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Get to grips with spindle speeds and controlling them.Get Inkscape to generate the spindle control commands.
You should see all the required code needed to cut your image.
Then, to check results, go to your specified file from the step above and open it in Notepad or similar text editor. Then click on the Path to Gcode tab and click Apply to generate the file. First under the Preferences tab, set your location and filename where you want your generated Gcode file to be saved. And finally, Extensions>Gcodetools>Path to Gcode. Leave it set to the default =2 and its settings. Next Extensions>Gcodetools>Orientation points. You also need to add Gcode before path = M3 (start your tool spindle) and Gcode after path = M5 (stop your tool spindle) to activate your cutter. Select the Text tool on the left and click on and change the Diameter mm, feed (speed) and Penetration (depth of cut mm) as required. A grey box parameter appears by your document. I found that the only tool in the list that works for me is the Default one at the top. Now go to Extensions>Gcodetools>Tools library. Slide the other smaller one, the bitmap back onto the document in the correct place. Slide the top one to one side so you can see both and then select and delete the larger one. One is on top of the other so you can only see one of them. This adds a new object to the document, the original image plus a bitmap version of it.
Next select the image in the document and go to Path>Trace Bitmap. Go to File>Import my John.jpg as a linked file not embedded. Open up Inkscape and go to File>Document Properties and change size to 160mm x 120mm so my image just fits it with a bit left over. I flattened the image so that it was only one layer, though I don’t think this was necessary and save it as a. 
My name, John in font Comic Sans MS, 60pt, black in Windows 10, canvas size 150mm x 120mm.
I created my image in Adobe Photoshop. First, I have listed out the steps I have used to successfully produce the G-code followed by the outstanding tasks, you may find them helpful. I’ve spent the last week and a half on this and today managed to achieve my goal, although there are still a few things to be done, listed below. 
My challenge was to get from an image to a G-code file that I could send to the machine and make it engrave my image in wood. I bought it just to find out how it all worked, pure curiosity, nothing else.
I'm guessing this is something silly that I don't understand, any help would be appreciated.I have been using Inkscape as a complete beginner, to try and generate G-code for my CNC3018 Pro engraving machine. Worth noting that this also happens if I draw a shape using Inkscape's built in tools instead of importing an SVG. I also tried using Stroke to Path instead of Object to Path, which creates an outline of the line instead of a single line but also doubles the tool path. I've experimented with changing the stroke width which doesn't help.
Create tool paths via Extensions > Gcodetools > Path to Gcode. Add orientation points via Extenions > Gcodetools > Orientation Points. Convert to path via Path > Object to Path. I noticed that the path id is identical in these two passes, which seems weird. Here's an example: (Start cutting path id: line800912) The problem I'm having is that the generated gcode causes each line to be traced twice, in the same direction. The graphic is a bunch of lines generated by a Processing 3 sketch. I just got my hands on a pen plotter today and have been experimenting with using Inkscape to generate gcode from an SVG graphic.
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