Using Inkscape for laser cutting

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Introduction

Inkscape is a popular tool within creative commons/opensource communities, e.g. fablabs and for several reasons:

• The drawing tool is decent enough
• It supports the popular SVG format (and uses an extended version for itself). This allows publishing drawings directly on an HTML5 page. In addition, there are nice repositories for drawings, e.g. http://clipart.org or the https://thenounproject.com.
• There are interesting extensions and probably, over time, there will be more.

Using Inkscape with Trotec laser cutters

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List of extensions

First, learn how to install extensions, e.g. Ubuntu, read How to install inkscape extension in Ubuntu. Basically, you have to find the extension directory and then copy two files.

• Read Inkscape Extensions and Addons

JigSaw Extension

• Download the zip file from Gihub
• tutorial

Lasercut box

• https://inkscape.org/en/~Neon22/%E2%98%85lasercut-tabbed-box
• download zip