# Drawbot image to gcode

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawbot-image-to-gcode/28029
**Category:** Beginners
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawbot-image-to-gcode/28029 "2021-02-23T18:18:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Marek1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Marek1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Marek1)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawbot-image-to-gcode/28029/1 "2021-02-23T18:18:03Z")

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I like drawing pictures with this code. I have my own buids of drawbot, Im trying create gcode with this one. Downloaded Processing, open all pdes files in one folder… I dont know, how load adress of any pictures from web or from computer to Drawbot\_image\_to\_gcode\_v2 code.  
Anybody help, please…  
Im newbie in this programming  
Thanks!

 ![Snímka drawbot](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/0/0ad244a78447bbf7827b26c265a90a092df7e459.png)

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### Author: ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawbot-image-to-gcode/28029/2 "2021-02-23T19:16:07Z")

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this line does check the clipboard only.

When you are planning to load an image from Hard Drive

just say String url=""; instead

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### Author: ![Marek1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Marek1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Marek1)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawbot-image-to-gcode/28029/3 "2021-02-23T21:33:57Z")

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thank you.  
My misteke was, that the file\_tabs GClip.java wasnt in the sketch.  
I understand your reply too.  
But, when I load image in the sketch, new problem, for me, occurs…

 ![Snímka](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/1/1e100418ba40722e9231b451914a40562f361959.png)  
What file boarder/b1.png is missing, please?  
sorry, my english is not good, but I read english very well. Im old, 61 yrs old man  
Thank you

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### Author: ![Marek1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Marek1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Marek1)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawbot-image-to-gcode/28029/4 "2021-02-23T21:44:17Z")

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Im fool…  
the boarder is border. borders from file named , boarder ", in the Drawbot…files.  
My english is not good. dictioanary is imprecisely…  
Solved…  
Thanks…