On Friday 07 November 2014 07:08:53 andy pugh did opine And Gene did reply: > On 7 November 2014 05:19, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do we have a translator program that can make gcode out of an .eps? > > Gcodetools is a plug-in for Inkscape: > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_repository#Gcode_tool > s
Yup, just installed 1.7, all of it, got lots of new menu options under extensions/gcodetools. Fired one of them off to try something about 10 minutes ago, and its either locked up, or takes a very long time. Not running at a very high priority if its running as its not hogging the machine a bit. Shows about 10 lines down from the top of htops display when sorted by cpu. Is that normal? One item I could not find in the startup menu's one of the gcode tools functions show, is where the tool bit should be, inside the black, or outside, and what size of tool am I going to use? 3 drilled holes in each pattern that could be done by simply plunging the .125" mill all the way thru a .125 thick material. 15 minutes later still a spinner, so I had a root htop kill it. So I obviously need a tut on how to work it. > Inkscape opens eps with help, or ai natively. > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#What > _formats_can_Inkscape_import.2Fexport.3F > > Inkscape is a package that everyone should have anyway. Agreed. Thanks Andy. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
