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<div>That's great, thanks Justin. I imagine it will fly through polystyrene, the discs you get under supermarket Pizza to be more precise </div>
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<div>It appears that my favourite (only because I it was part of my college course) 2D CAD program, draftsight, can export EMF.</div>
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<div>http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2082504</div>
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<div>I can do a tutorial on this if there is anyone interested, in not a pro, but I can handle this thing pretty well.</div>
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<div>Python tutorials:</div>
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<div>I would love to learn Python for making android device apps:</div>
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<div>USB Serial communication</div>
<div>USB HID joysticks</div>
<div>Virtual buttons/joysticks</div>
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<div>Server</div>
<div>Reading/writing to an ESP8266 over wifi. </div>
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<div>These kind of thing are what I'm looking to achieve, I know I'll have to start small of course.</div>
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<div>From: Justin Mitchell <justin@swansea.hackspace.org.uk> </div>
<div>Date:10/06/2015 15:03 (GMT+00:00) </div>
<div>To: hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk </div>
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<div>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Next Technical Events? </div>
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<div class="PlainText">On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 13:43 +0100, David Davies-Day wrote:<br>
> Justin, what formats for artwork are needed for the Laser cutter? I<br>
> forget what the bed size is.<br>
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For cutting it has to be a vector format, the software only accepts EMF<br>
(Enhanced MetaFile) format, but anything that inkscape will accept will<br>
do as it can convert.<br>
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For engraving/rastering then emf or any standard bitmap format will do.<br>
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Your image should be single colour only, with black where you want to<br>
cut/mark.<br>
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The bed size is roughly A4, we havent measured it precisely yet.<br>
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Haven't finalised what to cover in the induction course, but i imagine<br>
it will be cutting some card, and engraving+cutting a small acrylic<br>
piece, with a fee to cover the material and laser running costs.<br>
Hopefully within the next 2 weeks.<br>
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