Ironically if we import the previous segmented DXF into sheetcam - it comes out as good or better than SVG The DXF come out terrible because in this case it was an R14 DXF from inkscape which contains splines - which sheetcam obviously misinterprets in some places for some reason - and many CAM programs don't even do that good or don't accept splines at all - or some programs digitize splines into many tiny line segments - that only works if your machine has constant velocity and high acceleration The SVG has bezier curves - sheetcam has to convert that to arcs - accurate to within some finite error tolerance - because bezier curves cannot form perfect arcs - so there will always be some deviation - and sometimes there will be small but outright inaccuracies The SignTorch DXF works because it has tangent continuous arcs that are ideal for CNC purposes which sheetcam can use as is Some DXF files might work better than SVG, like SignTorch DXF files use R12 polylines with arcs, those import to sheetcam perfectly - in that case you should use DXF - in which case you have to use sheetcam scale factor to size the DXF and you have to cut it as is because you can't really edit vectors in sheetamīut some DXF files, like if the format is R14 or greater and the DXF contains splines, like if exported from corel draw or inkscape or most ordinary vector graphics applications - then sheetcam doesn't handle splines very well at all and there will usually be some places that just don't come out right - in which case it's better to not use DXF - most of those applications also export SVGĪnd, in sheetcam, even SVG format doesn't seem to import perfectly, but SVG usually comes out better than the equivalent DXFĪnd here is what all of the above is supposed to look like In sheetcam you can import SVG files, so you don't have to use DXF First, the golden rule for vector graphics is NEVER USE DXF UNLESS YOU HAVE TO OR WHEN YOU 'KNOW' IT WORKS BETTER (for some reason)

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