SVG offset

[jeevank]

Is there a way to get all of the gcode offset by a certain amount on both X and Y axis?

Without the offset the gcode starts the printer at the very edge of the print bed. Thanks!

[sameer]

Hi @jeevank, good idea. I hadn't thought about this before, I can add CLI arguments for manipulating the SVG placement. How does this sound?

--origin <x,y> place the upper left corner of the SVG

That way you can always place it within bounds.

[jeevank]

There are 2 free Inkscape plugins that allow generating Gcode -- "J Tech Phototonics laser" and Inkscape's built-in "Gcodetools". Both use the bottom-left corner as the 0,0 X,Y offset so it may be good to align with that.

But I'm personally happy with either choice. Thanks for the quick response @sameer

To provide some context, I'm currently using a method similar to the one here to use a 3d printer as a plotter:
https://medium.com/@urish/how-to-turn-your-3d-printer-into-a-plotter-in-one-hour-d6fe14559f1a . The method works well but your app is way faster, especially for SVG's with any decent level of complexity.

I've already used your app on Ubuntu Linux and it converted an Inkscape SVG that was taking upwards of 5 minutes to convert to gcode to just a couple of seconds with your app 👍

[sameer]

Thanks for sharing this, that sounds like a good convention to follow. And that looks pretty cool!

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On May 23, 2020, 22:12, Jeevan wrote: There are 2 free Inkscape plugins that allow generating Gcode (J Tech Phototonics laser) and Inkscape's built-in "Gcodetools". Both use the bottom-left corner as the 0,0 X,Y offset so it may be good to align with that. But I'm personally happy with either choice. Thanks for the quick response. (To provide some context, I'm currently using a method similar to the one here to use a 3d printer as a plotter: ***@***.***/how-to-turn-your-3d-printer-into-a-plotter-in-one-hour-d6fe14559f1a) — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#7 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACUVICED3BY3H7L24HD7AIDRTB67DANCNFSM4NISOLGQ).

[sameer]

Hello Jeevan,

Please try the latest commit when you have some time. Here's the demo from the README with the origin argument:

cargo run --release -- examples/Vanderbilt_Commodores_logo.svg --origin 45,46 --off 'M4' --on 'M5' -o out.gcode

[jeevank]

This worked perfectly! Thanks for adding this @sameer 🥇

[sameer]

Great! In that case, I will close this issue.