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# LY Drawbot Tool by Love Open Design
# LY Drawbot Tool
This is the official repository for the XY Plotter Tool Inkscape extension.
This is the ~~official~~ repository for the XY Plotter Tool Inkscape extension.
You can find a french version of this document on our website : [love-open-design.com](https://love-open-design.com/laboratoire/xy-plotter-tool-par-love-open-design/)
## Purpose
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## Installation
Download the latest release [here](https://github.com/love-open-design/XY-Plotter-Tool-by-LOD/release). Make sure to select the release targeted towards the version of Inkscape you are using. You can find the version of Inkscape you're using under **Help** > **About**.
clone or downalod the zip of this git, Unzip the files directly into the Inkscape user extensions folder. Inkscape lists the location of your extensions folder under **Edit** > **Preferences** > **System**.
Unzip the files directly into the Inkscape user extensions folder. Inkscape lists the location of your extensions folder under **Edit** > **Preferences** > **System**.
Restart Inkscape and you're done.
Restart Inkscape and you're done. if you are just changing the `.py` you dont have to restart inkscape, but any changes to the `.idx` will need an inkscape resatrt.
## Gcode Panel
> Inside `Inkscape > Extension > Generate GCode for XY Plotter > XY Plotter tool from Love Open Design`
> Inside `Inkscape > Extension > drawbot`
![XY Plotter tool panel](img/GcodePanelByLOD.jpeg)
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| **Pen Active Power** | command value to lower the pen | `1000` | `M3 S1000` |
| **Pen On Delay** | Delay after moving and before drawing | `0,1` | `G4 P0.1` |
| **Pen Off Delay** | Delay after drawing and before moving | `0,2` | `G4 P0.2` |
| **X Offset** | X-axis offset for plotter start position | `180` | All X coordinates shifted by offset value |
| **Y Offset** | Y-axis offset for plotter start position | `0` | All Y coordinates shifted by offset value |
| **Passes** | Number of Passes | | |
| **Pass Depth** | *relative to cnc milling* | `1,0` | |
| **Directory** | path directory to save your file in absolute | | |
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- Header : G0 Z0 ; Display path inside GRBL Control
- Footer : G1 X0 Y0 ; Move to X0 Y0
## For developers
Pull requests are welcome. Just make sure to test your code on both Python >=2.6 and >=3.5 for the main branch, and Python >= 3.6 for the development branch (In the next major release we'll drop support for older python versions in an effort to improve code readability).
## Credits
20251202 - thanks to [love-open-design.com](https://love-open-design.com/laboratoire/xy-plotter-tool-par-love-open-design/), which we forked and adapted. see [upstream](https://github.com/love-open-design/LY-Drawbot-Tool-by-LOD)
This inkscape extension is adapted from [J-Tech-Photonics-Laser-Tool](https://github.com/JTechPhotonics/J-Tech-Photonics-Laser-Tool) inkscape extension.
Thanks to [StuartB44](https://www.instructables.com/member/StuartB44/) for his work and infos on [Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/Fix-for-Image-Not-Showing-in-GRBLControl/) to display GCode inside GRBL Control