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Leo's notes about 2D and 3D design and tools. |
Leo's notes about 2D and 3D design and tools. |
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= Modes = |
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= 2D - Laser Cutting and engraving = |
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Link to [[Laser CNC]] notes |
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Life cycle: |
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# Design the 2D object (Inkscape, or any graphical editor) |
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# Export to a compatible format: Gcode or DXF |
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# Send to the laser cutter |
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== Inkscape for Laser cutting == |
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Good and short tutorial videos: |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwqlf5iirbM Laser Cutting With Inkscape Tutorial] |
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Notes: about Inkscape and Linux |
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====Problem1: python 2.7 vs 3 for gcodetools==== |
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* There is an extension for Gcode export. |
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* It appears to be written for Python 2, while the newest Inkscape appears to be running Python 3. There might be problems with running the extensions. Change the default version for python to be 2.7 like this: |
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** Open Inkscape preferences, usually here: <code>~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml</code> |
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** Search for |
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<group |
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id="extensions" |
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… |
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org.ekips.filter.gears.pitch="20" |
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org.ekips.filter.gears.angle="20" /> |
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** Change to - add the following: |
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<group |
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id="extensions" |
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python-interpreter="/usr/bin/python2.7" |
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… |
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org.ekips.filter.gears.pitch="20" |
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org.ekips.filter.gears.angle="20" /> |
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** More info here: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_Interpreters |
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===Problem2: unittouu=== |
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After running gcodetools extension you may get |
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:: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'unittouu' |
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The solution is to update the gcodetools.py as follows. For me, this was on the line 5864 where unittouu is called. |
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The problem is that it is referenced as |
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inkex.unittouu(... |
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Fix this as follows: |
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self.unittouu(... |
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= Topics = |
= Topics = |
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