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Extensions for Inkscape made for Lasersaur

Raster 2 Laser GCode generator

Description

• Raster 2 Laser GCode generator is an extension to generate Gcode for a laser cutter/engraver (or pen plotter), it can generate various type of outputs from a simple B&W (on/off) to a more detailed Grayscale (pwm)

Modified to work with Lasersaur

• Especially with these boards you can buy to upgrade your chinese lasercutter, sold on the internet.

Installing:

Simply copy all the files in the folder "Extensions" of Inkscape

Windows ) "C:<...>\Inkscape\share\extensions"

Linux ) "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions"

Ubuntu Linux ) "username"/.config/inkscape/extensions

Mac ) "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/extensions"

Usage of "Raster 2 Laser GCode generator":

[Required file: png.py / raster2laser_gcode.inx / raster2laser_gcode.py]

• Step 1) Resize the inkscape document to match the dimension of your working area on the laser cutter/engraver (Shift+Ctrl+D)

• Step 2) Draw or import the image

• Step 3) To run the extension go to: Extension > 305 Engineering > Raster 2 Laser GCode generator

• Step 4) Play!