Hi Ive been reading comments on the internet and receiving messages from subscribers of both my blog and Youtube channel saying people are having problems cutting things with their ScanNCut.
Someone told me I can cut the built in shapes no problem but have not had a decent cut from anything Ive produced myself.
Ive also asked people how they are creating their cut files and had all manor of reply’s from making my words in a word processing package and printing and scanning, or making my word in some software, converting it in another software and then converting it again online to an SVG.
What we have to remember is we are working with a moving and rotating blade that works on a moving platform, we have to create cut files that are of a decent standard to be able to get the best results from our machine especially if we are new to electronic cutting.
We have 5 built in font on our SCN machine and if we use the online Canvas software we have 5 more. But we have the ability in Canvas to import SVG files but in my opion we need to be using a single programme to get a decent cut file that we can then convert online in Canvas to a SNC file.
I believe at the moment if we use Canvas and Inkscape we have the tools to create a cut file that will give us the best opportunity to produce a decent cut file.
Ive created this video to show you how you can use fonts of all kinds to create good cutting and drawing fonts in Inkscape that can easily be converted to use with your SNC.
These pictures show just a couple of the examples from the video which I cut and drew with the SNC machine. #gallery-2861-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2861-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2861-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2861-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */
Then I took it a step further and used the dingbat font I show for the cat, enlarged it to about 10 inches and cut it out of Clarke & Clarke fabric and used it as an appliqué for a cushion.
I have put all the links to Inkscape for both Windows and Mac in the comments section of the video together with links to the font site where you should be able to get all the fonts for free.
Just to even it up for the animal lovers I’ve done a dog now too.
I hope this helps
Have you had problems opening some SVG files in ScanNCut Canvas?
If so I may have a solution for you. I cannot guarantee it will work on all files but of the ones Ive tested so far it works.
Heres the video showing what you need to do to make your SVG files import into Canvas to be able to convert them for cutting with your ScanNCut machine.
So I now have over 300 youtube subscribers which I think is amazing so thank you to all of you who watch, subscribe and share my ScanNCut video tutorials.
Ive designed this popup box card in ScanNCut Canvas and as a Thank you I am giving away the cutting file.
If you want to share the cutting file, Please share the link to this post so others can download it their selves. DO NOT share the cutting file as your own or without any acknowledgment of my work.
You probably know how these box cards go together but if not Ive made a short video to show you how here
If you want to have a play around with the online Canvas software yourself there is a link to it in the sidebar, its free to register and use for all ScanNCut owners.
The cutting file contains all the elements to make the card and you have 2 matting layers one of each size for the top and bottom sections of your box, you just need to cut out however many of those you require.
The flowers are not included in the cutting file as they are a pre installed shape from within your ScanNCut machine but you could use any shape of your choice it doesn’t have to be flowers.
The cutting files is here just download and save it to a USB stick and it will be available for you to use on your ScanNCut machine.