In the latest CRAFT video, Meg Allan Cole details the construction of a silhouette portrait wall hanging using Adobe Illustrator and a computer-controlled electronic cutter.
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Ilustrator is $$$. Lets see this done with some opensource software like Inkscape
The use of the tools is very similar, and the machine’s own software supports .dxf files, so by all means use Inkscape. Like many projects here, we just used what we had.
The use of the tools is very similar, and the machine’s own software supports .dxf files, so by all means use Inkscape. Like many projects here, we just used what we had.
Ilustrator is $$$. Lets see this done with some opensource software like Inkscape
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