Simple Tools that creates external and internal offsets for shapes. Supports DXF and SVG Import/Export.
This project is in early alpha and was created as side-project for hobby.
Install and update using pip:
$ pip install -U laser_offset
Usage: laser_offset [OPTIONS] SOURCE_PATH TARGET_PATH LASER_WIDTH
Creates new drawings from DXFs with outer and inner offset lines by
LASER_WIDTH in μm(microns) ans save them into TARGET_PATH as SVG or DXF.
SOURCE_PATH is folder with DXFs for batch convertion
TARGET_PATH is folder for results
LASER_WIDTH is beam diameter in μm(microns) from 1 to 999
Options:
-s, --svg Output as SVG [default: (False)]
-d, --dxf / -D, --no-dxf Output as DXF [default: (True)]
--help Show this message and exit.
Example:
laser_offset . ./output -s 150
- Can't handle arcs less that half of laser width
- Ignores layers, text, shape size and styles