AxiDraw

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

Important note: AxiDraw is a new product, only just beginning to ship. 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.

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.