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DXF Ruler Generator

Quickly create rulers for digital fabrication.

Generate DXF files for laser cutting and engraving custom sized rulers, which can then be easily manufactured at the nearest FabLab.

Description

This project consists of a Python script that takes an Integer as argument to draw a ruler's 2D profile of the given size, in centimeters.

The output file uses the .dxf extension, which can be used for laser cutting and engraving.

Requirements

Python 3.6+

Installation

pip install dxf-ruler-generator

Usage

The following command will create a file ruler_7cm.dxf on the current working directory:

dxf-ruler-generator 7

This is how the file looks like when imported on a laser fabrication software:

Changelog

0.0.4: specify Python 3.6+ as required version;
0.0.3: print generated file abspath;
0.0.2: 'dxf-ruler-generator' works on CLI;
0.0.1: Initial release;

Quick tip

You might need to enable the importing of dxf text on the laser fabrication software. Here's an example on RDWorksV8:

Licensing

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

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Error: AttributeError: 'Text' object has no attribute 'set_pos'

Hello I wanted to give this script a shot and I ran in the following error:

Please note that I'm using Python3

python3 --version
Python 3.9.6

z ruler # go to my working directory
Successfully installed ezdxf-1.0.2 pyparsing-3.0.9 typing-extensions-4.5.0
WARNING: You are using pip version 21.2.4; however, version 23.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
➜  Ruler python3 -m dxf_ruler_generator 7

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/Users/besi/Fablab/Ruler/dxf_ruler_generator.py", line 74, in <module>
    run()
  File "/Users/besi/Fablab/Ruler/dxf_ruler_generator.py", line 50, in run
    msp.add_text(
AttributeError: 'Text' object has no attribute 'set_pos'