![[Laser cut and engrave] Make a Curved Text Acrylic Cake Topper in Inkscape and XCS](https://image-res.xtool.com/ali-res/community/making/3cad7cf6-d232-4aff-af49-6fd09b228bd1.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_1200,h_900,limit_0/interlace,1/format,webp/auto-orient,1)
I needed to make a quick cake topper to celebrate my dad's 80th birthday. I wanted to make a curved text version and decided to record the process.
I started the process in Inkscape and show you how I entered the text and converted it to curved text.
I then joined all of the text together into a single shape and saved it as an SVG file.
I imported the SVG into XCS, set it to the size I needed, and added the legs to the shape to go into the cake.
For the cutting process, I used the built-in black acrylic settings in XCS.
The cut process took approximately 75min on a 10watt M1.
See my process here: