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Scott B  
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 More options Aug 21 2012, 8:41 pm
From: Scott B <solar.sen...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:41:05 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Aug 21 2012 8:41 pm
Subject: Re: Vector Drawing (?) code
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yeah hoping to do a bit more experimenting tonight.

I have found that if I draw something in Inkscape it works properly (the
XML file contains a single path with no excess moves, which I can cut and
paste straight in to Niagara). It just doesn't handle imported paths from
AutoCAD well yet - no doubt there will be a function there somewhere to
auto-join and re-order which would work.

Will be interesting to see if Illustrator handles it any better.

On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:11:50 AM UTC+9:30, sighmon wrote:

> Scott: for your interest, I drew the original hackerspace logo in
> Adobe Illustrator.. so happy to let you have a play at hackerspace
> tonight.

> si.

> On Aug 21, 2:21 pm, Sam Hodge at GMail <sam.ho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Writing SVG via scripting isnt that hard:

> > I wrote a program in Python to do halftoning and write the output to
> > SVG, which I then converted to PDF for printing.

> > http://www.hodge.net.au/sam/blog/?p=78

> > sam

> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Peter Wintulich

> > <pe...@voicetronix.com.au> wrote:
> > > Hello Scott,

> > > It may be best just to export a dxf file and directly process it
> contents in
> > > a small converter program.

> > > In Acad you would need to use the poly line command to create the
> outline.

> > > Somewhere at home I have a book on the DXF format.
> > > Years ago I was creating PCB designs in it and we then ran a basic
> program
> > > to produce Gerber files.
> > > The DXF format has got a bit more complex since then but not unusable.

> > > Another option that will work very well is setup an old plotter
> driver. Use
> > > save to file.
> > > The old hp and huston plotters code was fairly easy to parse. But the
> > > vectors may then need reordering.

> > > Regards Peter W.

> > > On 21/08/12 13:07, Scott B wrote:

> > > not quite there yet...

> > > it appears inkscape won't join the segments in to one singular fluid
> path,
> > > it jumbles up the order with a heap of move commands in between -
> which
> > > screws things up when the graphics package does the 'fill' at the end,
> as I
> > > end up with lots of little closed segments rather than one big one.

> > > maybe its a rounding error? can I set it to snap segments together if
> they
> > > are within say 0.01 of each other? rather than checking them to 5
> decimal
> > > places?

> > > Or any other thoughts?

> > > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:49:11 PM UTC+9:30, Tanga wrote:

> > >>> Looks like I can now draw something in AutoCAD, export it to a DXF,
> > >>> import to Inkscape, combine to a single path, view the XML, copy and
> paste
> > >>> in to the Niagara XML file - all sounds so easy!

> > >> ...

> > >> o.O

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