


See all those overlapping lines? The laser will attempt to cut all of them even though they’re overlapping and it’s not possible. Looks pretty good, right? Well, before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s view our design in “ outline display mode.” I suggest doing this numerous times as you’re designing and getting your file ready for laser cutting. Pretend you’re me and you want your logo cut out on a nice little stand. Tidying up your objects for the purpose of laser cutting is best shown by example. These things are super easy to clean up if you follow our tutorial. The laser will read any path in the file, whether it’s stray or disconnected from the rest of the object, and attempt to laser cut the path, ruining your product in the process.

Making sure your objects are combined correctly is important for laser cutting. In this tutorial we’re going to show you how to unite and exclude objects in Inkscape for laser-cutting.
