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G-Code, CAD, and CAM => LazyCam (Beta) => Topic started by: SkyMoCo on May 24, 2011, 06:03:17 PM

Title: Lazy Cam (or other product) for doing GIF to SVG to GCode
Post by: SkyMoCo on May 24, 2011, 06:03:17 PM

I've been playing around with my CNC router for a while and am only now getting around to trying to do some real work.   

I need to use it to cut out some state shapes (like this one of Oregon) http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/images/or_outline.gif (http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/images/or_outline.gif) and I am thinking I need something to convert a GIF to SVG and then to GCode.   I just need the outline so I can use the router to cut out the shape, right now I am doing it by hand on a bandsaw.

I tried importing the image into LazyCam but cannot quite figure out how to make it work.

Am I on the right track here?

Title: Re: Lazy Cam (or other product) for doing GIF to SVG to GCode
Post by: ger21 on May 24, 2011, 07:48:13 PM

Try Inkscape to convert the gif..

Title: Re: Lazy Cam (or other product) for doing GIF to SVG to GCode
Post by: justjuha on March 03, 2015, 12:30:29 PM

Hi!

Couple nights now Ive been trying to convert some graphics to vectors (SVG) with Inkscape (https://inkscape.org/en/). And I believe I have succeeded in this but my intention is to open the file created with the SW called Blender (http://www.blender.org/). For some reason Blender does not import the file. Or I do not know what it does but anyway I cannot see anything on Blender's screen. Anybody been there?

Rgds,
Juha