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--- silhouette_cameo_4_-_inkscape_vs._silhouette_studio_basic [20.12.2020 01:50] – created Pascal Suter
+++ silhouette_cameo_4_-_inkscape_vs._silhouette_studio_basic [20.12.2020 03:26] (current) – [Settings for different materials] Pascal Suter
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 this file with the Registration marks on it, can now be imported into inkscape. make sure it is kept at full size and use it in a background layer when creating your design.
-create another layer in your design where you will keep the cutting lines you want the cutter to follow
+create another layer in your design where you will keep the cutting lines you want the cutter to follow. This cutting line document should also contain a rectangle that follows the page borders of your document. make it exactly the size of your A4 paper (210x297mm) and make sure it has its origin at 0x0.
+when you are done with your deisgn, make only the cutting line layer visible and go to File->Save copy. Now choose ''Desktop Cuttin Plotter (AutoCAD DXF R14) *.dxf'' as filetype and hit save.
+in the dialog choose to save only the visible layers and select the ROBO-Master format:
+{{:silhouette_cameo_4_-_inkscape_vs._silhouette_studio_basic:pasted_20201220-015738.png}}
+back in Silhouette Studio Basic, go to File->Open and open your DXF file.
+you will notice that your dxf has shrunk to a smaller dimension. sadly in the current version of Studio there is a bug that you can't change this behavior for importing DXF files, as soon as you change the setting, Silhouette Studio crashes. But that's what we made the frame following the page border for. Click on your imported dxf graphics and use the size fields in the toolbar to enlarge it back to its orinigal 210x297mm and origin 0x0.
+now go to the registration marks tab again and choose the same settings as before.
+finally go to the "Send" interface and do whatever you normally do to cut a job.
+to print your graphics, go back to inkscape and print your graphics WITH the marker layer and WITHOUT the cutting path layer.
+finally put your printed graphics on the sticky cutting foil and start your cut job.
+For future projects, you can skip the first steps to create the registration marks, simply re-use your pdf or even create an inkscape template with the marks on it and re-use that :)
+===== Settings for different materials =====
+here i will collect some settings for different materials as i go along
+  * 160gsm paper laminated with 75 micron matte laminate on both sides: Force 33, Passes 3, AutoBlade depth: 6, Speed 10
-... to be continued.