Inkscape SVG dimensions shrunk

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Resizing method:

Classic 3D Butterfly Puzzle

What software do you have available? There’s an easy way to do it in inkscape, which can probably be done in illustrator etc. Basically you measure the width of one of the slots. Say it’s .125” and you want the slots to be 0.03” thinner. Now select all. Be sure the aspect ratio is locked (the padlock between the width and height) Now change the width (or height) of the selection: add “*0.122/0.125”. This will resize your model so that your slots will now be 0.122”. Make sense? Widths and…

Accurately resizing a PDF

It’s not that complicated by it is kind of hard to write. Basically you import your pdf. Measure one line/gap whatever you’re trying to scale to a known size. Let’s assume it’s a simple square that you know you want to be exactly 0.75” on a side. You measure that square using the ruler tool and find that it’s actually 1.17”. Ok great now you know what your scaling factor is. Select everything. Be sure the aspect ratio lock icon is selected. You’ll see a width and height that reflects the e…

Ah, here we go, the most thorough example:

Bubeenga

It’s fairly simple using any vector editor. I’ll give the example using Inkscape. A quick note: There are a lot of words here, but in reality this process should literally only take about a minute to do the scaling, then however much time you take to do any manual adjustments (described below) is up to you. The steps: First, measure your material and decide how thick you want your slots to be. Let’s assume our theoretical new material is 2mm thick. You’ll need to kerf adjust the cut line,…