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--- prepare_your_drawing:prepare_your_drawing [2022/05/19 07:14] – formlab
+++ prepare_your_drawing:prepare_your_drawing [2023/05/10 08:05] – [Tools to generate SVG files:] formlab
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   * Create outlines from borders & text
-  * No open shapes. All shapes should be closed. This means that until there's a workaround, single line fonts are not possible yet.
-For the Acro plotter: the workspace origin is in the **left bottom corner**:\\
+===== Machine-specific info: =====
-{{:prepare_your_drawing:workspace_origin.png?200|}}
+^ Axidraw                                               ^ Acro       ^
+| the workspace origin is in the **left top corner**    | the workspace origin is in the **left bottom corner**:     |
+| {{:axidraw:axidraw-left-turn.jpg?400|}}               | {{:prepare_your_drawing:workspace_origin.png?150|}}     |
+|                                                       | No open shapes. All shapes should be closed.\\ This means that until there's a workaround, single line fonts are not possible yet. |
+===== Tools to generate SVG files: =====
+  * A collection of creative tools: https://drawingbots.net/knowledge/tools
+  * A seamless pattern generator: https://www.kennethcachia.com/plain-pattern/
+Code goes in, Art comes out - Tyler Hobbs\\
+{{youtube>LBpqoj2nOQo?}}
+"A Box of Chaos: The Generative Artist's Toolkit" by Benjamin Kovach\\
+{{youtube>kZNTozzsNqk?}}
+Generative Machines with Matt DesLauriers\\
+{{youtube>8Uo6zFwSO78?}}
+==== Axidraw API's ====
+Axidraw comes with support to control it from other applications than Inkscape:
+  - [[https://www.generativehut.com/post/axidraw-processing|Using Processing with Axidraw]]
+  - [[https://axidraw.com/doc/py_api/#introduction|Python API]]
+  - [[https://axidraw.com/doc/cli_api/#introduction|Command line API]]
-Tools to generate SVG files:
-  * https://drawingbots.net/knowledge/tools