Video Tutorial - Illustrator Workspace Setup

Glowforge Tips and Tricks
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Here is a walkthrough showing how to set up Illustrator the way I think you should set it up, starting from scratch:

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Added to Matrix. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thank you Chris :sunglasses:
Mine is a little older, but I figured it out. :wink:

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This was extremely helpfulll for Illustrator rookies like me. Thank you very much for taking the time to make it.

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That was very helpful–thanks for doing this!

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Thanks @Chris1

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THIS IS SO GREAT, THANKS, thank you

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Resurrecting an old thread, lol.

I had been using Sketch (for Mac) and exporting SVG’s and having scaling issues, this sounds similar to other app issues so I had been painstakingly resizing by hand using rulers in my Glowforge, do these settings help with that, should I export as PDF instead of an SVG?

I appreciate any information if it can be provided.

Thanks!

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You can try designing your files on a 20" x 12" artboard and it might eliminate scaling issues.
(It’s a workaround for the various input and output DPI issues that various programs introduce.)

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Wouldn’t hurt to try

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PDF, I believe, almost always puts things into actual… what’s the best way to say this? Units that aren’t open to interpretation?

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Thanks all! I did find that the PDF route, alongside the 20"x12" artboard made things turn out very accurate.

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