Settings for STIKA SV-8

Inkscape.md

HPGL export

Plotter settings

• Resolution X: 1016.0
• Resolution Y: 1016.0
• Pen number: 1
• Pen force: 0 (has no effect)
• Pen speed: 1 (increase to faster cutting)
• Rotation: 270
• Mirror X axis
• Mirror Y axis
• Center zero point

Plot features

• Overcut (mm): 0.00
• Tool (knife) offset correction: 0.00
• Precut
• Curve flatness: 0.1 (smaller number smoother curves - important for circles, for example)
• Auto align

Inkscape Document Properties

• Custom size

  • Width: 160 mm (the size of the cutting area)
  • Height: (the max is 1000 mm)

• Scale X: 1.0

Your design

• Add a box around your design that will copy the paper. This will cause that your design will be aligned with the cutting area. I observed some problems with cutting close to edge of the paper. It is much easier to fix the cutting problem on a straight line than on your complicated design.
• Convert everything into paths before cutting: Select All (Ctrl+A), Path | Object to Path.
• It is possible (and recommended) to use groups (tested in Inkscape 0.92)