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#Save to gcode:
#Save to gcode:
##File | Save As...
##File | Save As...
##Select: "3-axis gcode plotter" in the "Save as type" dropdown (if it doesn't show up, gcodeplot hasn't been installed properly)
##Select: "3-axis gcode plotter" ...
##After pressing "Save", you will have a complicated window with many settings.
##Make the area SAME in document size as the X and Y in the output settings. Straightforward.
##General tab:
##Tool mode: choose "drawing" or "cutting" to start off
##Left x-coordinate, lower y-coordinate: the minimum X and Y coordinates from previous step
##Right x-coordinate, upper y-coordinate: the maximum X and Y coordinates from previous step
##Work z-coordinate, from previous step
##Lift z-height: distance to lift tool relative to work for movement, from previous step
##Parking z-height: a good safe lift distance relative to work, to miss all clips, etc. (20mm default should be fine)
##Serial port: leave blank
##Fitting and Extracting tab:I recommend the defaults
##Drawing Settings tab (if drawing): Shading threshold: 0 if you don't want to shade colored areas; 1 if you want to shade all colored areas
##Cutting Settings tab (if cutting): Tool Offset: set as measured in previous step
##Overcut: probably set to the same value as the Tool Offset
##Press OK.


==Exercise==
==Exercise==

Revision as of 02:27, 21 December 2019

Gcode Plot

  1. Video 1 - [1]
  2. GcodePlot extension for inkscape. Inkscape post - [2]. Github - [3]. Instructable - [4]
  3. Pen holder 3D design - [5]. Simplest way - is a flat piece of plastic. Support should be 2-point for parallelogramming (goes straight down) or 4 point for straight up-down - though 2-point parallelogramming should likewise produce straight up-down. See D3D Universal#Plotter pen holder design.

Instructions

From Instructable, in pertinent part, after installing extension:

  1. Restart or start Inkscape.
  2. Load the SVG file you want to draw or cut into Inskcape. The lower-left corner of the page in Inkscape corresponds to the minimum X and Y coordinates you measured in the previous step. Make sure your images fit into the print area.
  3. Convert the drawing to a path: ctrl-A to select everything, then Path | Object to Path.
  4. Save to gcode:
    1. File | Save As...
    2. Select: "3-axis gcode plotter" ...
    3. Make the area SAME in document size as the X and Y in the output settings. Straightforward.

Exercise

  1. Get your hands on SVG files. Since there are more PNG than SVG available in the wild - convert PNG to SVG first with Inkscape - [6]
  2. Take a file such as OSE d3d printer logo v1-16a.png

MJ Notes

  1. Installed GcodePlot for Inkscape
  2. Drew in inkscape. Set coordinates the same in Save As Gcode and in Document/Settings for the document
  3. Viewed the file in https://ncviewer.com/. Line I drew showed up, but not the text.
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