@Micromet The reason I asked about Linux is because it helps me understand where you are coming from. I'm a Linux and Windows user myself. I was using Inkscape to export my laser gcode for a while but I wasn't too crazy about gcodetools. I was using a simpler derivative of it specifically for laser ...

Why do you need to export out of blender to a dxf file? Just curious. Are you using Linux? I guess I look at things a little differently. How does the saying go...if all you have is a hammer then everything looks like a nail? I love Inkscape. It's handy. I use it often. However, I'm not bashful abou...

Hi Brynn, I will follow your advice and ask the Gcodetools forum for help with this. But I've just seen a Youtube video where a complex University Shield photo was converted into a bitmap trace in Inkscape, exported as an SVG file and imported into Blender where the image was converted into an extr...

Off Topic heathenx, how did you draw that? Coincidentally, I'm writing a tutorial about converting raster images to vector, to prepare them for cutting or etching or engraving, or whatever. I want to show the end result, which would be something like that image you made. But I don't have that kind ...

That would look pretty cool if it was v-carved too.

There is nothing wrong with doing a bitmap trace on your artwork. As a matter of fact, I do it often when I laser and cnc cut items. This actually saves time, in my opinion. One can be a little lazy about slapping some artwork together. Only takes a few seconds to trace and maybe a few more to clean...

I'd like to chime in on this post. I use Inventor everyday and Inkscape a few times a week. I can't for the life of me think why someone would want to draw that image in CAD, on the other hand, I've used plenty of software for odd things. No judging here. The image that you posted can easily be crea...

You can grab ghostscript from sourceforge but maybe a mac binary would be easier. Quick google search:http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9980/gpl-ghostscript

After you have that you'll need to open scribus and point it to your ghostscript directory...then you should be good to go.

Install Scribus. Drag-n-drop your eps file onto your Scribus desktop icon. In Scribus export as svg. Open that in Inkscape. Do cartwheels.

Same problem here, however, most of the time it works. In Inventor I usually just highlight a face in model mode and "Export Face As" a release 2000 dxf. When it doesn't work, I use the free DraftSight as a bridge. You can open the dxf in DraftSight and export as an svg file. That opens ju...

Have you tried drawing/snapping to the grid and looking at the size of your object? You don't need the measurement tool for that.

Wow that is cutting pretty accurately! I am using a Sizzix eclips which uses roland blades to cut. I didn't realize that low a wattage laser would cut balsa. I wonder if there would be a way to incorporate that lazer with the Sizzix blade holder. That might work better than the blade. I have to put...

Interesting. I just did this a week or two ago. I have a 2w laser diode attached to my 3D printer. I traced a business card balsa glider picture that I found on the net and cut one out for myself. Fun.

Sweet! I've wanted a filleting tool since the .3x days. You're doing some really fine work. Thank-you.

Hmm...interesting.

Yes, I would say gradient mesh is scheduled but who knows when we'll see it officially. Perhaps version 1.0 of Inkscape.

The OP might be looking for something a bit more advanced than what I showed in that video. Inkscape has a great web page slicer extension (when it worked). This is the kind of stuff I wish the devs would either remove or get working across all platforms again. Perhaps it will be fixed in v.0.49. Th...

inkydinkydo wrote:heathenxI think there might be some people on another site who might also find this info useful, how would you feel about me linking the videos to that site?

You have the freedom to link and do just about whatever you want with those videos.

Well done, Xav. Perhaps if we ever get the devs to finish the lattice deformation LPE then it might be another possibility.

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You might want to check out another tutorial of mine, episode 060 (http://screencasters.heathenx.org/episode-060). In it I illustrate how to node sculpt.

And, what if the lighting set/material could be changed on that rim after each part is drawn with a mesh, as easy as selecting a gradient from the dropdown list? Wouldn't that be a nice feature? I suppose it would. :) One thing that I would REALLY like is the ability to drop a new mesh node whereve...

I sort of covered this in one of my videos, episode 088 (http://screencasters.heathenx.org/episode-088). I used the Bezier Envelope 2010 extension to make it work. It only takes a few minutes to squish that text into a circle. Bezier Envelope only works with 4 nodes, no more, no less. Basically you ...

Like this? (quick-n-dirty)

I was working on a sample a few months ago. Mesh tool takes some patience but if you hang in there long enough you can get some good results.

I'm going to give the 64bit version a whirl too. Thank-you for the link, druban.

Perhaps it`s just me, but when I apply Envelope on combined shape - Inkscape freezes?! That`s why I`m thankful for this new one. It's not just you. This as well as the Perspective effect have been an issue on the Windows versions for a very long time...years in fact. Fortunately for me, the Linux v...