Yet another SVG import problem

[Anonymous]

Hi -

I'm trying to import the attached SVG (exported from Illustrator) and resize it, rotate it 90° and place it in a 3.25" square. I then want to create gcode that will carve (trace, I think is the proper term) only the outlines. This just seems way harder than it ought to be. I have successfully done this in a demo version of VCarve (with the original AI file), and there are no problems.

All suggestions are welcome.  Thanks.

[Phil.E · Accepted solution]

I'm not sure from your description what is going wrong for you. Please let us know if you have a specific question about this workflow.

Here is a video showing the first half of your workflow, insert, rotate and scale the SVG. 

http://autode.sk/2jjy6Bf

For the remaining (CAM) part, I would suggest posting the question on the CAM forum.

[Anonymous]

Excellent. Thank you very much. I actually "solved" this for the immediate project by doing it in f-engrave, but that's not a long-term solution. Thanks for the tutorial.