AxiDraw

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

Important note: AxiDraw is a new product. We are still updating and uploading documentation resources, and will continue to do so for the next few 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

• AxiDraw User Guide (preliminary)
• AxiDraw Software installation

Tutorials

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.
• Inkscape for Adobe Illustrator users
• Inkscape FAQ with many answers about common questions.

Advanced topics and tips

General Usage

• Pen choices for AxiDraw
• Import formats that Inkscape accepts, from the Inkscape Manual

Typography and Handwriting-like fonts

• Hershey Text, Inkscape extension (included with Inkscape) for drawing single-stroke text.
• 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

• Using AxiDraw with RoboPaint: Coming soon

Example files

• AxiDraw basic example set

Accessories for AxiDraw

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

Hardware

• EBB documentation, for the EiBotBoard that powers the WaterColorBot
• Updating EBB firmware

For Developers

• GitHub Project, where AxiDraw software is hosted
• robopaint repository at github. RoboPaint is a stand-alone, Javascript-based application for driving art robots.
• The "CNCserver" API, installed with and implemented by RoboPaint.
• The higher-level "RoboPaint" API, installed with and implemented by RoboPaint.
• EBB Commands documentation, for the EiBotBoard that powers the WaterColorBot

Support Resources

Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:

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

Additional support resources:

• Software Issues List @ GitHub, if you have a software bug to report
• Contact Form at Evil Mad Scientist for all other queries, including customer service and spare parts.