im2glib: Image to G Code Interpreter

This Python package includes one main function, imToPaths(string filename), which converts a raster image into a list of sublists of (x, y) tuple coordinates, representing the outline of the shapes in the image. Each sublist represents a path for a CNC cutter.

To output proper G code, there are two functions: toTextFile(string outfile, list shapes) and toSerial(list shapes). They format the coordinates as proper G code instructions, then either print it to a text file or send the instructions sequentially to a serial port. For the sake of my own projects, the toSerial function automatically looks for an Arduino. toSerial returns True or False depending on if it succeeded.

Author:

Andrew Ilersich <andrew.ilersich@mail.utoronto.ca>

License:

MIT

Example Usage:

import im2glib

paths = im2glib.imToPaths("square.jpg")
outfile = "square.gcode"

im2glib.toTextFile(outfile, paths)

if im2glib.toSerial(coords): print("Done!")
else: print("No serial device connected!")

Supported File Extensions:

jpg/jpeg
png
bmp
dxf

ailersic/im2glib

im2glib: Image to G Code Interpreter