I managed to combine the paths in a sensible way in sample.svg, but am now having problems with consistent deviations from a path generated by J Tech Photonics. One think that you should know is that, when you are using a service, you are purchasing an. They are cheap, have several guides online, and - aside from generatign the inkscape files - there is only a modest learning curve, mostly dealing with material selection. LaserGRBL has been presented as being able to generate very nice results from simply tracing a bitmap, but after many tries I haven't achieved a satisfactory result (after exporting my svg to either png or pdf, and then tracing it).Ĭan anyone recommend a functional solution, please? We will be using Ponoko as our laser cutting service. I have also tried Repetier laser tool and J Tech Photonics Laser Tool, where the latter produces fine results for simple outlines, and former is simply no good. ngc files, which are not supported by LaserGRBL). Now, I'm aware of the gcodetools plugin, but I cant get it to generate laser relevant gcode (in fact I'm only getting. It's true, the file is complex, but it should be possible to generate a simple code out of it - after all, it's all vectors. However, I'm having difficulties generating a decent gcode from my project. As the original software sucks to say the least (EleksCam), I have started looking for alternatives, and found LaserGRBL, which works great. I just got a plotter with a 7W TTL PMW laser.

Engraving inkscape laser cutting