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Author: arpruss

gcodeplot.inx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">gcodeplot.py</dependency>
   <param name="tab" type="notebook">
     <page name="general" _gui-text="General Settings ">
-      <param name="tool-mode" type="enum" _gui-text="Tool mode:" _gui-description="In draw mode, tool offset, overcut and inside-out sorting settings are ignored. In cut mode, shading is always disabled, optimization is disabled and inside-out sorting is always enabled. In custom mode, one can mix and match these.">
+      <param name="tool-mode" type="enum" _gui-text="Tool mode:" _gui-description="In draw mode, tool offset, overcut and inside-out sorting settings are ignored. In cut mode, shading, optimization and direction are always disabled and inside-out sorting is always enabled. In custom mode, one can mix and match these.">
         <item value="draw">drawing</item>
         <item value="cut">cutting</item>
         <item value="custom">custom</item>
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
       <param name="shading-angle" type="float" min="0" max="180" precision="1" _gui-text="Shading angle (degrees)" _gui-description="Angle of shading lines">45</param>
       <param name="boolean-shading-crosshatch" type="boolean" _gui-text="Crosshatching" _gui-description="Crosshatching when shading">0</param>
       <param name="optimization-time" type="int" min="0" max="600" precision="1" _gui-text="Optimization time (sec.):" _gui-description="Maximum amount of time to spend optimizing pen movement (typical is half of it).">60</param>
+      <param name="direction" type="enum" _gui-text="Preferred drawing direction (degrees):" _gui-description="If specified, the plotter will avoid moving against this direction. Currently not compatible with optimization. (Default: none)">
+        <item value="none">none</item>
+        <item value="0">0 (positive x)</item>
+        <item value="90">90 (positive y)</item>
+        <item value="180">180 (negative x)</item>
+        <item value="270">270 (negative y)</item>
+      </param>
     </page>
     <page name="cutting" _gui-text="Cutting Settings">
       <param name="tool-offset" type="float" min="0" max="1000" precision="2" _gui-text="Tool offset (mm):" _gui-description="Horizontal distance from tool rotation axis to cutting tip (default: 1)">1</param>

gcodeplot.py

@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ def help(error=False):
         shader.unshadedThreshold = 0
         optimizationTime = 0
         sortPaths = True
+        directionAngle = None
     elif toolMode == 'draw':
         toolOffset = 0.
         sortPaths = False