Last updated: August 16, 2026 Experiments With Plotter Art For the past couple of weeks I have been trying to learn more about generative (procedural) art. I plan to update this post continually when I have more things to write down and share. Hardware Around five years ago I bought an Ender 3 3D printer. It is capable, but frustrating to configure and picky about the filament. They go second-hand for around €60. For the past couple of years it has been collecting dust stored safely in its original cardboard box. I have glued two small neodymium magnets to a 0.2mm fineliner pen. The printer head casing is made of metal and the magnets attach to it securely enough. The position of the pen has to be offset in relation to the nozzle – either in the configuration or when preparing the gcode. Software I have been using Inkscape to generate gcode from vector paths (in Extensions → Gccodetools → Path to Gcode). It runs on the printer without any modifications.…