Here’s my most recent file loaded into SolidWorks eDrawings. This should help me see what crazy stuff happens to my DXF files between Inkscape on the Mac, and CorelDraw (yuk) on the Laser Cutter. I did however finally find an application for OS X that allows me to easily open and view DXF files: SolidWorks eDrawings. Anyway, I ended up re-installing Inkscape and now I can open DXF files, but they just show up blank, so that’s not much better. I’d get some weird error, which I thought might be due to too much extension madness in Inkscape. The issue I mentioned last time involved exporting a DXF file from Inkscape and then not being able to re-open or import that DXF back into Inkscape. This is, I guess, not ideal, but it sort of (mostly) works, so I’m still trying to perfect it. This time I once again started with Inkscape, which creates SVG files. I thought I had it down… sadly, I was wrong, and I’ve actually updated that post, and here’s a Part II to share more of what I’ve learned. NOTE: See the latest post on this subject: Laser.

Inkscape dxf plugin