Hello,
I'm trying to help someone use your Gcode tools extensions in Inkscape. We're both using version 0.92.1 and both on Windows. I'm on Windows 7 and they're on Windows XP.
We're using your tutorial which is attached PDF. We're confused about Step 6. Could you please explain the following?
"Go to Extensions -> Gcode tools ...
Fill in Tool diameter in the Preferences tab
Then go to Area tab, and fill in Area radius."
There seems to be something missing between "Gcode tools ..." and "Fill in Tool diameter...." Which dialog should we open?
I did find Area extension dialog which does have an Area tab. But there is no option or setting called "Area radius". There is "Area Width". But most people think of width being equivalent to diameter. And mathematically, diameter is twice the radius (radius times 2).
We can figure out the Area Radius ok, using your instructions (which come after the quote above). But do we multiply the radius by 2, and enter in Area Width? Or else, where do we enter the Area Radius?
What about filling in Tool Diameter? I find that the Area dialog does have a Preferences tab. But there is no option or setting called "Tool Diameter".
We already found the tool diameter, using Tools Library dialog > Cylinder. But we don't know where to put it.
Or maybe Area dialog is not where the Area Radius and Tool Diameter need to be entered? If not, where to put them?
Also, near the bottom of Step 6, it says to choose "Calculate Area curves" and click Apply. But I can't find anything about "Calculate Area curves" in Area dialog, or in any of the gcodetools extension dialogs. How can we complete Step 6?
Thank you very much