Inkscape For Laser Cutting, Beginners Tutorial

For vector drawing, the kind which defines the cuts a laser cutter will make, you can't beat Inkscape for the price. It's fairly easy to use and allows for some robust design. In this video I introduce you to some key concepts that will help you get started.

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[SamChaneyProductions]

This is by far the best tutorial on YouTube for using inkscape with a laser engraver. Almost all of them are just silent videos with annoying generic music added on top and no explanation.

[mahbadabdulla]

This is such a good video, well explained. Really wholesome too!

[jffqnn]

Thank You for taking the time to create Your Videos!!
I'm brand new to the laser and am slowly learning the How To's
I "printed" my very first job today (just got the laser yesterday and finally found out how to do GCode (.nc file format)
Been playing around with Inkscape for awhile now but definitely need more information!!
Thanks again for Your Time!!!

[nickpistorius]

thank you man, I wachted many tutorials but this one was definitely the best!

[electronron]

I've been using Inkscape for a little while so I'm familiar with some of what you illustrated. With this video you just pushed me up several levels beyond what I knew before. Thank you

[TheCreston]

This was perfect education for the laser engraver project I am working on. Thank you!

[sidney]

You talked about inksccape and vectors, handles and paths etc but you didn't actually do any laser cutting. One can assume the people who click on this video already know how to use Inkscape, but have come here because they want to know how to use Inkscape to laser cut the image on the screen.
Like all of these vector image programs, Inkscape is very complicated and very finickity, hence the reason for the need to know how to send the image on the screen to the laser cutter

[TheJorensanbar]

Approaching the end of 2020, and this video is GOLD! Thank you!

[mkepler]

thank you, very good tutorial I hope you have more on this subject, as I'm just getting my feet wet on laser cutting thanks mike

[halfpintleesa]

Brushing up on my laser cutting/inkscape skills and this was a great tutorial! I already knew everything you talked about, but you definitely added more depth and understanding. Appreciate the awesome vid! :))

[LibertyEver]

Good general Inkscape info but I was hoping for a tutorial that showed how to use Inkscape to generate a file for a laser engraver.

[kiaraestrada]

Thank you for the great video! Super easy to follow along and understand!

[abusam]

one of the few tutorial to incorporate inkscape with laser engrave/cutting 😁, I am using Inkscape with LaserGrbl on LM2 pro 10A, I am tiring to create/engrave a wasteboard grid onn MDF, what should be the stroke width (minimum) for the lines to be engraved.
Also what would be efficient (ZIP-ZIP-ZIP) for the laser engraver: create individual horizontal/vertical lines and group them together, OR use path effect on a line CREATE GRID, and get away with over lapping burns when the horizontal crosses the vertical

[thesfreader]

Thanks ! I sometimes use Inkscape, mainly to prepare paths as a base for CNC cutting or simple 3D models, and learned a lot from this/ Thanks !

[LegitLeeVelez]

Hello sir I know this video is years old but I was hoping you could still answer my question I have inkscape and I'm having an issue with the machine cutting and engraving in the wrong direction do you know how to fix this?

[gcfdesignlimited]

When l have taken a brick wall image and generated a 'trace bitmap' it does a great job however the outline when exported to DXF is the outline of the pen rather than a single line per brick. Any way of having a single line per brick?

[liam]

best tutorial ive seen yet on this topic, I can tell you are definitely a teacher. 🙏

[AllAroundTube]

Not sure this was such a good 'beginner' tutorial...

[SausageFingersGaming]

What an awesome tutorial. I think you could teach rocket science to a tortoise given the chance. If you're not a highly paid world renowned lecturer or teacher of all the things and stuff then you certainly should be. Thanks very much

[pontiacgaz]

Which version of inkscape are you using there, I've installed the latest and it's different to yours, I'm on Windows 8