[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Here

[Sean Cusack]

Although I love the idea of Illustrator (*ducks*), and used to use it a lot
myself, I started realizing that I have a problem paying $750 for a piece of
software that doesn't feed me individually washed grapes while I'm working
on it...or vibrate...or give me an individually shrink wrapped shot of
whiskey inside the jewel case.

I still fall on my Illustrator crutch every once and awhile, but I'm now
doing my darndest to learn Inkscape, and it really is pretty decent for many
non-pro artists just looking to do some basic vector work. Its free, and
unlike 1 bum I encountered outside of Techshop this evening, it will not
smack you upside the head with a bag full of shoes if you haven't donated to
its cause yet.

Felipe, do you know if any good demos that teach Inkscape to an Illustrator
user to make things a little easier? I've been looking for one of these...

Sean

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'd love it to use Illustrator. It's design standard and imports may other
> types of files well. I could install it on whatever computer.
> M
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>wrote:
>
>> Inkscape will work.  Vector (cutting) operations on some machines are
>> represented by 0.01" lines, everything else will be treated as raster
>> operations.  This, is common and it would stand to reason that this machine
>> will opperate the same way, but I don't know.
>>
>> The reason Corel Draw is recommended is because it has a "hair line" (or
>> some such) description of 0.01" lines (vector/cutting) which makes the
>> operation a bit more intuitive.  In Inkscape, if one scales an object after
>> assigning a value to the line width, it may scale the line width as well.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:03 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <
>> rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Super awesome! Any thoughts on software? My understanding is that corel
>>> draw is something of a standard, weird I know but I guess its printer
>>> handling dovetails well with the lasers. I'd throw down another $5 for
>>> purchasing a license if there aren't better options. Also I have fans we can
>>> use for exhaust! Someone bug me mercilessly till I find them & bring them
>>> in.
>>>
>>> mediumreality.com
>>> On Feb 22, 2011 5:44 PM, "Shannon Lee" <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>>> > That'd be awesome.
>>> >
>>> > --S
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Dr. Jesus <j at hug.gs> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Do you already have a machine to run it, or should I bring one of the
>>> >> low power machines from the noisecloud pile?
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> > Looks like we found a ride; I'll see you all at Noisebridge this
>>> evening.
>>> >> > Somebody who knows how these damn things work would be most welcome
>>> as
>>> >> we
>>> >> > set it up ;)
>>> >> > --S
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Hi All,
>>> >> >> The Laser Cutter has arrived! It's currently sitting in my office
>>> at
>>> >> 2nd
>>> >> >> and Howard, in downtown SF. I am working on getting it from here to
>>> >> >> Noisebridge this evening; if you can help out with such, please let
>>> me
>>> >> know!
>>> >> >> --S
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> --
>>> >> >> Shannon Lee
>>> >> >> (503) 539-3700
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from
>>> science."
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
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>>> >> > (503) 539-3700
>>> >> >
>>> >> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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>>> >
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