Step 6: Dye the egg blue (where the photo was taken). (Remember that in step 1, we moved some of the lines from the original file from this layer to layer 1.) fixthat he created for exporting files from Inkscape for the Eggbot.
extensions to Inkscape, the excellent, popular and free vector graphics program. To use these extensions, you need Inkscape, a free, open source and crossplatform. Since the wax is applied over red areas, the area under the wax will remain red when we're done. Total re-imagining of the EggBot Designed for rigidity, ease of use. Step 5: Apply wax with the Electro-kistka, from the layer called "3-green." This is the set of straight lines at the top and bottom of the drawing. Put an egg (or whatever youre going to draw on in the Egg-bot).
Version 1.6a tested with Inkscape Portable 0.91, Eggbot Extension and patched eggbot.py. A modification to the file: We doubled and flipped the zigzags on the top and bottom (Edit>Duplicate, Object>Flip Vertical) to make them into diamonds, not just zigzags. Arduino Firmware for Eggbot / Spherebot with Inkscape-Integration. Since the wax is applied over yellow areas, the area under the wax will remain yellow when we're done. Step 3: Apply wax with the Electro-kistka, from the layer called "2-blue." This is the set of zigzags at the top and bottom of the drawing. Step 2: Dye the egg yellow and dry the egg. A modification to the file: We moved four of the eight horizontal stripes from the layer "3-green" to the "1-black" layer to increase the amount of white in the drawing.
Since the wax is applied over bare white egg, the area under the wax will remain white when we're done. Step 1: Starting with the (white) egg, apply wax with the Electro-kistka, from the layer called "1-black." This is the layer with the wide center "propeller" shapes. This egg was made starting with the "traditional1-layers.svg" example file, and making a few little modifications to it: I can walk you through the process, using one of our standard example files. With a computer, Inkscape software, and the EggBot, you are ready to create some incredibly artistic eggs, ping-pong balls, or other items.