pygrbl_build
A collection of algorithms to generate G-code for GRBL diode lasers from different sources, plus tooling around the G-code itself. Five generators today:
- Line-to-Line (
l2l_gcode) — raster engraving from an image, with LaserGRBL fidelity. - Jarvis (
jarvis_gcode) — 1-bit Jarvis-Judice-Ninke error diffusion followed by the same raster G-code engine. The dots are short powered raster segments, as in LaserGRBL. - SVG vector (
svg_gcode) — vector tracing from an SVG (paths, basic shapes, groups, transforms), a faithful port of LaserGRBL's SVG import. Pure Python, no extra dependency. - Image vector (
img2vector_gcode) — outline tracing from a raster image (LaserGRBL's "Vectorize!"): the image is reduced to black/white, Potrace traces its outlines as closed contours, and each curve is emitted as G2/G3 arcs. Pure Python, Pillow only. Outlines only today (no interior filling yet). - Image to SVG (
img2svg) — the same Potrace trace asimg2vector_gcode, but the contours are written to a standard vector SVG instead of G-code. Inner contours become holes (fill-ruleevenodd), so you get the filled black silhouette potrace.exe produces. Pure Python, Pillow only.
Plus G-code bounds & framing (get_bounding_box +
generate_framing_gcode): a fast C parser for the bounding box of any
G-code (file or in-memory) and a framing pass that traces it, so the
operator can confirm placement before engraving.
Part of the pygrbl family, a set of libraries to manage GRBL.
Companion to pygrbl_streamer and pygrbl_server
Speed
This is the whole point. A full 300 mm @ 10 lines/mm raster job — nearly 4.7 million lines of G-code — comes out in ~0.34 s. LaserGRBL can take around 2 minutes to produce the same job: that's roughly a 350× speedup, and byte-for-byte the same output.
Install
pip install pygrbl-build
The only requirements are Pillow and a C compiler. Pillow is the single Python dependency (image loading and resizing); the C compiler is needed at install time because the raster engine ships as a C extension. Nothing else — no numpy, no runtime toolchain.
Use
from pygrbl_build import L2LProfile, l2l_gcode, write_gcode
profile = L2LProfile(width_mm=300.0, lines_per_mm=10.0, feed=3000, s_max=100)
write_gcode(l2l_gcode("shield.png", profile), "shield.nc")
Documentation
- Raster: Line-to-Line and Jarvis engraving, and the image inputs they accept.
- Vector: SVG to G-code, image to G-code outlines, and image to SVG.
- Bounds and framing: the bounding box of any G-code, and a framing pass around it.
- Output: writing G-code, lazy line iterators, and the public API.
- Changelog
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