TODO

• automatically rasterize svg to generate fill pattern
• build and deploy binaries to github
• diagonal fill pattern
• handle patterns with a radius greater than 90 degrees
• handle closepath command
• translate SVG origin to plotter origin (top left to bottom left)
• handle deep group nesting
• handle transform and matrix
• add line, rectangle, ellipse, circle support
• save latest options into file, by svg name for future use
  • alter options via cmd line if needed (kind of templating)
    • cmd line param > file param
• think about pen change

Yet another SVG to G-code tool

As the name suggest this tool generates g-code for our xy-plotter directly from an SVG file with the following features:

• use a servo motor to handle the pen
• use simple non feeding motion g-codes
• support lines, circles, radis, filled shapes
• simple optimisation

DISCLAIMER Beware that this is a specialized tool written for our xy-plotter. Feel free none the less to fork this repo and adopt it to your needs or try reaching out to us for support.

Meaning this tool is not meant as a general purpose solution to generate g-code out of svg files.

Usage

NAME:
   stg - Generates GCode from SVG

USAGE:
   main [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

COMMANDS:
   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --svg value          Path to the SVG file to generate GCode from.
   --out value          Path to the output GCode file. If not specified a .gcode file with the same name is created in the same folder.
   --penUp value        Sets the angle for the pen servo of the pen UP state. (default: 150)
   --penDown value      Sets the angle for the pen servo of the pen DOWN state. (default: 30)
   --curveSpeed value   Divisor to normalize the speed of curves. (default: 3000)
   --linearSpeed value  Flat feed value for linear move commands. (default: 4000)
   --gap value          Gap between fill lines. (default: 10)
   --threshold value    Minimum line length for fill pattern. (default: 4)
   --dpi value          DPI of the rasterized SVG image. Used to calculate the fill pattern. (default: 96)
   --inkscape value     The path to a inkscape commandline binary version >= 1.x
   --fill value         Defines the fill pattern via 'degrees,red,green,blue' with the color values in standard 0-255. If not specified no fill data is generated.
   --help, -h           show help (default: false)