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plg1117 and I are pleased to announce a find:
If the height of the template in Inkscape is the same as the font size in SCAL then your template should import at roughly 100%;
In Inkscape click on your finished template and make a note of the height, (if you are working in metric change your units to inches by clicking on the box on the top tool bar which will change units of measurement px /mm/cm/inches)
save as .svg
Open SCAL and in the Library window change the default font size to the height of your template.
Your file should now import at 100%.
This is especially useful for mats.
Susibi
Have just done another trial run to make sure I'm not talking through my hat!
Made a welded word in Inkscape which measured 4.444 x1.447 inches ( made metric then converted to inches before saving)
Opened SCAL set font size to 1.447 before importing.
File imported at 4.444 x 1.447.
Moved the red cursor further down the page in SCAL ready for importing the next template.
Went back to Inkscape, made a mat for my word and saved on separate page; mat measured 5.084x1.945 inches.
Went back to SCAL and changed the font measurement to 1.945 - the file imported at 4.94 x 1.945 so I adjusted the width to 5.084 in the properties box.
This does take the guess work of out making your welded words and mats and paper piecing - if they are in proportion in Inkscape they'll be in proportion in SCAL

Thanks susibi for confirming the theory!

next one please!!

Have you tried this for shapes as well as lettering?

yes - the important thing is the height, the width may be a little out but you can adjust that in the properties box
Susibi

Susibi
Once again you have come thru with very valuable advice. If you look at the thread I started yesterday about layering, I was having a terrible time trying to figure out how to create multi layered files in Inkscape and have them open proportionately in SCAL.
I tried the method you outlined here with the various parts of the flower that I created yesterday. Each part was saved as a separate file. I opened each file separately in Inkscape, made note of the height in inches, then opened up SCAL. I imported all 3 files, changing the height of the file in the default sizing before importing. They all appear to import proportionately. I haven't yet tried to cut the file but I think it will work just fine.
So to summarize what I have learned on this issue in the last 24 hours, there are two ways in which we can save the files in order to import into SCAL and maintain proportions.
1) Save all parts as one .svg file. When you open the file in SCAL, adjust the size as you wish and note the location of the parts you want to cut on the virtual mat. Place the various colors of paper you wish to use on the corresponding sections of your "real" cricut mat and cut.
ALTERNATIVELY
2) Save the various components as individual sections in Inkscape, noting the height you want in inches . As you import each component, change the default file size to the height desired before importing.

Many thanks to you and to Jancy and to the other person you mentioned - all of whom helped me to sort this out in my non - computer savvy mind!!

Glad it helped - I just worked through a suggestion that plg1117 made - so the original idea came from her!
Susibi

We're all in this together!!

Thank you PLG!!!

Although we can now weld in SCAL this thread helps with the resizing and unit conversion problems people were having.
Susibi