Inkscape Laser GCode [Deprecated/Do Not Use]

• This project is a learning platform for how Inkscape plugins work. It was a fork of https://github.com/JTechPhotonics/J-Tech-Photonics-Laser-Tool (from before they put it on GitHub).

There is also: https://github.com/ChrisWag91/Inkscape-Lasertools-Plugin

Toolchain/Stack for laserin stuff:

1. Inkscape.
2. inkscape_HatchFill2
3. Inkscape-Lasertools-Plugin
4. ~inkscape_LaserGCode2~
5. python_grbl grblcli run <example.ngc>

Installation:

Generic

1. Download https://github.com/dapperfu/inkscape_HatchFill2/archive/master.zip
2. Extract to Directory in Edit > Preferences > System: User (Shift-Ctrl-P)

Linux

mkdir -p ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/
git clone https://github.com/dapperfu/inkscape_HatchFill2.git ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/inkscape_HatchFill2

MacOS

TODO

Windows

TODO

Usage:

• Launch Inkscape v1.0>
• Extensions > gh:dapperfu > Laser GCode 2
  • Alt-n + d + l

Debugging / Development

Clone inkscape_ExtensionDevTools into the inkscape_LaserGCode2 folder.

git clone https://github.com/dapperfu/inkscape_ExtensionDevTools.git ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/inkscape_HatchFill2/

1. Open "inkscape_LaserGCode2" in Inkscape & Run the extension.
2. A debug directory will be created in the Hatch Fill 2 extension directory.
   1. laser2.debug - Summary of how the extension was called
   2. laser2.sh - Shell script to programmatically run the extension.
   3. laser2_run.py - Python script to programmatically run the extension. (Useful for debugging in Spyder3/VSCode)
   4. input_file.svg - Copy of the input SVG file.

Issues

https://github.com/dapperfu/inkscape_LaserGCode2/issues

Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 & inkscape 1.0+r73+1~ubuntu20.04.1