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Author: arpruss

gcodeplot.inx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <item value="cut">cutting</item>
         <item value="custom">custom</item>
       </param>
-      <param name="tolerance" type="float" min="0.0001" max="10.0" precision="2" _gui-text="Precision (mm):" _gui-description="Set rendering precision (Default: 0.05)">0.05</param>
+      <param name="tolerance" type="float" min="0.0001" max="10.0" precision="3" _gui-text="Precision (mm):" _gui-description="Set rendering precision (Default: 0.05)">0.05</param>
       <param name="min-x" type="float" min="-1000000" max="1000000" precision="1" _gui-text="Left x-coordinate (mm):" _gui-description="x-coordinate of the print area's left edge (Default: 0)">0</param>
       <param name="min-y" type="float" min="-1000000" max="1000000" precision="1" _gui-text="Lower y-coordinate (mm):" _gui-description="y-coordinate of the print area's lower edge (Default: 0)">0</param>
       <param name="max-x" type="float" min="-1000000" max="1000000" precision="1" _gui-text="Right x-coordinate (mm):" _gui-description="x-coordinate of the print area's right edge (Default: 200)">200</param>
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
       <param name="pen-up-speed" type="float" min="-1000000" max="1000000" precision="1" _gui-text="Movement speed (mm/s):" _gui-description="Speed  moving with pen up (Default: 40)">40</param>
       <param name="pen-down-speed" type="float" min="-1000000" max="1000000" precision="1" _gui-text="Draw speed (mm/s):" _gui-description="Speed moving with pen down (Default: 35)">35</param>
       <param name="z-speed" type="float" min="-1000000" max="1000000" precision="1" _gui-text="Z-speed (mm/s):" _gui-description="Speed moving pen up/down (Default: 5)">5</param>
+      <param name="send" type="string" _gui-text="Serial port to send gcode to (blank not to send)" _gui-description="If you enter the name of your serial port here (e.g., COM4), then you can directly send the file to your device."></param>
     </page>
     <page name="fitting" _gui-text="Fitting and Extracting">
       <param name="scale" type="enum" _gui-text="Scaling mode:" _gui-description="Method for scaling to print area (Default: none; should be 'none' if tool-offset option is set in cutter tab)">

gcodeplot.py

@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ def help(error=False):
             elif opt in ('-t', '--tolerance'):
                 tolerance = float(arg)
             elif opt in ('-s', '--send'):
-                sendPort = arg
+                sendPort = None if len(arg.strip()) == 0 else arg
             elif opt == '--no-send':
                 sendPort = None
             elif opt in ('-S', '--send-speed'):

gcodeplotutils/sendgcode.py

@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
-import serial
 import time
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+try:
+    import serial
+except ImportError, e:
+    sys.stderr.write("""pyserial is not installed.
+You can download the pyserial .whl file from: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial
+Then rename it to .zip on Windows, and if you're using gcodeplot as an Inkscape extension, 
+put the "serial" subfolder from the zip in c:\Program Files\Inkscape\python\Lib\ or 
+c:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\python\Lib\
+""")
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 class FakeSerial(object):
     def __init__(self, name):

svgpath/parser.py

@@ -534,6 +534,6 @@ def scale(width, height, viewBox, z):
     return ( paths, applyMatrix(matrix, complex(viewBox[0], viewBox[1])), 
                 applyMatrix(matrix, complex(viewBox[2], viewBox[3])) )
 
-def getPathsFromSVGFile(filename,yGrowsUp=True):
+def getPathsFromSVGFile(filename,yGrowsUp=Truez):
     return getPathsFromSVG(ET.parse(filename).getroot(),yGrowsUp=yGrowsUp)