Which brings me back to my question initial question about Lightburn. There are simply too many vector elements involved. However, in general, any gcode solution that requires me to muck about, line-by-line in a text editor, or even a GUI tree, other than in a minor way, is unworkable in my app. Pls correct me if I misunderstand the scope of its capabilities. While I could accept making some minor edits to a core gcode file or tree structure, it would be unworkable if what you are telling me requires me to drill down in to the tree structure of CAM and start picking my way thru the parameters for the segments to make some kind of manual changes. I'll go back and look at CAM again, but without the benefit of a manual my initial impression of CAM was it required describing path parameters for each and every vector object it loads in to its viewer, which it lays out on the graphical right side of the GUI. Basically it's the equivalent of a black pen & ink series of accent lines, lots and lots of them, I wish to plot as an overlay (plot) on top of base artwork I created using a special technique and media. 90% of the vectors are open ended fine lines. The line drawing I will make is laid out on 1, possibly 2 layers and contains hundreds, if not more, vector elements. Internally Inkscape describes these vector shapes in an xml file that is visible to the user, for those who wish to view it. But Illustrator has no gcode plugin so to get to the ACRO I must save and move the file to Inkscape as an svg. find a cnc app that can handle the conversion workflow and task I need - my question is can I use a cnc app like Lightburn (offered by Openbuilds) by essentially ignoring the laser parameter settings, other than on/off to serve as pen up/down, and deal with it like a one pass cnc laser burn task where I pretend the pen is a laser?Ĭlick to expand.I used to use Inkscape, but now I use Adobe Illustrator for reasons too lengthy to explain here. If that is my only choice right now - i.e. So far the 3rd party conversion apps I've found seem to be very limited and geared towards simpler cnc tool handling tasks mostly. I thought I would be able to use the gcode plug in extension in Inkscape but that is a total bust, as it has serious compatibility issues with the recent Inkscape releases - especially on the Mac side. Subject to someone correcting me on this, the only path I have to the 1010's grbl controller with these vector strokes is to save the drawing as an svg file and open it up in an app that can convert the vectors in to gcode paths. But no such driver solution exists to my knowledge. The ideal solution would be to drive the 1010 directly from Adobe as if it were a traditional realtime XY plotter. Some closed end and filled in object shapes too which I create in Adobe Illustrator. Hundreds, if not more, of open ended vector strokes, lines, contours and the like are involved. I need a large scale pen plotter to lay down very detailed, fine line ink - mostly the fine liner pen type - as an overlay on to base artwork I create by another means, for fine detail purposes and artistic treatment. My pen plot needs are far more robust and detailed than you describe. Interesting approach, but that workflow would not work for my app.
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