[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Here

Taylor Alexander tlalexander at gmail.com
Wed Feb 23 08:24:03 UTC 2011


Hey all,
So glad we got the laser! Ill have to come check it out!
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!
-Taylor
 On Feb 22, 2011 11:50 PM, "Sean Cusack" <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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."
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > --
>>>> >> > Shannon Lee
>>>> >> > (503) 539-3700
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from
science."
>>>> >> >
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
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>>>> > (503) 539-3700
>>>> >
>>>> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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