How I Create Generative Art for the AxiDraw Pen Plotter

This is a demo of one of the Processing sketches I use to create generative art for my pen plotter.
The code for this sketch is available on GitHub:
github.com/cad...

[@DanielSimu]

Thanks for sharing your methods! Cool to see how you made an editor for your sketches :)

[@urticadesign3737]

Thanks for sharing! I am looking forward to try it!

[@rhadiem]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Now to figure out how to run this. :)

[@cadinb]

Just install Processing and use it to run `sketch/sketch.pde`.

[@LemoniumOre]

still didn't understand :(

[@joaquinbatinicrey7307]

Really nice! These look sick

[@ainsworthcoultart2044]

Amazing keep up the good work!

[@MaximoToro]

How would one, as a complete beginner with zero coding/programming knowledge go about learning how to code generative art?

[@cadinb]

Check out the Coding Train videos: thecodingtrain.com

[@cyberlaurent2101]

You're a genious. Merci beaucoup.

[@_Error_404_Goodbye]

This is great! What type of gcode sender do you use for your plotter? Are there any specific post processors required for your machine? What kind of machine is it? Sorry, I have my nerd hat on and it appears to be stuck in place lol. Im currently building plotter and though I’ve built printers and CNCs in the past, the plotter has features I’m not very familiar with so I get hung up on certain things like the servo being used with GRBL, drawing on round objects on a rotary 4th axis (eggbot), auto tool change stuff. The possibilities are endless with this stuff, well, I guess they’re endless if you have the skills to implement them lol for sure looking forward to trying this out though, very cool 🍻

[@cadinb]

I use an AxiDraw, an off-the-shelf plotter with both a CLI and a plugin for Inkscape you can use to send SVG files to the plotter.

[@dineshvyas]

That is amazing

[@nirajpangarkar5722]

Hey Thanks for sharing! I have been doing similar work although When i export the svg for the plotter, it usually draws individual tiles and not continous path. any tips around that? That would be helpful :)

[@cadinb]

Yeah, the paths are not joined in the Processing output. The "reordering" option in the AxiDraw CLI cleans it up for me, but you can also do it with tools like vpype.

[@bunty2206]

This is really cool. Recently started with Generative after building a GRBL plotter. Some of the samples you showed are really cool. Would it be possible to share the svg of Head/ Tail/ Joiners of the samples that you showed in the video?

[@cadinb]

Thanks. I don’t usually share the custom graphic elements because that’s a big part of what makes my art unique from what anyone else could create by using my code. But the repo has the SVGs for the generic round ends. You should be able to use those as a guide for making your own.

[@chopisdish7497]

@@cadinb Правильно ! Интеллектуальная собственность! Успехов вам в вашем творчестве!

[@devoni_com]

Very cool, what is your specialty sir?

[@cadinb]

What do you mean?

[@devoni_com]

@@cadinb I mean your specialty, work or study

[@cadinb]

I studied graphic design, and I do UX design and prototyping as my job.

[@metamour]

Hi m, any chance you are selling the software, so i can get my plotter busy? i‘m a graphic designer and would like to make some some art. thabks a lot!

[@cadinb]

You can download it from GitHub: github.com/cadin/generative-noodles Free to all.