Welcome to PlotterFiles!

Previously, I started DrawingBots.net to help bring plotter enthusiasts together, discover tools and discover people that are pushing the boundaries of plotter art. Over the past two years I have accumulated deep understanding about creation of vector files suitable for plotters and wanted to start sharing what I’ve learned on a platform dedicated to plotter art. I wanted to build a community that helps each other, inspires each other and is ever expanding.

History

Over two years ago I had an idea for a website where drawing robot enthusiasts could share ready-to-plot SVG files, find plotter artwork trends, discover artists and use browser-based SVG generators to create new files. I spent significant amount of time thinking about this website, designing it bit by bit, planning and developing it in my free time. After working on the website on and off, going through a variety of hurdles, it is finally ready for your enjoyment.

Today as I launch PlotterFiles, I want to thank those who helped me get to this point and those who have been instrumental in building this project:

• Evil Mad Scientist for their awesome AxiDraw machines
• The beta testers (the first 17 artists registered on the site who have shared 25+ beautiful files already)
• Open source contributors behind the projects that helped me create the site: Laravel, NuxtJS, Geist UI and many more.
• Osvaldo Abel who helped me develop the API for this site using Laravel framework

Without these people, PlotterFiles would not be possible and I’m deeply grateful for their help.

Get to know PlotterFiles

Today, PlotterFiles launches with the following features in mind. As a registered user of the website, you can:

• Create a profile with links to your social media accounts / website that you use for sharing plotter-related works
• Download SVG files
• Upload your original SVG files to be shared with others
• Submit your files to be featured on the homepage
• Appreciate any artworks by “liking” them

As an unregistered user, you can:

• Discover artists and featured SVG files
• Preview SVG files in their full vector glory, zoom in and invert colors to see dark / light variations
• Browse files by tags
• Share files on social networks (currently Twitter and Facebook)

Road ahead

Even though PlotterFiles is functional and does its job of sharing SVG files well, there are a lot of features that are in planning and development stages. Here are some exciting features that will be coming to the website over the next few weeks and months:

• Ability to create collections of your favorite SVG files
• Ability to follow users and be notified when they upload new files
• A wide range of SVG generators that allow anybody to create amazing vector graphics
• Tools for checking and optimizing SVG files for plotters and laser engravers

Call to action

If you are excited about this website and community, please share it with others by posting a link to PlotterFiles.com and tagging with #plotterfiles on social networks!

Now, feel free to explore the files: https://plotterfiles.com/files.

You can also keep up-to-date by following PlotterFiles on Twitter: http://twitter.com/plotterfiles