[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Here

Mitch Altman maltman23 at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 23 08:46:31 UTC 2011


There is a really good Inkscape book published by No Starch Press.  I believe it is in the Noisebridge library.
 
I like Inkscape a lot.  I had to learn it to do my first laser cutter project, and I learned all I needed to learn in less than an hour.
 
Mitch.

 


From: sean.p.cusack at gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:50:11 -0800
To: satiredun at gmail.com
CC: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Here

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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