Making dots with just down up movement

[Debbie]

Hello- I am trying to figure out the settings to have the AxiDraw make dots by just touching the paper with a quick down-up movement. Just a tap, no side movement. I have been video’s of people doing this but can’t figure out how. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Windell Oskay]

Use short line segments, for example equal to the width of your pen (maybe 0.5 mm) or smaller.

[Debbie]

Thanks, tried that but the pen still looked like it was moving a bit sideways. But maybe it does in the videos too and I just can’t tell.

[Windell Oskay]

A path has to have at least two points. You can make these very close together, a line segment of width 0.01 mm is *much* smaller than a pen width, and should be indistinguishable from a dot.

Another approach is to make a tiny circle — again, start with your pen width or smaller — but that won’t be as small as a tiny segment.

[Debbie]

Thanks! I’ll give that a try.

[spkcore]

Thanks! I’ll give that a try.

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