sandify
v1.1.1
create patterns for robots that draw in sand with ball bearings
Sandify turns your cold, empty-hearted, emotionless sand tables into cold, empty-hearted, emotionless sand table robots with enchanting patterns. Sandify is a labor of love, but if you'd like to support Sandify development financially, you can donate through GitHub or PayPal.
Sandify was created in 2017 by users in the V1Engineering.com forum. It's currently being developed by jeffeb3 and bobnik.
Getting started
Part of the fun of Sandify is playing it like you would a xylophone. Try it out first. The goal is to make it easy to make your first pattern by clicking and scrolling, finding something you like, and experimenting from there. Check out the wiki for some features that you might miss the first time through.
Exporting patterns
What sand machines are supported?
Sandify supports gcode and theta rho formats. Sandify was originally designed for ZenXY on V1Engineering.com, which was inspired by the awesome Sisyphus kinetic art table by Sisyphus Industries.
Importing layers
Sandify supports import of pattern files as new layers. Supported formats are .thr, .gcode, and .nc.
Where can I find theta rho files?
Sisyphus machines use theta rho (.thr) files. There is a large community sharing patterns.
About copyrights
Be careful and respectful regarding pattern copyrights. Understand that the original author put their labor, intensity, and ideas into this art. The creators have a right to own it (and they have a copyright, even if it doesn't say so). If you don't have permission (a license) to use their art, then you shouldn't be. If you do have permission to use their art, then you should be thankful, and I'm sure they would appreciate you sending them a note of thanks. A picture of your table creating their shared art would probably make them smile.
Someone posting the .thr file to a forum or subreddit probably wants it to be shared, and drawing it on your home table is probably OK. Just be careful if you want to use them for something significant without explicit permission.
P.S. We are not lawyers.
GitHub
Sandify is hosted on GitHub. Please post any problems, feature requests or comments in our issue tracker. We're a community project, and would love your help.
License
Sandify is licensed under the MIT license. Patterns that you create and code generated with Sandify are not covered under the Sandify license. They are your work and your copyright.