You can use version 1 to create the drawing and load those drawings into the earlier version to do the code generation but that is a bit of a pain. I find that Inkscape V 0.9.2 still works for generating Gcode, it is frustrating to still have to use it when there are all the improvements in version 1. I’m not saying mine is right or the best but it works for me and may help someone else. Please bear in mind that I have only been using Inkscape for just over a week and have watched and read numerous tutorials online, some of them useful, and that there are probably numerous routes through this program to achieve the results you want.
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I created my image in Adobe Photoshop.
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First, I have listed out the steps I have used to successfully produce the G-code followed by the outstanding tasks, you may find them helpful. I’ve spent the last week and a half on this and today managed to achieve my goal, although there are still a few things to be done, listed below. My challenge was to get from an image to a G-code file that I could send to the machine and make it engrave my image in wood. I bought it just to find out how it all worked, pure curiosity, nothing else. I have been using Inkscape as a complete beginner, to try and generate G-code for my CNC3018 Pro engraving machine.