Z from thickness / color

[barbarerik]

Hello Sameer,

Thanks for you tool, I really appreciated it. It works incredibly fast compared to Inkscape.
I am playing with pen drawing machine and wondering how difficult would it be implement Z position of the pen from thickness or color of the line in the SVG.
It could give us more options:
Different layers could work as an Layers
Gradients on the line as dynamic pressure imitation / or maybe laser intensity
or
Grayscale of the line could as well drive other motor for example pressure screw or rotating of the brush.

best

Thanks

[sameer]

The original goal of this tool was to take 2D shapes and convert them into X&Y paths.

I like the idea of being able to control Z and other things based on the SVG, but I'm not sure how best to integrate it. Feels like we'd need a scripting + template feature

[barbarerik]

Hello Samear

Thanks for answer.
Different Z values can create different line thicknesses. Imagine painting with a brush: the more you press, the thicker the line becomes. (Of course there are other factors - for example, when you start a stroke you need a pressure ramp; otherwise the brush hairs will splay and the beginning of the line direction can blur.)

Or consider a flat brush that can be rotated to match the tangent of the stroke. (sorry its just idea i got now :)

But the Z value could be nice upgrade.

best