Machsupport Forum
G-Code, CAD, and CAM => LazyCam (Beta) => Topic started by: belin on October 13, 2012, 07:11:44 AM
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another one of a million questions i will be asking...
ok for example....
lets say ive created a basic JOB layout in something like...PHOTODRAW or PRINTSHOP ....just a TEXT and CLIPART outline and i want to engrave that onto a flat surface material....just engraving....
so how would i go about importing that JOB into Lazycam so as to create a G CODE for it...
ive tried and Lazycam only appears to give a choice of
VDRILL...RASTER...SPIRAL or IMAGE TRACE
not i obviously thought IMAGE TRACE would be the way to go
but it only seems to select certain parts of the JOB...
I know....im missing something...BUT WHAT
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Note that use of using an image is not covered in the manual that I wrote. The reason to not include anything is because I found that LC's use of an image file left a lot to be desired. WYSIWYG.....
Feel free to explore LC but suggest using / purchasing a different program for images to gcode.
RICH
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A much better choice would be to use a vector drawing program like CorelDraw or Inkscape (free) for your design. Using Vectors instead of raster images will give much better results.
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great....thanks guys for all the help...
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There is another option and that is using CopyCat. It has it's place in that you just use a camera to
trace or pick what you want off the image and generates the code as you go.
Just a thought on the matter,
RICH