Checking minimum feature sizes

Very thin bridges and tiny islands burn away on a laser, tear on a craft cutter and are impossible to weed in vinyl. The check flags them before you buy.

Limits used

Process	Minimum detail
Laser cutting	1.0 mm
Laser engraving	0.5 mm
Cricut / Silhouette	1.5 mm
Vinyl cutting	1.5 mm
Home printing	0.5 mm

The material can raise the limit: plywood, MDF, cardstock and vinyl use 1.5 mm, leather 2 mm. The larger of the two applies.

Fixing small details

• Make the object or text larger.
• Thicken thin outlines with Offset (Advanced mode).
• Engrave fine detail instead of cutting it.
• Remove specks from traced images by raising the minimum area or simplifying.

How it is measured

Each part is eroded by half the minimum feature. If the part breaks into pieces or disappears, a section is thinner than the limit; the issue names the part and the limit used.