EAWF

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  1. Actually, I was being intentionally unspecific about the software, because I want to understand what happens when the HPGL coordinates are fed into the machine, how does the machine convert those coordinates into the X/Y jogger and X/Y Scale numbers for controlling the stepper motors to move the cutter the required distances.

    However, since you asked, my complete setup is the PCut described above, a used Laptop running Linux Mint 18, Inkscape, and InkCut...all the latest versions.  And while I understand that the PCut is considered by many to be a "hobby" cutter, the reality is that the servers, tensions, etc. are all in almost new condition, and I'd bet a dollar to a doughnut that once I understand the underlying ?_Space settings and how they relate to the X/Y coordinates of the machine, that setting the scale in Inkscape will be relatively simple and I can get accurate dimensional cuts out of the machine.  The biggest issue is a lack of explanation by the manufacturers as to, for an example, what those X and Y Scale numbers represent, and what the XY jogger settings represent.

    As mentioned by someone else on this forum, the fact that the manufacturers chose to put a CM scale on the cutter is very confusing, or misdirecting and doesn't seem to be of much assistance in calibrating the cutter at all.