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* Some hints on optimization  (to be posted)
 
* Some hints on optimization  (to be posted)
 
* Tracing images in Inkscape  (to be posted)
 
* Tracing images in Inkscape  (to be posted)
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* Help wanted (to be posted)
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* [[Blowing Eggs]]
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* [[Pen choices]]
  
  

Revision as of 14:08, 1 October 2010

This section is for (not yet complete) 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.


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)
  • Help wanted (to be posted)
  • Blowing Eggs
  • Pen choices


Egg-Bot support resources: