@jakebeamish/penplotting
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A JavaScript framework for making SVG files for penplotters.
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Penplotting.js
Penplotting.js is a JavaScript framework for making generative art in SVG format for penplotters. This project is a personal project, and as such, it is a work-in-progress. New features and breaking changes are to be expected in future updates. Use at your own discretion, feel free to contribute and raise issues.
Features
- A Plot class to contain everything needed to create and render the SVG
- Shapes and geometry classes: 2D Vector, Line, Path, Circle, AABB
- Seedable PRNG implementations with useful methods
- Quadtree for optimised nearest-neighbour search
- Paper sizes
Installation
npm i @jakebeamish/penplotting
Usage
To start a new plot, run
npx new-plot
This will create new default index.html
, style.css
and plot.js
files.
Inside plot.js
, adjust the options for initializing the plot:
const plot = new Plot({
units: "mm",
title: "My amazing plot",
size: Paper.A5,
strokeWidth: 0.05
});
Define a plot.generate() function, in which Vectors, Lines and other shapes can be created, manipulated, and added to the SVG document using plot.add(shapes)
.
// This is where the work is made
plot.generate = () => {
// Create Lines from Vectors
const a = new Vector(10, 10);
const b = new Vector(90, 90);
const line = new Line(a, b);
// Add shapes to the Plot
plot.add(line);
}
plot.draw();
Calling plot.draw()
at the end of the file will generate an SVG element and
UI inside index.html
, which can be opened in a browser.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Action | Key |
|-|-|
|Download an SVG file|d
|
|Regenerate with random seed|r
|
Plotting the SVG files
The SVG file can be downloaded and optionally processed further. Personally, I use vpype to optimise the file, and then the axidraw Inkscape plugin to control the plotter.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome. Issues, comments and Pull Requests can be made at https://github.com/jakebeamish/penplot-svg-tool/issues.
The project is tested using jest. Documentation is generated using JSDoc.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE.md file for details.
Acknowledgements
This project incorporates code from:
- CodingTrain/Quadtree - Licensed under the MIT License.