This update to the EggBot driver software including the following major enhancements:

• #36: All-new Hatch Fill extension-- provides neat connections between the endpoints of the hatching, for fast, efficient filling. It is now located in the EggBot menu (rather than the EggBot Contributed) menu.
• New version of Hershey Text, with many new fonts added, as well as a new option to generate a font table so that you can see them all.
• #12 Removed "Strip EggBot Data" extension to save clutter in the EggBot menu. Added its functionality back, as "strip plotter data" option in manual tab.

This update also contains these additional fixes and enhancements:

• #40: Unicode caused issues in layer names
• #41: Previously using wrong pen delay value
• #43: Spiral Wrapped Text fails under certain circumstances
• #44: Catch certain communication failures that could cause a plot to fail
• #45: Ignore warnings from other layers when plotting single layer. Also, improve speed of parsing documents
• #46: Catch certain other communication failures that could cause a plot to fail
• #49: Use pen-up speed & wrap properly when returning home after canceled plot

INSTALLATION:

This software is currently in pre-release and only available by manual installation. Windows and Mac installers will be forthcoming soon.

All users: You must have Inkscape installed on your computer, prior to installing the software. Download Inkscape from inkscape.org.

Important note: Inkscape version 0.91.0 or newer is required.
(If you must use an older version of Inkscape, such as 0.48.5, please instead install EggBot software version v2.4.0.)

Mac users: Download and unzip eggbot2.8_Manual_Mac_Linux.zip. Copy the contents of the "extensions" directory into your extensions folder, which is located at: /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions/ and relaunch Inkscape. To open this folder, select "Go to Folder..." Go in the Finder, and paste the location of that folder.

Windows users: Do not install this software except as an upgrade after using the version 2.5.0 installer, to make sure that the correct USB driver is installed.

Download and unzip eggbot2.8b_Windows.zip. Copy the entire contents of the "extensions" directory from that zip archive to your Inkscape extensions directory, overwriting the files there. Typically, your extensions directory is located at:
C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions\ or
C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\share\extensions\

Linux users: Download and unzip eggbot2.8_Manual_Mac_Linux.zip. Copy the contents of the "extensions" directory to: .config/inkscape/extensions/ and relaunch Inkscape.