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https://github.com/vishpat/svg2gcode
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I found that the plugins for inkscape and illustrator would crash when I tried to convert SVG's with many thousands of lines to gcode.
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I found that the plugins for inkscape and illustrator would crash when I tried to convert SVG's with many thousands of lines to gcode.
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So I modified this to generate gcode for GRBL based pen plotter
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**Usage as cli:**
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**There is a brute force path optimisator algarithm. Very slow for large files, can be disabled in config.py**
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**illustrator exports in points** regardless of your document settings
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**illustrator exports in points** regardless of your document settings
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if units are set to points in the config file, we convert to mm on the fly
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There are various settings you can change in config.py. Most notably, you must set an upper and lower position for the z axis.
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zTravel is the height it will move to before traveling to the next stroke
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zDraw should be the heiggit at which the pen will make contact with the paper
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zDraw should be the height at which the pen will make contact with the paper
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* zTravel is the height it will move to before traveling to the next stroke
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* zDraw should be the heiggit at which the pen will make contact with the paper
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* zDraw should be the height at which the pen will make contact with the paper
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