Inventables/Easel sizing

[christopher (Christopher Reich)]

Hi Eric,
I have attached a screencast of my computer importing an .svg into Easel (I have an x-carve). Every time I do this the items that I import are changing size. In this example I try bringing in the fabber name tag which should be 8x6 but it uploads at 7.5"x5.625. I’ve searched the forum for answers but haven’t had luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Eric (Eric Schimelpfenig)]

That’s very likely an SVG scale issue. Check this post out:

Incorrect size after export to Illustrator/Glowforge

You’re running into one of the tricky things with SVGs, here’s a bit of a technical explanation that should help figure this out: Let’s say you have an SVG that just has a simple square box in it. If you look at the SVG it just describes 4 lines. It shows the location of the lines, and the length of each line. The length of each line is in PIXELS, not MM in INCHES. So a box that 5" square might have 4 lines that are 380px in length each. Now here’s where things get tricky: Adobe Illustrator,…

The short answer is that you can set the DPI in the settings cog in Fabber (pick custom). Try a simple box and bring it into Easel. See what the difference in size is. So some simple match to raise or lower your DPI setting and you should be good to go after that.

[christopher (Christopher Reich)]

thanks so much for your help. for anyone else who uses a sketchup to easel import/export, a custom DPI of 120 makes all of my models match perfectly.

[Eric (Eric Schimelpfenig)]

That’s awesome! Glad you figured that one out. Maybe we should make that a setting in the drop down menu…