Thanks for your input it really helps, yes that is the question, the help file says there is an icon on the layer panel to add a layer, also from the layer menu there should be an option to add a layer, and there should be an option from the menu tab on the layer panel to add a layer but none of these options exist in the program.
I worked around this by creating my project in Inkscape in layers, saving the SVG and importing into SCAL for cutting with my SB24.
While SCAL is very good I would be nice if the help files matched the actual program.
Thanks all again for your help
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