
That just means if you purchase something by clicking one of my links I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. There are just a few basics you will need to learn and you’ll be ready to dive right in.

If you have any questions about any of the above, or if you have made these changes and are still having difficulty preparing your Inkscape file for Origin, send us an email-we're happy to help!Īttach your file and a include a brief explanation of what's happening on Origin's screen when you try to cut the file.Creating text SVG’s in Inkscape is actually super easy and a great way to start designing your own SVG files. Setting your Inkscape Preferences to a geometric bounding box will ensure that both bounding box dimensions on tool and in Inkscape match up with one another. Origin calculates the bounding box based upon the middle of the stroke.

Inkscape defaults to a visual bounding box, with includes stroke width in its calculation of the bounding box's dimensions. Go to Edit > Preferences > Tools and select 'Geometric Bounding Box'. (On Mac: Inkscape > Preferences >. Go to Edit > Preferences > Input/Output > SVG Output and match your settings to those found below. (On Mac: Inkscape > Preferences >. The Inkscape SVG file type will include extraneous data that will not be used by Origin.

*Note that the scale value (underlined above) will change based upon your selected units (Inkscape will default to 96 points per inch and 3.77953 points per millimeter)

If you're using Inkscape to design files for Origin, you'll want to make a few changes to how Inkscape saves and prepares file prior to sending your file to Origin.
