On Tuesday 15 April 2014 16:47:57 Ralph Stirling did opine: > Yep. There is a nice g-code generator for Inkscape. It is > called gcodetools, and it was written by a Russian fellow. > > http://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35 > > I've used it mostly for a demo I do occasionally for kids > where we dispense frosting onto graham crackers with > LinuxCNC. I have some simple stepper-driven linear > stages that I can bolt together, and a syringe pusher > I bolt onto Z. I just use the Hal hypot function to compute > a rate for the syringe. > > Gcodetools is designed for engraving, so I have to fudge > things a bit for my dispensing application. > > -- Ralph
I'll have to take a look at that too. From the previous links, F-Engrave in the vcarve mode (and looking at the math link there, sounds and looks like what I need). From the math description, it sounds as if it can take curved text. I am bookmarking all this stuff so when I'm done with the lathe again, I might be able to make some progress. Thanks to everyone who has posted helpful links, I appreciate it. 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) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
