AxiDraw
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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.
Contents
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
Example files
- AxiDraw example set: Coming soon
Accessories for AxiDraw
- Making your own attachments: Coming soon
- Parallel pen attachment: Coming soon
Hardware
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
Additional support resources:
- EBB page, about the EiBotBoard that powers the AxiDraw
- GitHub Project, where AxiDraw software is hosted
- Software Issues List @ GitHub, if you have a bug to report
