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Long winded process for Cinema4D to Plotter
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dxy-from-bitmap.md

Convert your image to .bmp, then run it through autotrace

autotrace --centerline --error-threshold 0.5 iceland.bmp --output-file iceland.eps

Convert EPS to HPGL, then Optimise it

pstoedit -f plot-hpgl -pagesize a4 iceland.eps iceland.hpgl && 
hpgl-distiller -i iceland.hpgl -o iceland_optimal.hpgl

Then plot!

plotter.write_file('iceland_optimal.hpgl')

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dxy.md

Cinema4D to HP DXY Plotter.

  1. Create art with Sketch and toon in C4D

  2. Export as Illustrator (.ai) file

  3. Open Illustrator, adjust and resave as EPS

  4. Install Post script to edit: brew install pstoedit

  5. Install http://pldaniels.com/hpgl-distiller/

  6. Convert the EPS and Optimise:

     pstoedit -f plot-hpgl imagefile.eps fulloutput.hpgl

 hpgl-distiller -i fulloutput.hpgl -o distilled.hpgl

  7. Run final file through Chiplotle: http://sites.music.columbia.edu/cmc/chiplotle/

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