Table of Contents
Prepare your drawing
Prepare vector drawings for the Openbuilds Acro & Axidraw Pen plotters
- Create outlines from borders & text
- Both Axidraw and Acro support closed and open lines, so single font lines are possible!
Machine-specific info:
| Axidraw | Acro |
|---|---|
| the workspace origin is in the left top corner | the workspace origin is in the left bottom corner: |
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Plotting fonts
Tools to generate SVG files:
- drawingbots.net - A collection of creative tools
- kennethcachia.com - A seamless pattern generator
- generativehut.com - Articles and tutorials about generative art
- Github - beardicus - A list of pen plotter hardware and software
- Turtletoy - Create generative drawings online using javascript
Code goes in, Art comes out - Tyler Hobbs
“A Box of Chaos: The Generative Artist's Toolkit” by Benjamin Kovach
Generative Machines with Matt DesLauriers
SVG Editing/Optimizing
- vpype - command line tool to optimize vector drawings.
- vpype-Gcode - Plug in for vpype to generate Gcode
Axidraw API's
Axidraw comes with support to control it from other applications than Inkscape: