I do that a lot, with my Cameo.
I model things in SU, if needed I flatten them, and add glue tabs. there are other softwares to do that, but since I’m in SU…
then, I export a top view of my flat shape as a dxf. and import it in illustrator. could be inkscape, or actually, straight into the cameo software. but I like illustrator better.
In illustrator, I’ll simply give colours to the things I need to cut / fold.
and I’ll prepare my cutting sheets :
(red is cutting, black is folding)
and I’ll export each page as an svg for the cameo software to read. works like a charm.
At first I tried to do like you, use tags to make some lines dashed, then direct export, but the cameo software didn’t like it. so I used plain lines too and added the illustrator step.
I’ve used this method on several plotters and laser cutters, it works fine.
eventually, I’ve also tried to export separately the fold and cut lines like here :
to simply reassemble in illustrator
works too.
I went and tried your file.
first, I exported it as a 3d dxf, asking in the options only the lines, no faces.
that way, the tags become layers and the dashed lines are kept. their scale is all wrong but that’s fine.
I’ve selected all the dashed lines (you can select a whole layer at once in illustrator) and adjusted the dashed lines and the colour, to see better.
then, I export an svg out of it.
Plan de travail 1.svg.zip (2.9 KB)
(had to zip it for the forum)
Does it work now ?