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Fixed scaling of inkscrap 0.92 and later

20 Jun 19:03
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Brix fixed scaling of svg files from the latest version of inkscrape.
shiver-0.0.5.zip

Fixed some over-optimization bugs that were triggered by the new rasterizer

16 Jul 12:46
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The jerks were too large, but have now been disciplined.

Optimized rastering

11 Jul 18:51
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This release brings great strides in rastering performance, especially for very large, sparse rasters.

  • Switched to a proper fixed-point dithering implementation from the twelve monkeys image library.
  • Implemented more detailed SVG output, where CSS classes are used to indicate different kinds of paths, see the embedded stylesheet in the output SVG for details:
    • move: green, thin
    • cut: black, thick
    • engraving with the laser on: dark blue, thick
    • engraving with the laser off: red, half-thick
    • engraving acceleration: yellow, half-thick
  • Implemented two new rastering modes, selectable via the photonsaw-raster-optimization style parameter:
    • none: The old rastering mode, each line of a raster is scanned at the raster-speed from the first pixel to the last.
    • fast: Sufficiently long blank spaces in each line is traversed at max speed in stead of the raster-speed.
    • fastest: Lines are split into sections which allow distant parts of the image to be rastered individually.

Benchmarks for some different SVGs:

SVG NONE FAST FASTEST
frandsen.svg, low-res 337 s 318 s 302 s
frandsen.svg, high-res 1060 s 995 s 901 s
flemming,svg, high-res 3191 s 2566 s 2005 s
flemming,svg, low-res 1000 s 808 s 707 s

The larger the raster and the more sparse it is, the more advantage there is to the optimization.
See the tool paths in the optimization-data.zip

First release with working cornering

28 Jun 18:41
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This release fixes the long-standing cornering problem, so motion is now much smoother.

First release of the shiver host-side code

27 Feb 13:43
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UI-less release of the host-side code, this is useful for using the machine, but there is no fancy UI to point and click at.

To simulate a cut (without moving the machine) use:
java -Ddw.machine.simulating=true -jar shiver-0.0.1.jar svg config.yaml --svg=../speedy/speed-6-25.svg

To cut for real, use:
java -jar shiver-0.0.1.jar svg config.yaml --svg=../speedy/speed-6-25.svg