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Workshop: Introduction to laser cutting

Provisional schedule

Create new document in Inkscape
In Document Properties, set display units to "mm"
In Document Properties, set page size to 600 mm width and 300 mm height
In Preferences, select "Geometric bounding box" to ensure dimensions of cut shape agree with dimensions shown in Inkscape.
Draw design using only thin black lines. It's a good idea to make everything a "path" object.
Ensure all objects have no fill and 0.01 mm width black stroke.
Save as ".svg" - this file is for future updates/editing
"Save a copy..." as ".pdf" - this file is for cutting

Recommended tools:

Select tool 'S'
Line and Bezier tool 'B'
Node editing tool 'N'
Fill and Stroke properties (Shift+Ctrl+F)
Alignment tool (Shift+Ctrl+A)
Toolbar edit boxes for x,y,w,h - these support simple maths expressions, which is useful for scaling and translating objects
Duplicate selected objects with Ctrl+D
Select objects by clicking and dragging a box around them. Only fully enclosed objects will be selected.