I would recommend to install the extensions into the user Inkscape profile to avoid overwriting any files belonging to the original installation. On the Gcodetools page you can find generic instructions for Linux and Windows - don't hesitate to ask here if you need more details for your platform.

On linux, you'd have to checkout the source code and build it yourself - there are no current PPAs with nightly builds available as far as I know.Ībout the installation: I seem to have been distracted when writing the previous answer… sorry for assuming you are using Inkscape on a Mac without asking first (that's simply the OS I'm currently working on)!

49Ībout the development builds: there are also development snapshot builds for Windows available. I will try the extension or wait for release. Please do read the tutorials on the Gcodetools forum page - most of the options are far too specific to gcode, CNC, cutting/plotting/engraving as for the Inkscape project to be able to provide more support beyond basic installation instructions. use 'Go > Go to Folder' (Shift+Cmd+G') to browse to the (hidden) extension folder '$HOME/.config/inkscape/extensions' (enter the string as is, without the quotes, and don't change upper-/lower case or punctuation)

Please do read the tutorials on the Gcodetools forum page - most of the options are far too specific to gcode, CNC, cutting/ plotting/ engraving as for the Inkscape project to be able to provide more support beyond basic installation instructions. paste 'gcodetools' from the clipboard (Cmd+V)ĥ) the extension should now have been added as 'Extensions > Gcodetools' config/ inkscape/ extensions' (enter the string as is, without the quotes, and don't change upper-/lower case or punctuation) use 'Go > Go to Folder' (Shift+Cmd+G') to browse to the (hidden) extension folder '$HOME/. in the Finder, copy (Cmd+C) the folder 'gcodetools' My bad - I made a mistake by confusing the Inkscape versions I have installed locally: the extension 'Gcodetool' is only included in the development branch of Inkscape (milestoned for Inkscape 0.49), not yet in the latest stable release version:Ī) download a (unstable) development snapshot fromī) or download and install the extension yourself:Ģ) in the Finder, double-click the downloaded file to unpack it (it is a gzipped tar archive)ģ) move the unpacked folder 'gcodetools' into your user extensions folder:

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