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README.md
axi
Unofficial Python library for working with the AxiDraw v3 pen plotter.
Features
- control AxiDraw v3 directly from Python with a simple API
- constant acceleration (trapezoidal velocity) motion planning
- path drawing order optimization
- drawing transformations
- translate, scale, rotate
- scale and/or rotate to fit page
- move to origin or center of page
- turtle graphics
TODO / Coming Soon
- primitives
- circles, arcs, beziers
- svg support
- preview (render to png)
- progress / status while drawing
Installation
axi
is not yet available on PyPI, so installation works like this:
git clone https://github.com/fogleman/axi.git
cd axi
pip install -e .
Of course, installing in a virtualenv
is always a good idea.
Then you can try the examples...
python examples/dragon_curve.py
Example
Use the turtle to draw a dragon curve, filling a standard US letter page.
import axi
def main(iteration):
turtle = axi.Turtle()
for i in range(1, 2 ** iteration):
turtle.forward(1)
if (((i & -i) << 1) & i) != 0:
turtle.circle(-1, 90, 36)
else:
turtle.circle(1, 90, 36)
drawing = turtle.drawing.rotate_and_scale_to_fit(11, 8.5, step=90)
axi.draw(drawing)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main(12)