The easiest way to color a drawing is with the paint bucket tool. Now click on the lock icon for the outlines layer so we don’t make any more changes to it, and if you’d like to you can delete you pencil sketch layer since we don’t need that any more. Name it colors and this time set the position to below current. In the layers panel (Control + Shift + L to open) click the create new layer button with the outline layer selected. Lets make another layer underneath our outlines layer for our colors to live on. Grouping is nice because you can un-group at any time, but union makes fine tuning our lines easier.īut enough about lines, we’re here to talk about color. The downside is that union can’t be undone later. This is great because it gives us better control over parts of the drawing that used to have overlapping lines. Unlike grouping, the union command will meld all of your lines together so that your outline becomes one object. Then I said, “Inkscape please, do you have to say that every time I group something together?” Looks just like grouping, doesn’t it? When we grouped our lines, Inkscape said, “oh! These lines are buddies now, so they should stick together inside of this nice little box I made for them.” You could do this the way we did before by selecting all of the lines (Ctrl + A) and grouping them (Ctrl + G), but you already know that trick, so lets learn a new one! This time, select all of your lines and choose “Path” then “Union” from the menu at the top. If you don’t have an inked drawing to work with, you might want to read the tutorial on inking in Inkscape first.īefore we start coloring, I recommend grouping all of the lines together. Open up you graphic in Inkscape and lets get started. In this tutorial I’ll show you two methods that I like.
#3D SPIRAL DRAWING INKSCAPE GENERATOR#
Open Inkscape, go to Extensions > Generate Plotter Gcode > Draw 3D GCODE Generator In my case, raising it by 5mm is more than enough. Now, just note down the position of your X, Y and Z axis.Īlso, get an estimate of how much you need to raise the pen so that it stops touching the paper. Make sure to leave some clearance for the binder clips. Then use the move axis menu on your LCD or any other tool such as octoprint or pronterface, move the pen’s nib to the bottom left corner of the paper where you want the drawing to start. Attach paper on your bed with binder clips. You can also google the size of the build plate for your printer.
#3D SPIRAL DRAWING INKSCAPE CODE#
We need to measure a few things because the extension will require these to generate the code for your printer.įirst, measure the x and y dimensions of your printer.
Just print a holder and mount a pen on your printer’s head. You can find many other designs on Thingiverse. Here are links to printable pen holders for Ender 3/3pro, CR10 or similar printers designed by me:
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