I am trying to make a cake topper for my sister in-laws wedding. Since the glow forge will not recognize text in an SVG file and will only engrave a raster file what is the best way to get it to cut out these letters. I know almost nothing about Inkscape. I would appreciate any help. Thanks I have a…

In inkscape, select the text blocks, and then use “Object to Path” from the Path menu. After that you can use the Boolean operations in path to make it all one object. (Combine)

I’m gonna take a shot at this… Combining the letters and different text in that way is going to be a multi-step process if you do it in Inkscape. First you need to decide which parts will be engraved and which ones will be cut. I’m assuming that since the Date is unconnected and floating in the c…

That is correct, The date in the base will be engraved, everything else will be cut and still attached to the base. Thank you.

Okay, if you’ll check back later this evening, I want to make sure this works before outlining the steps. (Unfortunately, have to feed my fella first.) :wink:

When you have time, you should check out all the tutorials on Inkscape that @Jules and others worked on. It’s in the “Glowforge tips and tricks” category. Those tutorials have filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge and saved my bacon a few times. I usually go into the catagory and then search fo…

I’ve found many of these tutorials handy http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Path.html Thy usually come up with the google search when you put in the feature you are looking for followed by Inkscape.

Okay, wasn’t quite as easy as I’d hoped, because I’m not sure if you wanted to engrave the cutout letters too - it’s an extra step or two to NOT engrave those before cutting them out. First thing I did was draw a rectangle around your image to give it a clear boundary: [topper] You can use this…

Like they said, check the tutorials. Once you convert the text to a path, it engraves just fine if it’s filled. (And if you want it to cut, it has to be unfilled – not filled with white, but no fill) The interesting part will be getting the paths for everything else to work out, because where you se…

Glad you got advice on the cutting…I would suggest you use a thicker font for the “gave me” portion or at least move it over a bit so the “me” is not hanging out unsupported. It will most likely break off… :smile: I do alot of cake toppers…some bakers are heavy handed and snap them in half!! …

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Yes! Shortcut.