Comment 7 for bug 512447

Alvin,

I'm now at another location where I can do more tests - I have three applications that were developed by a company called SignMAX...
1). WinPCSIGN 2005 (an old and very buggy package),
2). FunTime (a paper hobbyists' design application with drivers for several cutters), and
3). Pazzles Studio (a version of FunTime modified for a single specific cutter).

Whereas the DXF files generated by 0.47 will not load in any of the three, the flourish_LINE.dxf file you attached opens fine in all but the old (pretty much obsolete) WinPCSIGN app, so I think you've isolated the problem.

I hate to see a mod to Inkscape specifically for this proprietary software, but it does have a fair number of users who are using Inkscape for design work, then using the FunTume & Pazzles apps to drive their cutters, and or convert a design to SignMAX's proprietary WPC format. (No unlike the RoboMaster users who use their software to convert designs into the GSD format).

Ideally, I'd like to see an Inkscape addon that allows driving the cutters directly. I personally make very little use of these other cutter packages, preferring to drive several cutters I have using a (proprietary... sigh...) package that accepts svg and drives the cutters directly.

That said, I occasionally use other apps to convert a design into any of several (proprietary again!!!) formats, such as WPC, GSD, etc. that are used by other cutter software apps. I'm campaigning as vigorously as I can to get people to move to an all-svg world, but it's an uphill battle against the entrenched software/hardware vendors in this field.

Jack