Exporting SVG to EPS with 1 pixel = 1 unit

Question

I am creating SVG files programmatically and I want to export them in DXF or EPS for a laser cutter and CNC router. Illustrator can export to DXF with settings "1 pixel = 1 unit."

Inkscape has built-in export to EPS with this command

inkscape -f input.svg -E output.eps

shows on software such as VCarvePro as three times smaller. I found no relevant vector export option in the help page, only commands relevant to bitmaps and rasterizing.

Answer 1

For an existing document, you need to set this in the document's document settings.

In Inkscape 0.92.3, you need to:

1. Open File > Document properties, first tab ('Page')
2. Set 'Display units' to 'px' (Edit: I think for EPS, you may need to use 'pt' here), copy the number it now says in the 'Scale' field.
3. Set 'Scale' to 1
4. Now resize your drawing's content back to its previous size:
   a) Select all in all layers with Ctrl+Alt+A
   b) Open the transform dialog with Ctrl+Shift+M
   c) In the 'Scale' tab, select % as unit, check the 'Scale proportionally' checkbox, then in either the width or the height field, enter '/' and then paste the copied scale value.
   d) Click Apply.

To avoid doing this for new files, use the px (edit: pt?) template that you can find under File > New from template ... : default px (might be pt).

Sorry for the edits, please test and give feedback if px or pt work.