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# Axidraw v3 Pen Plotter
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> WARNING: THE MOTORS ARE ANGRY WITH OUR SPRINGS
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**up height 70% down height 84%**
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This is an axidraw v3 pen plotter. Lippe designed and built a bracket system to make it hang vertically, with adjustable captured bolts to help with angles.
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A raspberry pi zero w is running saxi on http://plotter.local:9080
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## Workflow
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1. Move the plotter to the top left corner or you will burn out the motors
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2. Place a sharpie in the holder **making sure the bottom bracket is grabbing the gray part of the sharpie**
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3. Go to http://plotter.local:9080
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4. Find/make an svg you want to plot
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5. Drag that svg on the page, check the layers are ok, and plot!
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## Plotting resources
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https://drawingbots.net/
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It can be useful to create test sheets for both pens and papers, to see how geometry renders. Some samples of a sort of "contact sheet" to help in previsualizing designs: https://arnaudpfeffer.com/Contact-Sheet
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## Plotting inspiration
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https://arnaudpfeffer.com/
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