Issue with Catan file i got from Glowforge gifts keeps saying Filled shapes must have closed paths

[Jules]

What do you mean by “distorted”? Did it get pixelated?

Try using a high def setting for it - at least 300 dpi. And set the background to transparent…it will turn it into a PNG file.

One thing…when you rasterize the file, do not select the outside cutline for inclusion in the raster image.

One additional thing…when you save the file as an SVG…be sure to use the correct settings for a file with a raster image in it…instructions are here:

Glowforge Interface - Correctly Save a File as an SVG for the GFUI

For All Programs: If you want to engrave a bitmap (raster) style image and include it inside a vector SVG file, you need to Embed the image in the file if you want it to stay aligned inside the SVG file. Otherwise you will need to re-load the raster file and use the camera to align it visually. (That’s fine, but you will completely lose the benefit of more accurate alignment that you get from the design software.) There are instructions for how to Embed raster images for some of the main 2D…