<p>Hey all,<br>
So glad we got the laser! Ill have to come check it out!<br>
As far as illustrator goes, an old friend of mine works at adobe and has an allowance of a few ~$60 copies of illustrator every year. Ill ask him if he's got one for Noisebridge!<br>
-Taylor<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 22, 2011 11:50 PM, "Sean Cusack" <<a href="mailto:sean.p.cusack@gmail.com">sean.p.cusack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Although I love the idea of Illustrator (*ducks*), and used to use it a lot<br>
> myself, I started realizing that I have a problem paying $750 for a piece of<br>> software that doesn't feed me individually washed grapes while I'm working<br>> on it...or vibrate...or give me an individually shrink wrapped shot of<br>
> whiskey inside the jewel case.<br>> <br>> I still fall on my Illustrator crutch every once and awhile, but I'm now<br>> doing my darndest to learn Inkscape, and it really is pretty decent for many<br>> non-pro artists just looking to do some basic vector work. Its free, and<br>
> unlike 1 bum I encountered outside of Techshop this evening, it will not<br>> smack you upside the head with a bag full of shoes if you haven't donated to<br>> its cause yet.<br>> <br>> Felipe, do you know if any good demos that teach Inkscape to an Illustrator<br>
> user to make things a little easier? I've been looking for one of these...<br>> <br>> Sean<br>> <br>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, meredith scheff <<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
> <br>>> I'd love it to use Illustrator. It's design standard and imports may other<br>>> types of files well. I could install it on whatever computer.<br>>> M<br>>><br>>><br>>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Corey McGuire <<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>>>> Inkscape will work. Vector (cutting) operations on some machines are<br>>>> represented by 0.01" lines, everything else will be treated as raster<br>>>> operations. This, is common and it would stand to reason that this machine<br>
>>> will opperate the same way, but I don't know.<br>>>><br>>>> The reason Corel Draw is recommended is because it has a "hair line" (or<br>>>> some such) description of 0.01" lines (vector/cutting) which makes the<br>
>>> operation a bit more intuitive. In Inkscape, if one scales an object after<br>>>> assigning a value to the line width, it may scale the line width as well.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:03 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:rachelyra@gmail.com">rachelyra@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>> Super awesome! Any thoughts on software? My understanding is that corel<br>>>>> draw is something of a standard, weird I know but I guess its printer<br>
>>>> handling dovetails well with the lasers. I'd throw down another $5 for<br>>>>> purchasing a license if there aren't better options. Also I have fans we can<br>>>>> use for exhaust! Someone bug me mercilessly till I find them & bring them<br>
>>>> in.<br>>>>><br>>>>> <a href="http://mediumreality.com">mediumreality.com</a><br>>>>> On Feb 22, 2011 5:44 PM, "Shannon Lee" <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com">shannon@scatter.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> > That'd be awesome.<br>>>>> ><br>>>>> > --S<br>>>>> ><br>>>>> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Dr. Jesus <<a href="mailto:j@hug.gs">j@hug.gs</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> ><br>>>>> >> Do you already have a machine to run it, or should I bring one of the<br>>>>> >> low power machines from the noisecloud pile?<br>>>>> >><br>
>>>> >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Shannon Lee <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com">shannon@scatter.com</a>><br>>>>> wrote:<br>>>>> >> > Looks like we found a ride; I'll see you all at Noisebridge this<br>
>>>> evening.<br>>>>> >> > Somebody who knows how these damn things work would be most welcome<br>>>>> as<br>>>>> >> we<br>>>>> >> > set it up ;)<br>
>>>> >> > --S<br>>>>> >> ><br>>>>> >> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Shannon Lee <<a href="mailto:shannon@scatter.com">shannon@scatter.com</a>><br>>>>> >> wrote:<br>
>>>> >> >><br>>>>> >> >> Hi All,<br>>>>> >> >> The Laser Cutter has arrived! It's currently sitting in my office<br>>>>> at<br>>>>> >> 2nd<br>
>>>> >> >> and Howard, in downtown SF. I am working on getting it from here to<br>>>>> >> >> Noisebridge this evening; if you can help out with such, please let<br>>>>> me<br>
>>>> >> know!<br>>>>> >> >> --S<br>>>>> >> >><br>>>>> >> >> --<br>>>>> >> >> Shannon Lee<br>>>>> >> >> (503) 539-3700<br>
>>>> >> >><br>>>>> >> >> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from<br>>>>> science."<br>>>>> >> ><br>>>>> >> ><br>
>>>> >> ><br>>>>> >> > --<br>>>>> >> > Shannon Lee<br>>>>> >> > (503) 539-3700<br>>>>> >> ><br>>>>> >> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."<br>
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>>>> >><br>>>>> ><br>>>>> ><br>>>>> ><br>>>>> > --<br>>>>> > Shannon Lee<br>>>>> > (503) 539-3700<br>>>>> ><br>
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