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<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:04, 5 January 2020</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Leo's notes about 2D and 3D design and tools.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Leo's notes about 2D and 3D design and tools.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>= Modes =</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>= 2D - Laser Cutting and engraving =</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Link to [[Laser CNC]] notes</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Life cycle:</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div># Design the 2D object (Inkscape, or any graphical editor)</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div># Export to a compatible format: Gcode or DXF</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div># Send to the laser cutter</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>== Inkscape for Laser cutting ==</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Good and short tutorial videos:</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwqlf5iirbM Laser Cutting With Inkscape Tutorial]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Notes: about Inkscape and Linux</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>====Problem1: python 2.7 vs 3 for gcodetools====</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>* There is an extension for Gcode export. </div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>* It appears to be written for Python 2, while the newest Inkscape appears to be running Python 3. There might be problems with running the extensions. Change the default version for python to be 2.7 like this:</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>** Open Inkscape preferences, usually here: &lt;code&gt;~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml&lt;/code&gt;</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>** Search for </div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> &lt;group</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> id="extensions"</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> …</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> org.ekips.filter.gears.pitch="20"</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> org.ekips.filter.gears.angle="20" /&gt;</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>** Change to - add the following:</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> &lt;group</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> id="extensions"</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> python-interpreter="/usr/bin/python2.7"</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> …</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> org.ekips.filter.gears.pitch="20"</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> org.ekips.filter.gears.angle="20" /&gt;</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>** More info here: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_Interpreters</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>===Problem2: unittouu===</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>After running gcodetools extension you may get the error:</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>:: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'unittouu'</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>The solution is to update the gcodetools.py as follows. For me, this was on the line 5864 where &lt;code&gt;inkex.unittouu()&lt;/code&gt; is called.</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>The problem is that it is referenced as </div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> doc_height = inkex.unittouu(...</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Fix this as follows:</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> doc_height = self.unittouu(...</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>= Topics =</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>= Topics =</div></td> </tr> </table>

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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Problem2: unittouu</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:17, 31 December 2019</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>===Problem2: unittouu===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>===Problem2: unittouu===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>After running gcodetools extension you may get</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>After running gcodetools extension you may get<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> the error:</ins></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>:: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'unittouu'</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>:: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'unittouu'</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> </table>

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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Problem2: unittouu</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:17, 31 December 2019</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 35:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 35:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>:: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'unittouu'</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>:: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'unittouu'</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>The solution is to update the gcodetools.py as follows. For me, this was on the line 5864 where unittouu is called.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>The solution is to update the gcodetools.py as follows. For me, this was on the line 5864 where <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;code&gt;inkex.</ins>unittouu<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">()&lt;/code&gt;</ins> is called.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>The problem is that it is referenced as </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>The problem is that it is referenced as </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div> doc_height = inkex.unittouu(...</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div> doc_height = inkex.unittouu(...</div></td> </tr> </table>

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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Problem2: unittouu</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:44, 31 December 2019</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>The solution is to update the gcodetools.py as follows. For me, this was on the line 5864 where unittouu is called.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>The solution is to update the gcodetools.py as follows. For me, this was on the line 5864 where unittouu is called.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>The problem is that it is referenced as </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>The problem is that it is referenced as </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> inkex.unittouu(...</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">doc_height = </ins>inkex.unittouu(...</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Fix this as follows:</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Fix this as follows:</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> self.unittouu(...</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">doc_height = </ins>self.unittouu(...</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>= Topics =</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>= Topics =</div></td> </tr> </table>

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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Inkscape for Laser cutting</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:44, 31 December 2019</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Notes: about Inkscape and Linux</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Notes: about Inkscape and Linux</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>====Problem1: python 2.7 vs 3 for gcodetools====</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* There is an extension for Gcode export. </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* There is an extension for Gcode export. </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* It appears to be written for Python 2, while the newest Inkscape appears to be running Python 3. There might be problems with running the extensions. Change the default version for python to be 2.7 like this:</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* It appears to be written for Python 2, while the newest Inkscape appears to be running Python 3. There might be problems with running the extensions. Change the default version for python to be 2.7 like this:</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 30:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 31:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>** More info here: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_Interpreters</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>** More info here: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_Interpreters</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>===Problem2: unittouu===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>After running gcodetools extension you may get</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>:: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'unittouu'</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>The solution is to update the gcodetools.py as follows. For me, this was on the line 5864 where unittouu is called.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>The problem is that it is referenced as </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div> inkex.unittouu(...</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Fix this as follows:</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div> self.unittouu(...</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>= Topics =</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>= Topics =</div></td> </tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot;Leo&#039;s notes about 2D and 3D design and tools. = 2D - Laser Cutting and engraving = Life cycle: # Design the 2D object (Inkscape, or any graphical editor) # Export to a compat...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Leo&#039;s notes about 2D and 3D design and tools.<br /> <br /> = 2D - Laser Cutting and engraving =<br /> Life cycle:<br /> # Design the 2D object (Inkscape, or any graphical editor)<br /> # Export to a compatible format: Gcode or DXF<br /> # Send to the laser cutter<br /> <br /> == Inkscape for Laser cutting ==<br /> Good and short tutorial videos:<br /> * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwqlf5iirbM Laser Cutting With Inkscape Tutorial]<br /> <br /> Notes: about Inkscape and Linux<br /> * There is an extension for Gcode export. <br /> * It appears to be written for Python 2, while the newest Inkscape appears to be running Python 3. There might be problems with running the extensions. Change the default version for python to be 2.7 like this:<br /> ** Open Inkscape preferences, usually here: &lt;code&gt;~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ** Search for <br /> &lt;group<br /> id=&quot;extensions&quot;<br /> …<br /> org.ekips.filter.gears.pitch=&quot;20&quot;<br /> org.ekips.filter.gears.angle=&quot;20&quot; /&gt;<br /> ** Change to - add the following:<br /> &lt;group<br /> id=&quot;extensions&quot;<br /> python-interpreter=&quot;/usr/bin/python2.7&quot;<br /> …<br /> org.ekips.filter.gears.pitch=&quot;20&quot;<br /> org.ekips.filter.gears.angle=&quot;20&quot; /&gt;<br /> ** More info here: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_Interpreters<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> = Topics =<br /> * [[Topo_to_3D | No topogrāfiskajām kartēm līdz drukājamam 3d modelim]]</div>

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