Difference between revisions of "The Original Egg-Bot Kit"

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Essential documentation:
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Getting started with Eggbot: Essential documentation  
* Eggbot kit: Assembly guide (to be posted)
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* Part I: Assembly guide (to be posted)
* Eggbot kit: Installing software (to be posted)
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* Part II: Installing software (to be posted)
* Eggbot kit: Placing objects in the Eggbot (to be posted)
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* Part III: Aligning objects in the Eggbot (to be posted)
* Eggbot kit: Making your first plot (to be posted)
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* Part IV: Making your first plot (to be posted)
  
  
 
Additional basic-level tutorials:
 
Additional basic-level tutorials:
 
* [[Drawing a smiley face]], a detailed example, making a simple drawing in Inkscape and formatting it for the Eggbot.  (Partially uploaded)
 
* [[Drawing a smiley face]], a detailed example, making a simple drawing in Inkscape and formatting it for the Eggbot.  (Partially uploaded)
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Getting started with Inkscape:
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* [http://inkscape.org/doc/index.php Inkscape Documentation], with links to tutorials and manuals
  
  
 
Advanced tips & topics:
 
Advanced tips & topics:
* [[TSP art]], a technique based upon the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) for drawing likenesses of photographic images
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* [[TSP art]], a technique based upon the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) for drawing likenesses of photographic images
 
* Improving precision (to be posted)
 
* Improving precision (to be posted)
 
* [[Hacks]] (to be posted)
 
* [[Hacks]] (to be posted)
 
* Methods of creating filled regions (to be posted)
 
* Methods of creating filled regions (to be posted)
 
* Some hints on optimization  (to be posted)
 
* Some hints on optimization  (to be posted)
* Tracing images  (to be posted)
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* Tracing images in Inkscape (to be posted)
  
  
Support resources:
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Egg-Bot support resources:
* [http://groups.google.com/group/eggbotuser Eggbot-user] Mailing list (Sign up!)
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* [http://groups.google.com/group/eggbotuser Eggbot-user] Mailing list (Please sign up!)
 
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/index.php?forum=17 Eggbot Forum] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
 
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/index.php?forum=17 Eggbot Forum] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
 
* [http://www.schmalzhaus.com/EBB/ EBB] page, about the EiBotBoard that powers the Eggbot
 
* [http://www.schmalzhaus.com/EBB/ EBB] page, about the EiBotBoard that powers the Eggbot
* [http://code.google.com/p/eggbotcode/ Google Project, EggBotCode], where Eggbot software is hosted
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* [http://code.google.com/p/eggbotcode/ Google Code Project, EggBotCode], where Eggbot software is hosted
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* [http://code.google.com/p/eggbotcode/issues/list Software Issues List @ EggBotCode], if you have a bug to report

Revision as of 16:57, 29 September 2010

This section is for future documentation of The Original Egg-Bot kit.

Main details about the Egg-Bot kit:


Getting started with Eggbot: Essential documentation

  • Part I: Assembly guide (to be posted)
  • Part II: Installing software (to be posted)
  • Part III: Aligning objects in the Eggbot (to be posted)
  • Part IV: Making your first plot (to be posted)


Additional basic-level tutorials:

  • Drawing a smiley face, a detailed example, making a simple drawing in Inkscape and formatting it for the Eggbot. (Partially uploaded)


Getting started with Inkscape:


Advanced tips & topics:

  • TSP art, a technique based upon the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) for drawing likenesses of photographic images
  • Improving precision (to be posted)
  • Hacks (to be posted)
  • Methods of creating filled regions (to be posted)
  • Some hints on optimization (to be posted)
  • Tracing images in Inkscape (to be posted)


Egg-Bot support resources: