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wallter/plotter-app/text_to_gcode.py

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from Gcode_generator import Gcode
from Gcode_generator import Machine
from HersheyFonts import HersheyFonts
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
machine_type = Machine.THREEAXIS
# Create an instance of the Gcode class
gcode = Gcode(
file="test_gcode", # Output file name (no .gcode extension)
mm_per_px=0.1, # Conversion factor: mm per pixel
speed=1000, # Speed in mm/min
machine=machine_type,
max_s=255, # Laser power (only for LASER machines)
safe_z= 5,
work_z= 0
)
thefont = HersheyFonts()
thefont.load_default_font()
thefont.normalize_rendering(100)
text_lines = thefont.lines_for_text('Wallter is a wall plotter')
# print(next(text_lines)[0])
# first_point = next(text_lines)[0]
# gcode.go_to(first_point[0], first_point[1])
last_p2 = (0,0)
for (x1, y1), (x2, y2) in text_lines:
if((x1, y1) == last_p2):
gcode.write_to(x2 ,y2)
else:
gcode.draw_line(x1, y1, x2, y2)
last_p2 = (x2,y2)
# Draw a line from (10, 20) to (30, 40)
# gcode.draw_line(10, 20, 30, 40)
# Finish the G-code file
gcode.end_gcode()
print("G-code file generated: test_gcode.gcode")