Default SVG size

With the "Box" software we want to creat a box of a certain size.
For a laser cutting machine the required file type is a vector format such as SVG. These vector files are scalable.

Normally it is very convenient to be able to scale a design to your needs.

For a box scaling won't work, becuase the material thickness is part of the drawing. Thus scaling immediately results in sides which do not fit, when you use the same material thickness.

With this software you can create any size you want.

One could wonder how size is defined in an SVG file. In such a file a line of N pixels is drawn, but what is the lenght of this line?This can be found on the internet, SVG files assume a DPI setting of 72 Dots Per Inch. Thus a line of 72 dots has a size of one inch, which is 2.54 cm.

This is why the DPI settings in the tool cannot be changed when the output format is SVG. The DPI setting is in that case fixed to 72.