Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
Welcome, and I look forward to seeing you there if you can make it! Will be good to have you along with the team. Thanks for all your work!
-C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Christoph Rudorff <chris@...3543...> wrote:
Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
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Also, can you advise what days you can attend? Thanks. -C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:42 PM, C R <cajhne@...400...> wrote:
Welcome, and I look forward to seeing you there if you can make it! Will be good to have you along with the team. Thanks for all your work!
-C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Christoph Rudorff <chris@...3543...> wrote:
Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
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Hi,
I am a freelancer and a master of my time ;)
chr[]
On 02.06.2017 23:44, C R wrote:
Also, can you advise what days you can attend? Thanks. -C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:42 PM, C R <cajhne@...400...> wrote:
Welcome, and I look forward to seeing you there if you can make it! Will be good to have you along with the team. Thanks for all your work!
-C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Christoph Rudorff <chris@...3543...> wrote:
Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
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Sounds like you'll fit right in. Haha.
-C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Christoph Rudorff <chris@...3543...> wrote:
Hi,
I am a freelancer and a master of my time ;)
chr[]
On 02.06.2017 23:44, C R wrote:
Also, can you advise what days you can attend? Thanks. -C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:42 PM, C R <cajhne@...400...> wrote:
Welcome, and I look forward to seeing you there if you can make it! Will be good to have you along with the team. Thanks for all your work!
-C
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Christoph Rudorff <chris@...3543...> wrote:
Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
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Hi chr[], I apologize this is a little off topic here -- I can't speak to your potential participation in the hackfest. Although I'm always happy to see more new developers! Thanks for your contributions to the project, and all your hard work :-)
The Inkscape community currently has a problem with Inkscape's gcode tools creators not being available to provide support. I've been trying to learn as much as I can about it, to help individual users who post in forums. But I have no woodshop, much less CNC. (only some brief woodworking experience in college, while studying Forestry, haha) (many years ago) I can only test if my suggestions will work, by using a simulator!
So we would more than welcome any kind of tutorials you might either already have, or might in the future write. And as well....well, I know most (Inkscape) developers don't participate in forums. But there's a large Inkscape forum community which would certainly welcome any knowledgeable participation around CNC and Inkscape's Gcode Tools extensions!!
(Forums: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?action=forum, http://www.inkscapeforum.com/index.php, and https://www.inkscapecuttingdesign.com/smf/index.php) (Two of those are mine, and set up so that members can write and publish tutorials.)
If you know of any existing tutorials for using Inkscape's Gcodetools extensions and CNC, could you share links to them? I'll certainly add them to my collection of links to Inkscape tutorials (https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php). And just knowing about them, I can refer other users to them.
Since you mentioned also working on DXF, I wonder if you have any interest in Inkscape's other cutting features, formats, or exports? Another question we've been getting lately, is with Extensions menu > Export > Plot. It seems to only be configured for serial ports and I don't know how to answer when users ask how to set it up for a usb port.
I apologize again for being slightly off topic, and hope I don't seem too "forward" by throwing all this info to you. But it's a growing problem and you're the first Inkscape user I've met who seems to have advanced knowledge about CNC and related features. Or if you might even know of people or websites which can provide support -- any kind of support info would be helpful.
Thank you very much, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Christoph Rudorff Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 3:04 PM To: Inkscape-Devel Subject: [Inkscape-devel] chr[Hackfest]
Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
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Hi Brynn,
I've never attended an inkscape hackfest before so I have just a loose idea whats going and what to contribute. I used to attend meetings where artists meets free software developers e.g. Piksel, Liveperformersmeeting.
So let's outline my potential participation.
Looking for a topic and if I just regard the intersection of my job and inkscape, this will end up in "How to put tears into inkscape with just a few clicks". I've found grave bugs which makes me wonder since I used inkscape for years and haven't noticed them. But just putting my fingers in the wounds will turn everyone in a bad mood. Fixing needs consense and the hackfest is a chance to do.
So I prefer the success story and I'd like to clarify:
"How to use inkscape for CNC" Wrong topic. I would not generally recommend to do so!
"How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" is a bit misleading for sake of excitement ;)
Our machine does not understand g-code.
I wrote two extensions to read and write an ancient data format. Yes, look at me: I'm a Perl Monk that wrote some python. Can you hear that screaming and laughing? That's me, looking into the dxf importer. I'm still in the mood to rewrite this from scratch.
Inkscapes role is between CAD and CAM. The quest is to nest the panels onto the desk. I don't use Extensions menu > Export > Plot. This is ok for a little desktop plotter. Using that would be insane for our machine. It's a bit more powerful and improper programming will cause serious damage. However, the finding of the gcode tools made up my mind to give inkscape a try for my quest. So greetings goes to cnc-club.ru their extension showed me the way :)
I'm not a CNC professional. I'm actually facing the attitude of this industry world where a computer or software is just another tool who pays the bills. As long as they run. Using free software in this field is pioneering.
Actually I'm at a point on my TODO list where all "must have" are done. Now there may be time for some "nice to have".
I have no idea about the problems of the Inkscape's gcode tools creators you mentioned. Let's talk about this. A short demonstration of the needs for CNC will more enlighten than an endless e-mail or bug-report ;)
So beside the plotter story, I'd like to address:
* panel manager's bad behaviors * memory leaks * performance issues * feature requests
I have some approaches on my scatchpad. Let's code.
chr[]
On 04.06.2017 09:47, brynn wrote:
Hi chr[], I apologize this is a little off topic here -- I can't speak to your potential participation in the hackfest. Although I'm always happy to see more new developers! Thanks for your contributions to the project, and all your hard work :-)
The Inkscape community currently has a problem with Inkscape'sgcode tools creators not being available to provide support. I've been trying to learn as much as I can about it, to help individual users who post in forums. But I have no woodshop, much less CNC. (only some brief woodworking experience in college, while studying Forestry, haha) (many years ago) I can only test if my suggestions will work, by using a simulator!
So we would more than welcome any kind of tutorials you mighteither already have, or might in the future write. And as well....well, I know most (Inkscape) developers don't participate in forums. But there's a large Inkscape forum community which would certainly welcome any knowledgeable participation around CNC and Inkscape's Gcode Tools extensions!!
(Forums:https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?action=forum, http://www.inkscapeforum.com/index.php, and https://www.inkscapecuttingdesign.com/smf/index.php) (Two of those are mine, and set up so that members can write and publish tutorials.)
If you know of any existing tutorials for using Inkscape'sGcodetools extensions and CNC, could you share links to them? I'll certainly add them to my collection of links to Inkscape tutorials (https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php). And just knowing about them, I can refer other users to them.
Since you mentioned also working on DXF, I wonder if you have anyinterest in Inkscape's other cutting features, formats, or exports? Another question we've been getting lately, is with Extensions menu > Export > Plot. It seems to only be configured for serial ports and I don't know how to answer when users ask how to set it up for a usb port.
I apologize again for being slightly off topic, and hope I don'tseem too "forward" by throwing all this info to you. But it's a growing problem and you're the first Inkscape user I've met who seems to have advanced knowledge about CNC and related features. Or if you might even know of people or websites which can provide support -- any kind of support info would be helpful.
Thank you very much, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Christoph Rudorff Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 3:04 PM To: Inkscape-Devel Subject: [Inkscape-devel] chr[Hackfest]
Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
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Ah well, it was worth a try. As soon as I catch up on new mail, I'm going to post a direct message about this problem. So maybe someone will come to the surface, who can help.
Thanks anyway. And if you go to Hackfest, I hope all goes well, and much is learned and maybe even fixed!
All best, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Christoph Rudorff Sent: Monday, June 05, 2017 12:50 PM To: brynn Cc: Inkscape-Devel Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] chr[Hackfest]
Hi Brynn,
I've never attended an inkscape hackfest before so I have just a loose idea whats going and what to contribute. I used to attend meetings where artists meets free software developers e.g. Piksel, Liveperformersmeeting.
So let's outline my potential participation.
Looking for a topic and if I just regard the intersection of my job and inkscape, this will end up in "How to put tears into inkscape with just a few clicks". I've found grave bugs which makes me wonder since I used inkscape for years and haven't noticed them. But just putting my fingers in the wounds will turn everyone in a bad mood. Fixing needs consense and the hackfest is a chance to do.
So I prefer the success story and I'd like to clarify:
"How to use inkscape for CNC" Wrong topic. I would not generally recommend to do so!
"How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" is a bit misleading for sake of excitement ;)
Our machine does not understand g-code.
I wrote two extensions to read and write an ancient data format. Yes, look at me: I'm a Perl Monk that wrote some python. Can you hear that screaming and laughing? That's me, looking into the dxf importer. I'm still in the mood to rewrite this from scratch.
Inkscapes role is between CAD and CAM. The quest is to nest the panels onto the desk. I don't use Extensions menu > Export > Plot. This is ok for a little desktop plotter. Using that would be insane for our machine. It's a bit more powerful and improper programming will cause serious damage. However, the finding of the gcode tools made up my mind to give inkscape a try for my quest. So greetings goes to cnc-club.ru their extension showed me the way :)
I'm not a CNC professional. I'm actually facing the attitude of this industry world where a computer or software is just another tool who pays the bills. As long as they run. Using free software in this field is pioneering.
Actually I'm at a point on my TODO list where all "must have" are done. Now there may be time for some "nice to have".
I have no idea about the problems of the Inkscape's gcode tools creators you mentioned. Let's talk about this. A short demonstration of the needs for CNC will more enlighten than an endless e-mail or bug-report ;)
So beside the plotter story, I'd like to address:
* panel manager's bad behaviors * memory leaks * performance issues * feature requests
I have some approaches on my scatchpad. Let's code.
chr[]
On 04.06.2017 09:47, brynn wrote:
Hi chr[], I apologize this is a little off topic here -- I can't speak to your potential participation in the hackfest. Although I'm always happy to see more new developers! Thanks for your contributions to the project, and all your hard work :-)
The Inkscape community currently has a problem with Inkscape'sgcode tools creators not being available to provide support. I've been trying to learn as much as I can about it, to help individual users who post in forums. But I have no woodshop, much less CNC. (only some brief woodworking experience in college, while studying Forestry, haha) (many years ago) I can only test if my suggestions will work, by using a simulator!
So we would more than welcome any kind of tutorials you mighteither already have, or might in the future write. And as well....well, I know most (Inkscape) developers don't participate in forums. But there's a large Inkscape forum community which would certainly welcome any knowledgeable participation around CNC and Inkscape's Gcode Tools extensions!!
(Forums:https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?action=forum, http://www.inkscapeforum.com/index.php, and https://www.inkscapecuttingdesign.com/smf/index.php) (Two of those are mine, and set up so that members can write and publish tutorials.)
If you know of any existing tutorials for using Inkscape'sGcodetools extensions and CNC, could you share links to them? I'll certainly add them to my collection of links to Inkscape tutorials (https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php). And just knowing about them, I can refer other users to them.
Since you mentioned also working on DXF, I wonder if you have anyinterest in Inkscape's other cutting features, formats, or exports? Another question we've been getting lately, is with Extensions menu > Export > Plot. It seems to only be configured for serial ports and I don't know how to answer when users ask how to set it up for a usb port.
I apologize again for being slightly off topic, and hope I don'tseem too "forward" by throwing all this info to you. But it's a growing problem and you're the first Inkscape user I've met who seems to have advanced knowledge about CNC and related features. Or if you might even know of people or websites which can provide support -- any kind of support info would be helpful.
Thank you very much, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Christoph Rudorff Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 3:04 PM To: Inkscape-Devel Subject: [Inkscape-devel] chr[Hackfest]
Hello Inkscape Community,
I proposed at the irc board meeting my participation on the hack fest. I introduce myself as a dev and a user whose bug reports usually have a patch ready.
I can do a talk "How we use inkscape to drive our CNC machine" and the gotchas that came up: http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170214_165918604.jpg
This is a 1.4x10.5m vacuum desk with pen + laser tool. It cuts panels for sail making. It was build 1985 and survived more than computer system (WannaCry? WannaLaught!): http://chris.rudorff.com/Plotter/IMG_20170127_180750123.jpg
So we hit the 1% zoom limit of inkscape ;)
Beside the bugs I already fixed in inkscape I found more issues: memory leaks and performance eater. Top on my todo is the dxf importer. I hacked it for our needs but this extension can use a rewrite I can do.
My travel is not that far but I can use some funding for staying/hotel/sofa.
So I am looking forward meeting the people behind inkscape ;)
chr[]
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