Living File in Illustrator - can someone translate it to svg please?

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This file is available for free. Unfortunately, it is in Illustrator. Can someone with illustrator translate it for the rest of us pretty please ?F3D3S89HWRZ5LBB.ai (747.9 KB)

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I just did a straight up Save As SVG and converted the text to outlines. (The font was substituted too but I assumed that having the exact font didn’t matter.)

I did not test this at all so verify it works as expected before you do anything critical…

F3D3S89HWRZ5LBB [Converted].zip (142.5 KB)

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I see the text, but no hinge cuts. Do they show up in AI?

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They do, but they are hairline-width and are not actually visible on the screen at every zoom level. I had to use View > Outline Mode to see them easily. The same is true when I open the converted SVG version.

If you do a Select All or play with view modes you should be able to demonstrate that there is something there.

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I will try that. Thanks!

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I opened it in AI and see the same things as @GrooveStranger, but what is the file for?

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It looks like living hinge tests, all kinds of different finely spaced repeating cuts.

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Living hinge swatches from http://steammetry.com/5-useful-living-hinge-template-for-your-next-laser-cut-project/…#3 down

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Not sure if you got a file you can use yet or not. I have it sized for the GF bed now, and broke it into 2 artboards

My GF hates me this weekend, so the first file was still in “Rendering mode” until I killed it. You can break it up and arrange it any way you like using your favorite SVG editor.

Living Hinge 1

Living Hinge 2

That layout made best use of the material

For anybody else looking, the originals are at Steammetry as noted above.

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Not just your GF…I ended up killing the “Rendering Mode” myself too on the original. Thanks!

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@smh4wd did this work for you?

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I opened it in inkscape, just haven’t tried to cut it yet.

Thanks!