1. Black artwork, transparent background

   Use solid black shapes for the areas you want etched. Leave the rest transparent to show the metal. Make holes as cutouts in the paths, rather than white shapes. You can swap etched and raised areas with Invert.

2. Convert text to outlines

   Live text is not supported. For the most predictable result, also expand strokes, symbols and effects into simple filled paths.

3. Keep it entirely vector

   Export as SVG with a defined artboard. Remove photos, embedded images and linked files. Avoid gradients, masks, shadows and transparency effects: these do not reproduce as separate etched tones.

4. Choose a detail or the whole design

   Export with dimensions in millimetres to open at the intended size. Your SVG starts once, centred. Scale sets its artboard width from 12 to 1,200 mm and keeps the proportions. Larger artwork is cropped by the A4 sample; reduce the width to show the whole design. You can type an exact width beside the slider.

5. Repeat it across the sample

   Turn on Repeat SVG to tile the entire artboard horizontally and vertically. Scale becomes the width of each tile. Empty margins repeat as gaps; for a seamless pattern, make the artwork meet at matching points on opposite edges. Repeating a drawing does not automatically make its edges join.

6. Review the fine details

   Check narrow lines and gaps at the size you want made. The preview does not validate manufacturing limits; our team will confirm suitability before production.

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