduras (Central America) my native lenguage is spanish, so I'm sorry about my english...

I want to design templates boxes, but I have problems when I open my files at SCAL 2.0 (I have Cricut machine, I know... terrible mistake, but I can't buy a Silhouette, not now...)

Well, I'm going to explain what I do...
1. I design & draw the template in AutoCAD (*dwg).
2. (A) Later I "publish to web" the template in *jpg or *png
or (B) Use a program that converts my *dwg archive into a *SVG file (DWG to SVG Converter MX) and works PERFECTLY.
3. If I used jpg or png files, I "trace bitmap" in Inkscape, all looks perfect here... I fill the path, and save in *SVG.
4. When I open SCAL 2, the shape it's a mess!!!

I show you the captures, they speak for themselves...

Thanks in advance!!!
Nice to meet you!

Claudell

Thank you!
I'm so happy my post be here!
I have have more than a month trying to solve my problem....

Claudell

Hi Claudell,
Welcome to InkscapeForum!

I'm not sure if I can help, but I'll try. I don't read (or write or speak) Spanish more than a few words, although some I can guess (by virtue of school study, over 30 years ago...desde trente anos...? (tilde on n) ). In the screen captures that you've shown us, what is the process that's happening as we move from one to the next? I look at the status bar, but can't translate. I see that it goes from 818 nodes to 121 nodes, at one point, but can't see how? Can you give us a step-by-step account to go along with the screen captures?

Where the tiny object appears to have been moved, I wonder if it was accidentally left out of either a Path menu > Combine or a Grouping? Where the straight vertical segment on the left is no longer straight or vertical, it almost looks just like the segment along the right side, which is supposed to be curved. It looks like somehow that line along the right side has somehow been cut out of the line along the left side.

Of your list of what sounds like 2 or 3 different processes, which one applies to the screenshots? When you said:

...or (B) Use a program that converts my *dwg archive into a *SVG file (DWG to SVG Converter MX) and works PERFECTLY.

IF this was used in the screenshots you showed us, it might be that the program does something strange in the conversion. Even though it looks like it worked perfectly, it might not actually be working properly. If your screen captures are showing us something else, then this is irrelevant for the moment.

Let's just look at one process at a time, ok?

PS - What is your operating system and Inkscape version?

Thanks Brynn for the welcome!!!
Sorry I could'n come before... spanish it's a little bit harder than lear english, because spanish have a lot, a loooooooooooot many words.
over 30 years ago = desde hace 30 años , but it's ok, I understood what you meant

I will tried to give you more information... ok, my operating system is Windows 7 Home premiun and Inkscape version is 0.48

The first image it's my *dwg file (black one)
The second it's the *svg when I used the program (DWG to SVG Converter MX).

In the first INKSCAPE capture, shows the file after I converted dwg to svg, when a I select it, has 7 objects of tipe Path in root.

I'll try to install the english version, plus all the tutorials are in English ...

I'll be back!
Claudell

Hi! I'm back!
I installed the INKSCAPE 0.48.2 in english!

These are my new captures, made afew minutos ago...
If you need extra information just let me know... I really need to resolved this issue...

Thanks a lot!!!
Claudell

Hi Claudell,

What version of SCAL do you have? I'm guessing that you might have one of the early versions of SCAL2. If you have one that is older than 2.043 you will want to go to the Craft Edge website to request an updated version of SCAL2. http://www.craftedge.com/support/lostsw.php

If you do have a recent version, I might need to see your svg file to try to figure this out.

Oh, paint bucket tool. That's how we go from 818 nodes to 120!
So that means we have a single compound path of 7 subpaths. But that doesn't give me any clues about why opening in SCAL isn't faithful.

In your 4th screenshot, it shows the purple filled shape, and also the outline of the shape (I'm assuming the 818 node object) and they're offset quite a bit. I don't see it in the 5th screenshot, but I don't know if it's still there, and aligned with the purple shape, or if it has been deleted? If it's still there, maybe SCAL is "confused" between the 2? If it's been deleted, then I truly am stumped. Is there anything else at all in the file, besides the purple filled shape?

If there's anything else in the file, besides the purple shape, that might explain the problem. If so, you could try deleting it, or putting it on another layer, and hide the layer. But otherwise, I'm stumped

Btw, have you searched the internet for similar issues with that program?

Oh look, HeatherM posted while I was typing. Yay!

brynn wrote:In your 4th screenshot, it shows the purple filled shape, and also the outline of the shape (I'm assuming the 818 node object) and they're offset quite a bit

Yes, it's correct.

I don't see it in the 5th screenshot, but I don't know if it's still there, and aligned with the purple shape, or if it has been deleted? If it's still there, maybe SCAL is "confused" between the 2? If it's been deleted, then I truly am stumped. Is there anything else at all in the file, besides the purple filled shape?

I deleted it, and only stay the filled shape (because it's supposed it's better, isn't it?).
It's nothing there only the purple filled shape, it's correct.

Btw, have you searched the internet for similar issues with that program?

Yes, I have searched about my problem like 2 month, but this the thing: In december last year I bought my cricut machine, at that time, several programs was compatible with the machine and we could cut SVG files than we can create, or modify depends our necessities.. but since march it's a caos, cricut now only it's compatible with they sofware (own), that I have, but it's useless (sorry, I bought and I still mad for waste my money). Cricut it's no longer compatible with NO ONE!

Btw means???

HeatherM wrote:Hi Claudell,
What version of SCAL do you have? I'm guessing that you might have one of the early versions of SCAL2. If you have one that is older than 2.043 you will want to go to the Craft Edge website to request an updated version of SCAL2.

Thank you Heather for your help, I have SCAL 2.0 .
I can't do that, if I do(updated) I can not cut anything with my cricut machine...
I really think that my problem it's the SCAL, but I don't know wich another program I can use for do that I want to do, cut my own designs... right now I can't buy another machine, they are expensive, and bring them to Honduras more... I'm soo sad, and mad because of them ...

I really apreciate all your time... thank you...
Claudell

If your version is 2.0 you can go to the Craft Edge website and they will send you a link to update your SCAL to the newest version of SCAL2. The original release had some svg bugs that were fixed. Craft Edge is still providing support for SCAL2 through the end of this year. The update will be to either SCAL 2.043 or 2.044 and either one will work with your Cricut.

http://www.craftedge.com/support/lostsw.php

Thank you Heather for your help, I have SCAL 2.0 .
I can't do that, if I do(updated) I can not cut anything with my cricut machine...

So you've tried updating, but then you can't cut at all???

HeatherM, do these cricut machines become obsolete, so that current software won't work with them? But if the machine was new last December, that doesn't make sense. Claudell, was it bought new? If it was bought new, then it should still be under warranty, and the burden should be on the maker of the machine to fix it!

If you're using Linux operating system, you might be able to use the software in this topic: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=4987#p21733 But your screenshots look like Windows?

(btw means "by the way")

Brynn, The Cricut manufacturer sued all 3rd party software companies and you can no longer buy SCAL, MTC, or FairyCut to cut with Cricut. If you already own the software then you can continue to use it with your machine. I think Claudell is mixing up an upgrade to SCAL3 (which won't work with Cricuts) with an update for SCAL2 (which WILL still work with Cricuts).

Cross fingers!

HeatherM wrote:I think Claudell is mixing up an upgrade to SCAL3 (which won't work with Cricuts) with an update for SCAL2 (which WILL still work with Cricuts).

Ohhhhh.... ok I get it!.. but the link doesn't work, I'm going to search in internet about them and ask about the upgrade..

Thank you very much Heather!, Brynn, thank you to, You gave me peace of mind that my files are well-worked, ¡yeahh!!, jajaja, (I hope), jajajja

I'll be back and tell you how it ended... Cross fingers too!!!!!!

Claudell

I'm having a similar problem and I'm hoping someone can help me.
I have SCAL2 and I just upgraded to 2.044 version.

I created a document in Inkscape, go to file, save as, name it and select Inkscape *.svg option. I'm not tracing anything, just a bunch of text
to make "subway art."

I go to SCAL2, select SVG, then I receive the following error message "Failed to load the svg file."

The clincher is that I can open anyone else's SVG files, just not my own. Any suggestion on what I'm doing incorrectly?

When you saved as Inkscape SVG, you did not type an asterisk (*) did you? Sometimes odd characters in a file name can do funky things. I know that there's an asterisk showing in the dropdown menu, but it doesn't end up in the file name. But if you typed it in, it would stay in the file name.

If that's not the problem, maybe you could try saving as Plain SVG. I don't understand the difference between Inkscape SVG and Plain SVG, but there is a difference, and sometimes it matters.

OOoorrr....you mentioned text. Did you convert the text to path? I'm pretty sure those cutters need a path to cut on.

Ooor, I'm not familiar with SCAL. But when you say "select SVG", what does that do? Don't you have to choose a file to open or import? Or do you mean that you chose that SVG file?

If none of that helps, I'm not sure what the problem might be. There's a nice little forum for helping people with cutters use Inkscape. They have much more experience getting Inkscape to work with different cutter software and file formats. http://www.inkscapecuttingdesign.com/index.php?

We'll be glad to continue trying to help, but as you've read in this topic, there are things about certain cutter software that we just don't know.