svg2gcode_grbl

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README.md

An Inkscape extension to convert a SVG drawing to G-code for reprap machines.

Installation

Copy the svg2gcode.py, svg2gcode.inx and shapes.py to Inkscape extensions directory

on Windows : "C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions"
on Linux: "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions"
on OS X: "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/extensions"

Parameters

The size of the bed is controlled via the bed-width and bed-height parameters in svg2gcode.inx file. Please note that the size of the SVG image should match with the size of the printer/plotter bed.

Output

By default the gcode is stored in a file called svg.gcode in your home directory. The file name can be changed using the options provided in the extension pop-up.