SketchUp, Inkscape, and Ponoko Laser Cutting

Step 5 Upload to Ponoko

Now that we have an EPS file in Ponoko's format, the hard part is now over. Using your Ponoko Account navigate to My Designs then Add a new design (picture 1).

Select the EPS file that you have just created, and once it has uploaded click on Done; then choose some materials that match your design. We will be choosing green acrylic of 3mm thickness to match our 3mm cube design (picture 2).

Once some materials have been added, you are ready to cut the design, click on the make it button and you should see something similar to picture 3.

NOTE:
These screenshots were obtained 15.6.08 so the Ponoko website (and prices) may change
This design has not yet been cut, so please use your discretion

Comments

[Knochi]

roundings and holes are exported as many line segments looking very ugly. Can i do something do join these segments back to a shape?

[flightsofideas]

Unfortunately SketchUp approximates curves with line segments, so there is no easy work around. You can increase the number of line segments that SketchUp uses for a curve, or you can replace the line segments with a Bezier using a 2D SVG editor. Hope this helps.