Free checkerboard SVG

Checkerboard with draughts pieces SVG

Checkerboard with draughts pieces, in layered colours
Checkerboard with draughts pieces. The preview is the SVG file itself.

A board set up for a game of draughts, or checkers: twelve red pieces and twelve cream ones on the dark squares, each with a ring cut in it. Three layers: board, red and cream.

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What is in the file

Size100 × 100 mm (3.94 × 3.94 in), scales to any size
Pieces49 separate pieces
Outlines to cut105: 49 outer edges and 56 cut-outs
Cut length3,147 mm at this size
Narrowest join1.7 mm at this size
Nodes518 curve and line segments
Layers3: board, red pieces and cream pieces

Measured from the file. PNG: 2,000 × 2,000 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

How fine is it at your size?

Scaling a design scales its finest detail too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest joinCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
1 × 1 in (25 × 25 mm)0.43 mm799 mm100Too fine for most machines
2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm)0.86 mm1,599 mm25Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
3 × 3 in (76 × 76 mm)1.3 mm2,398 mm9Vinyl, card and thin sheet
4 × 4 in (102 × 102 mm)1.7 mm3,197 mm4Vinyl, card and thin sheet
6 × 6 in (152 × 152 mm)2.6 mm4,796 mm1Vinyl, card and thin sheet
8 × 8 in (203 × 203 mm)3.5 mm6,395 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
12 × 12 in (305 × 305 mm)5.2 mm9,592 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic

The narrowest join is the finest detail in the pattern. Below about half a millimetre it is too small to cut and may fill in when printed. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

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