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vpype documentation notes: preparing your own line art for a pen plotter
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What this guide covers
A reading of nine files from the vpype repository for anyone getting their own flat line drawing ready for a pen plotter. It ends with a numbered checklist and a case table pointing to what each file says. Based on the documentation only: nothing was installed or plotted, and no plotter, pen or plug-in is claimed to work.
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Guide title
vpype documentation notes: preparing your own line art for a pen plotter
Coverage
A reading of nine files from the vpype repository for anyone getting their own flat line drawing ready for a pen plotter. It ends with a numbered checklist and a case table pointing to what each file says. Based on the documentation only: nothing was installed or plotted, and no plotter, pen or plug-in is claimed to work.
Useful starting points
- Show the pen-up trajectories only while previewing, because otherwise those travel moves may end up being plotted.
- Page options on the write command change only the output file, so they cannot be previewed; use the layout and scale commands if you want to see the effect.
- For HPGL output the plotter model and paper format must already exist in a built-in or custom configuration.
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