[Lab] Laser

[Darcy Whyte]

I sort of thought there would be a way of going back and forth.

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?

I came across this sketchup plugin:
http://mambohead.com/2011/09/cad-and-laser-cutting/




On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> It wasn't perfect last time I tried but with only a bit of inkscape work it
> was usable.
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> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>
>> I've been using Sketchup for CAD work since it works well for CNC milling
>> with Mach 3 software controlling the mill.
>>
>> It seems the printer driver type control for the ArtEngine Laser.... (we
>> should come up with a name for it come think of it)...
>>
>> It seems the printer driver is theoretically independent of the software
>> being used to make shapes for vector cutting.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Before I went to far with Inkscape I wanted to see what opinion there was
>> out there on what tool to use.
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