IMPORTANT! - Tweaked to work with Inkscape 1.x

• Original work by 305engineering

Starting to change original logic

• No more option to pick background color (always white, which translates to a simple move - laser off)
• New file names
• New svg -> png conversion
• Remove Preview Only
• Feed rate in mm/min (was mm/s)
• Add feed rate to travel moves
• Add power constant laser power (Sx) #TODO: variable power for grayscale *not working
• Consolidate Feed (=speed Fx) and Speed(=power Sx) to gcode header
• Moved LASER ON / LASER OFF to begin/end file only
• Added option to set laser max power GCode (usually 255)
• Make selectable to turn the LASER ON/OFF only at the beginning and end of the file, or turn it in the middle of the raster.
• Add option to enter file extension

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Raster 2 Laser GCode generator

Descriptions

• Raster 2 Laser GCode generator is an extension to generate Gcode for a laser cutter/engraver (or pen plotter), it can generate various type of outputs from a simple B&W (on/off) to a more detailed Grayscale (pwm)

Installing:

Simply copy all the files in the folder "Extensions" of Inkscape

Windows ) "C:<...>\Inkscape\share\extensions"

Linux ) "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions"

Mac ) "/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions"

for unix (& mac maybe) change the permission on the file:

chmod 755 for all the *.py files

chmod 644 for all the *.inx files

Usage of "Raster 2 Laser GCode generator":

[Required file: png.py / raster2laser_gcode.inx / raster2laser_gcode.py]

• Step 1) Resize the inkscape document to match the dimension of your working area on the laser cutter/engraver (Shift+Ctrl+D)

• Step 2) Draw or import the image

• Step 3) To run the extension go to: Extension > 305 Engineering > Raster 2 Laser GCode generator

• Step 4) Play!

Note

I have created all the file except for png.py , see that file for details on the license