Instructions

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====== 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**:     |
| {{:axidraw:axidraw-left-turn.jpg?400|}}               | {{:prepare_your_drawing:workspace_origin.png?150|}}     |
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===== Plotting fonts =====

Hershey text:
  * https://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/Hershey_Text
  * info video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2_d8s3dgr0

Single stroke repositories
  * https://gitlab.com/oskay/svg-fonts

===== Tools to generate SVG files: =====

  * [[https://drawingbots.net/knowledge/tools|drawingbots.net]] - A collection of creative tools
  * [[https://www.kennethcachia.com/plain-pattern|kennethcachia.com]] - A seamless pattern generator
  * [[https://www.generativehut.com|generativehut.com]] - Articles and tutorials about generative art
  * [[https://github.com/beardicus/awesome-plotters|Github - beardicus]] - A list of pen plotter hardware and software
  * [[https://turtletoy.net/|Turtletoy]] - Create generative drawings online using javascript
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Code goes in, Art comes out - Tyler Hobbs\\ 
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"A Box of Chaos: The Generative Artist's Toolkit" by Benjamin Kovach\\ 
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Generative Machines with Matt DesLauriers\\
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==== SVG Editing/Optimizing ====

  - [[https://vpype.readthedocs.io/|vpype]] - command line tool to optimize vector drawings.
  - [[https://pypi.org/project/vpype-gcode/|vpype-Gcode]] - Plug in for vpype to generate Gcode



==== 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]]