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 Now open Inkscape, and open your .dxf file. Inkscape will prompt for a scaling method. If the drawing was in millimeters, we may choose "Manual scale" with a manual scale factor of 1.0. If the drawing was in inches, I've had the most success by choosing "Read from file" (millimeters is usually safer).
+We can also use other units, but the "Manual scale" option will assume whatever units given are in millimeters. The scale factor we input corrects for the units to be in millimeters. For example, if my part is created and exported as a .dxf file in meters, then the scale factor would be 1000.0.
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-Speculating future work derived from this tutorial, you may consider using the "Raster then Cut" feature included in the RetinaEngrave3D software, as well as the features offered by the "Design View" tab. Both of these can be easily navigated by someone familiar with raster engraving and vector cuts. These are covered very concisely in the manual.
+Speculating future work derived from this tutorial, you may consider using the "Raster then Vector" feature included in the RetinaEngrave3D software, as well as the features offered by the "Design View" tab. Both of these can be easily navigated by someone familiar with raster engraving and vector cuts. These are covered very concisely in the manual.
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