On Saturday 23 March 2013 21:14:32 Lawrence Glaister did opine: > On Sat, 2013-03-23 at 17:36 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I've fixed and potrace'd to an eps file that looks ok when imported > > into gimp, of the handle outline of the cocking piece in a BP rifle. > > I was under the impression that we had something that could take this > > .eps file and make gcode out of it, but I'll be dipped if I can > > recall its name. > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Hi Gene, > maybe you are thinking of pstoedit: version 3.50 > Generates gcode (amongst a lot of other formats) from postscript > drawings. > > It has an output driver that generates gcode. > see pstoedit -help > ------------------------------------------- > gcode: .gcode: emc2 gcode format (/usr/lib/pstoedit/libp2edrvstd.so) > ------------------------------------------- > cheers > Lawrence > Unforch, pstoedit --help, gets me a segfault & no help. But the man page suggested a command line & darned if it didn't work before throwing another segfault, I guess its fond of those. I did get the help screen at one point by givinbg it filenames but not the -f option. TLC needed?
The output file contains enough hints that I can manipulate both size and orientation with an editor, and looks to be easy enough to convert into a subroutine to cut full depth. It names the output file .ncg, not .ngc but thats minor. The biggest problem is that NFS has suddenly ceased to work, so I can't send the file to the mill except with a usb key & a sneakernet. Ain't computers grand? NOT! Thanks Lawrence, it looks like I have a usable method now. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Dawn, n.: The time when men of reason go to bed. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
