drawscape-factorio 0.12

Drawscape Factorio

Drawing a Factorio Base with a Pen Plotter

CLI written in Python to create SVG images from Factorio base data that you can then draw on a pen plotter.

Demo

In case you are wondering what pen plotting is, checkout this video: Pen Plotting Video Demo

Installation

Clone this repository and then run:

pip3 install -e .

Exporting Map Data out of Factorio

Currently using a Factorio MOD called FUE5-Exporter to export all entites on a map in JSON format.

https://github.com/FUE5BASE/FUE5-Exporter

1. Install the MOD via the Factorio GUI. Search for FUE5
2. Use MOD to "select" area of the map you want to export. Try to "frame" your seletion to only export the area you want to render.
3. Find the exported-entities.json file inside your Factorio Application Data

• For OS X Steam install (~/Library/Application Support/factorio/script-output)
• Maybe here as well (%APPDATA%/Factorio/script-output)

4. Copy/Paste they JSON file somewhere else so you can work with it. It will get overwritten if you leave it there.

Usage

drawscape-factorio create --json exported-entities.json

• --optimize will run vpype commands to prepare the SVG for efficient pen plotting. This will not work unless you already have vpype installed via the command line. https://github.com/abey79/vpype

Themes

Goal being more themes can be implimented that will uniquely render each of the Entity Types. Most likely each theme will be dedicated to a specific pen type and paper size.

Notes

• I've only tested this on a Mac (OSX)
• For some reason the FUE5-Exporter mod isn't exporting roads.

Examples

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7775d327-aca9-47a2-a217-86d0da47bf09

Distribution

PyPi API saved in ~/.pypirc for auto-atuh

Increment version number each distribution

python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
twine upload dist/*