Does anyone here use InkScape for CNC?
I found this video series on YouTube:
I actually use inkscape for a lot of things. Generally it’s to add some more “free form” shapes to a part designed in inventor. Like fonts/ text to an imported dxf.
There is at least one InkScape addon (gcodetools) that will generate gcode directly from InkScape. I’m trying to find out more info on this and any others.
The gcode plugin for inkscape is weaksauce. I own the site, but doing inkscape >svg>http://makercam.com is a much better option. Makercam isn’t perfect but it’s loads better than the plugin. IMO
I’ve always wanted to rewrite makercam in something like python and marry it with buildlog gcode viewer.
My side project NinjaKittens loads SVG/DXF files and generates GCode from it: https://github.com/daid/NinjaKittens
Still needs some more work on some areas. But it deals with stuff like offsetting the paths.
In heavy beta as I do not have a CNC mill yet.
I am running inkscape with gcodetools for simple shapes. There are still some gui-related errors, but the gcode output is fine. There is a plugin “Big Blue Saw Dfx Output”. I use it for inkscape->cad conversation, because I don’t like the inkscape dxf output…