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Laser-Cut Miniature House Answers

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• Where can I get laser-cut dollhouse files for a miniature house?

  Generate them in Houscaper. You design a voxel house in your browser, then Export gives you a ZIP of SVG cut and engrave sheets for that exact house. Garden cottage, Harbour house, and Canopy lodge are free to download. Hanok house, Canal houses, Stone castle, Timber-frame town, Persian courtyard, Modern villa, Japanese castle, Mexican village, and Viking village are labeled Free to try · Premium and cost $5 at drawing download.

• What board thickness should I use for a laser-cut dollhouse?

  Houscaper defaults to 2 mm and also offers 1 mm and 3.2 mm (1/8") presets; 3.2 mm is the common US MDF thickness. You can type your own measured thickness between 0.5 and 5 mm.

• What scale should I use for a laser-cut miniature house?

  Houscaper offers five model scales: 1:20, 1:30, 1:50, 1:60, 1:70. It defaults to 1:30, where one 900 mm house module becomes a 30 mm tile on the sheet.

• Which laser cutters can use Houscaper's SVG files?

  Houscaper exports standard SVG cut and engrave sheets sized in millimeters. They are meant for desktop laser cutters such as Glowforge and xTool, and similar machines that accept SVG from laser software.

• What sheet sizes does Houscaper lay the parts out on?

  Houscaper lays parts out on 600 × 400 mm, 400 × 300 mm, 300 × 400 mm sheets. The default is 600 × 400 mm. Pick the size that fits your laser bed in the Export panel.