Primarily, I’d like a tool that removes overlapping lines so the laser cutter doesn’t make two passes. I’ve considered it, but what I want done isn’t trivial (and hasn’t been done yet), so I haven’t gotten around to it. One nice thing about Inkscape is that writing your own plugins is an option. This is not something I’m familiar with yet. The laser cutter at VHS uses DXF, and people have said that Inkscape doesn’t export DXF reliably. As much as I hate it, I’m happy to show people what I know, so that they can avoid much of the pain I went through. That being said, I’ve used it a fair bit as part of my export process, going from CAD software -> DXF -> SVG -> laser cutter (maker labs). I, too, hate Inkscape, but unfortunately I haven’t found a cheap/free alternative. My question is what do you use (including Inkscape or illustrator)? Do you like it? Why do you like it?ĭon’t feel like you have to compare it to inkscape or illustrator I am open to any tools. If in the end there are no real alternatives I might have to break down and pay this price. It also costs $20 USD + Tax + exchange (closer to $28 CND) a MONTH! That’s too much and I won’t pay that much. Its the industry standard and its great with a huge community. The primary alternative is Adobe illustrator. In a lot of cases I would rather open paint, draw a bitmap and then convert it to a vector before bringing it in to Inkscape. I dread opening that tool just to fight with it for a few hours to get what I want.
The more I use Inkscape, the more tutorials I go though. I really want to like it, I want to support FOSS I use it in many of my workshops as it doesn’t force people to purchase tools. I want to like it as it is free, open source, and cross platform.
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