<div><div><div>I sort of thought there would be a way of going back and forth. </div></div></div><div><br></div><div>I googled it and found some garbled instructables and stuff but what format are they using to interchange? What search should I use to find the mentioned tutorial?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I came across this sketchup plugin: <a href="http://mambohead.com/2011/09/cad-and-laser-cutting/">http://mambohead.com/2011/09/cad-and-laser-cutting/</a></div><div><br></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Tom Burns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom.i.burns@gmail.com">tom.i.burns@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
if you look up tutorials on using sketchup with ponoko you will find how to export from sketchup to inkscape to prep for the laser. <div><br></div><div>It wasn't perfect last time I tried but with only a bit of inkscape work it was usable.<div>
<br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I've been using Sketchup for CAD work since it works well for CNC milling with Mach 3 software controlling the mill. <div><br></div><div>It seems the printer driver type control for the ArtEngine Laser.... (we should come up with a name for it come think of it)...</div>
<div><br></div><div>It seems the printer driver is theoretically independent of the software being used to make shapes for vector cutting.</div><div><br></div><div>I was just drawing up something to cut from hardboard in InkScape. I like InkScape but there's another learning curve to get through on how to get things to fit. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Before I went to far with Inkscape I wanted to see what opinion there was out there on what tool to use.<br><div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>
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