The AxiDraw lifts the pen off the page to different heights, but the only thing pulling the pen down -- the only thing applying pressure -- is its weight (plus a little weight from the pen holder). You can add different weight to change the pressure, but there's nothing that software can do to change the pressure.
thanks for answer. Maybe I was a little un-precise.
My aim is to "fade in and fade out" with a felt tip pen to get the typical fade lines at the beginning and the end of the writing (like a brush or patter where it is not fully inked). Currently it applies full force in the beginning and the end and makes a kind of dot at the beginning and the end of each word/cluster.
Even the weight of the pen is a force/pressure and it is possible to adjust it to a point where the pen is just touching the paper a very little bit that the fade is visible (and not the full inked line). In the Inkscape Axidraw menue it is possible to define the "pen height up" and "pen height down" for the whole document and not only for some letters or for the beginning and ending of each word.
A little of the function which I am looking for is in "pen rising and lowering rates" in the axisdraw menue but I would need more control about the rising and lowering (eg. force).
As the function of moving the pen up and down is technically given (yes it is the force of gravity which holds it down) I would be interested how it could be executed through software at specific point to be defined in the document.
Even if a function like this is not available I would be thankfull for a hind how to program it.
PS: I am completely new to inkscape but experienced software developer.
This set of questions is really getting into AxiDraw support territory, not Inkscape forum territory. I would recommend to move the discussion elsewhere. The EMS support discord would be more appropriate of a place, as would the relevant github discussions.
Using Inkscape with Cutters/Plotters Pen force / pen pressure
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I bought an AxiDraw3 but would need a device which can change the force with which the pencil is pushed to the paper.
This should be a software issue as the device in general can move the pencil up and down.
Is there any ad on or way to adjust the preassure force of the pen while drawing?
Thanks in advance
The AxiDraw lifts the pen off the page to different heights, but the only thing pulling the pen down -- the only thing applying pressure -- is its weight (plus a little weight from the pen holder). You can add different weight to change the pressure, but there's nothing that software can do to change the pressure.
thanks for answer. Maybe I was a little un-precise.
My aim is to "fade in and fade out" with a felt tip pen to get the typical fade lines at the beginning and the end of the writing (like a brush or patter where it is not fully inked). Currently it applies full force in the beginning and the end and makes a kind of dot at the beginning and the end of each word/cluster.
Even the weight of the pen is a force/pressure and it is possible to adjust it to a point where the pen is just touching the paper a very little bit that the fade is visible (and not the full inked line). In the Inkscape Axidraw menue it is possible to define the "pen height up" and "pen height down" for the whole document and not only for some letters or for the beginning and ending of each word.
A little of the function which I am looking for is in "pen rising and lowering rates" in the axisdraw menue but I would need more control about the rising and lowering (eg. force).
As the function of moving the pen up and down is technically given (yes it is the force of gravity which holds it down) I would be interested how it could be executed through software at specific point to be defined in the document.
Even if a function like this is not available I would be thankfull for a hind how to program it.
PS: I am completely new to inkscape but experienced software developer.
This set of questions is really getting into AxiDraw support territory, not Inkscape forum territory. I would recommend to move the discussion elsewhere. The EMS support discord would be more appropriate of a place, as would the relevant github discussions.
ok, will do. Thanks.