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Very very nice (and very tidy) work there, i really like the scenery! And as a fellow aircraft modeler very nice Tornado. Thanks for posting! Yannis

Since linux and inkscape have been mentioned again. Could one produce an svg file with inkscape (on linux). Put it on a usb stick and then plug the stick on the Cameo 3 and use the file directly there for the cut without the cameo being connected to the PC? If i am not mistaken the Cameo 3 has a usb port for cutting directly.

Many thanks for the help-info-guidance, i very much appreciate it. I am now so looking forward to getting either a Cameo 3 or a Curio (by the way, do they both have the same cutting resolution? Cameo can cut longer pieces whereas Curio can perform other tasks as well such as embossing etc?)

I just checked this out, it is similar to the ones i got from Olfa, Tamiya and Trumpeter to scribe/cut plastic. I presume that the Cameo will provide the accurate/consistent parallel lines which i will then use as a guide to later improve them with the scriber/scrawker. Many thanks again!

Robin i ll give LO Draw a try definately, although i am relatively used to inkscape. BG John, true that a dedicated machine can help. OT:I am using xtrackcad on linux which unfortunately does not have 3d view. Sooner than later i ll be getting a Cameo 3 and hopefully i ll contribute to this thread as well.

Robin2 thank you very much for the heads up and the links about using a Silhouette with Linux. I can still make the design directly in inkscape without having libreoffice intervene right? As for my requirement about passenger cars, i am trying to scribe styrene plastic in order to repreent the narrow corrugations that appear on the roof and letterboard area of a Budd passenger car (not the wide flutting which appears below the window, although that is handy as well). The idea is to be able to make my own passenger car side and roof. I am posting a link for a walthers' car that shows the corrugations in question as an example for the type of distances i am talking about (the roof narrow corrugations). https://www.walthers.com/85-budd-large-window-coach-ready-to-run-painted-unlettered-silver?ref=1 Siberian Snooper, thank you for the feedback! I think based on what i see on the Budd roof from the link i posted, 0.4 to 0.5mm center to center might work. What do you mean by squaker? Scribing tool like an olfa or tamiya line engraver? Aberdare / Jim, this exactly what i am talking about, excellent brickwork and craftsmanship by the way. This is the type of wall i want to make with a Cameo. (As well as cutting windows' frames, details etc....with layering). Many thanks again and i am looking forward to see if the corrugated roof from the passenger car in the link is doable with a Cameo (and some post processing with a scriber if needed).

Hi all, new member here. First of all, congratulations and many thanks in advance for the splendid topic offering tons of advice and guidance concerning the use of the Silhouette cutter. I have read a lot about it, its limitations in cutting thicker styrene, the fact that one must think in "layers" when trying to build a structure etc. I am considering buying one for myself (probably the Cameo 3, feel free to advice me otherwise if needed), yet i have some very particular questions about the capabilities of the machine and therefore i would very much appreciate your input/help/guidance. 1. I wonder if the resolution/accuracy of the machine is sufficient in order to be able to scribe styrene in order to make passenger car sides (corrugated metal sides, imagine US Budd passenger cars in HO scale). So can lets say the Cameo 3 (or 2) produce sequential parallel lines (scribed) on styrene sheet in order to represent the (1/87 scale) corrugations?In other words is the center-to-center minimum distance that the machine can achieve when scribing styrene sufficient? 2. Again with respect to the capabilities of the machine, would i be able to make brick-mortar / stone-wall patterns on sheet styrene (scale 1/87 again)? Again the aim is to produce my own brick-walls / buildings etc. 3. Can i draw / produce the cutting files on inkscape svg format and use these files in order to cut using the Cameo? I am using linux exclusively therefore the bundled software is no-go for me. Many thanks in advance for your time and effort in replying to me. Do let me know if this is the right topic to post my question or if i should have posted a new topic instead. Yannis