How to Run an Endurance Plug-In «Endurance Laser» for Inkscape

How to run an Endurance Plug-in «Endurance Laser» for Inkscape.

Select a vector image (a set of contours) with the selection and transformation tool (a black arrow).

FILLS

Start with "Contour object." Next, select the plug-in extension «Right G-Code» and then «G-Code ...». The first tab: basic code and commands setting. The second tab: setting of the curves and lines approximation accuracy with G-code commands. The third tab: Hatching settings. Angle: Hatching angle in degrees from the horizontal axis counterclockwise. Distance: hatching pitch in microns (1/1000 mm). The fourth tab: Display settings. Warning: in this version the file with the results is overwritten when the plug-in starts anew. Two radio buttons Process and Generate: Process: Only contours – process the G-code of the image contours Process: Only fills -- process the G-code of the image fills Process: Both contours and fills Generate: Only lines - display all the processed lines (under the G-code) Generate: Only G-code - write the processed G-Code to a file Generate: Both lines and G-code Result – the fills should be converted into the G-code, if it was not preset in the plugin settings. Note: To create a stamp cliché: • the vector version of the stamp imprint should be mirrored; • create an outer circle for the stamp imprint, which will be burnt through for further cutting out of it a stamp.

You may download a plug-in on EnduranceRobots.com or Endurancelasers.com web sites.

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