Did they break that in 92? Sigh.
(Got bitten when they removed meters and feet from the dimensions between 91 and 92.)
I’ll have to try it from home as well, just to be sure. Sometimes things are just weird on a work computer.
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I just downloaded and checked. It’s the right way. Is there a better way that I can save the Illustrator file for Inkscape users?
shot-in-the-dark here, two questions.
- do you have any filter on the file to begin with?
- what if you inverted the colors file in AI and then saved that one? (figuring if it is flipping the colors for Inkscape users, maybe if you sent both versions, ONE of them would work?)
I’m not speaking from any knowledge on how to do this, just suggesting possibilities.
No filters are applied to the artwork. I manually joined all paths. The black areas are shapes filled with 100% black in Illustrator. The white areas are empty, so there is nothing to to invert the white out of. The Illustrator color mode is RGB (I know CMYK can cause some issues with other programs that don’t support 4 colors).
This was the same SVG file I uploaded to the GF to make mine, so unless you need to modify the artwork, it should work — unless 50+ GF users try to upload to their GF at the same time. 
I assume Inkscape can import PDFs? (Illustrator editing capabilities were left intact) If so, try this:
MarvelCalendar 1.1.pdf (1.2 MB)
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That PDF did the trick! I was able to load it into Inkscape and convert it back to SVG and do some of the color filling that I had wanted to do.
Your comment before was also leading me down a good path before. Inkscape wasn’t inverting the colors because there was only one color! I was starting to play around with trying to get a shape that had both Black and White fill so that I could then make a negative copy of it. But you sent the PDF and that worked better. THANKS!
MarvelCalendarInkscapeSVG.zip (314.2 KB)
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Great! So now we just need to note somewhere in the forums that Illustrator people need to save files as pdfs for the Inkscape folks.
I tried to save as an EPS, but Illustrator wouldn’t let me because it had too many paths. I wonder if that was the issue?
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Really enjoyed this one! Thanks to everyone who helped getting this file Inkscape and GF ready!
PG Thick Maple Ply, Standard SD Engrave, ~9.5 Inch, ~1:10 print time
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Very cool, that turned out great!
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Thank you for sharing the design! It’s awesome and very much appreciated!
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Yep! Looks great! 
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Well, this is AMAZING. I’m gonna have to give it a go on the CNC at my Makerspace!
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Sounds good, let’s see it here when you get it done!
Love that Deadpool is opposite captain America 
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Me too!
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As soon as I get more material I’m printing this for my wall! My hubs is drooling on my keyboard as I type.
Did anyone have trouble getting the GFUI to prepare the SVG for this? I’ve uploaded and am trying to print but the GFUI hangs on “Preparing Your Design” and then eventually the dialog goes away and I have to try again. Is there a trick around this? Maybe I use a different format?? Any ideas? Thank you!!
Seems like converting to pdf worked! The GFUI processed it as a pdf…not sure why it had trouble with the SVG for me…
Anyone have any tips for removing the masking after engraving? I’m using my fingernail to remove the masking but there must be a better way?!?!!
Sandpaper? Duct tape? ???
Thanks!!