/laser-cad

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CAD for laser cutters

Primary Goals

To make a tool for sharing a laser cutter amoung a school of kids.

Current Features

  • taylored to macOs track pads.
  • cutting and etching settings without cumbersom mappings
  • constraints (size, accuracy, and precision) of the printer preprogrammed
  • material size doesn't have to match printer bed size.

Future Plans

  • hosted via RaspberryPi attached directly to printer.
  • integrated rastor to vector converter
  • non rectangular material. (pint glasses)
  • job compaction to make use of material on the printer bed

Resources

https://github.com/thenexxuz/cups-epilog http://code.fitness/post/2016/06/capture-mouse-events.html https://ciechanow.ski/gears/