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Revision as of 16:42, 26 March 2016

This page is the central documentation site for AxiDraw from Evil Mad Scientist.

Important note: AxiDraw is a new product, which begins shipping in late March. This page will be filled in rapidly as software and documentation resources are uploaded over the next couple of weeks.

AxiDraw

Main details about the AxiDraw

• Introducing Axidraw: Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• Purchase AxiDraw at Evil Mad Scientist shop
• axidraw.com, the official site.

Getting started with AxiDraw: Essential documentation

• Quick start guide: Coming soon
• AxiDraw Software installation

Tutorials

• AxiDraw quick start: Coming soon

Getting started with Inkscape:

• FLOSS Inkscape Manual, from the makers of free manuals for free software
• The unofficial manual, "Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program"
• Inkscape Documentation, at Inkscape.org, with links to official and unofficial tutorials and manuals
• A quick guide to Inkscape, from microugly, featuring hints for Illustrator users.

Advanced topics and tips

General Usage

• Pen choices for AxiDraw: Coming soon
• Paper choices for AxiDraw: Coming soon

Typography and Handwriting-like fonts

• Hershey Text, Inkscape extension (included with Inkscape) for drawing single-stroke text.
• Choosing fonts: Coming soon
• Make a free font based on your handwriting at myscriptfont.com or paintfont.com
• A compendium of information about single stroke fonts

Advanced design topics

• Tracing images in Inkscape
• Some hints on optimization
• StippleGen stippling software
• TSP art, a technique for drawing likenesses of photographic images, based upon the Travelling Salesman Problem

Software

• A detailed guide to the AxiDraw extensions for Inkscape: Coming soon
• Using AxiDraw with RoboPaint: Coming soon

Example files

• AxiDraw example set: Coming soon

Accessories for AxiDraw

• Making your own attachments: Coming soon
• Parallel pen attachment: Coming soon

Hardware

• Updating EBB firmware

Support Resources

Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:

• AxiDraw Forum at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• AxiDraw @ Thingiverse where you can share AxiDraw-ready SVG art-- or programs that generate art