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Vector Tracer
« on: February 19, 2011, 04:25:36 AM »
Hi, so I have an image here I am trying to get into gcode. I open it up in lazycam, and the output looks pretty good, however when I click OK, it goes to looking terrible?







Cheers,
Dan

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Re: Vector Tracer
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2011, 05:15:14 AM »
Dan,
What you show is  why  I am always saying that the "magic wands" for converting images leave something to be desired and I don't use them.
Some of the higher end programs work well. You would be better off just drawing that figure and inporting a DXF. You can fix some of the problems in LC
but would probably frustrate you and would take more time to do it than draw it.
RICH
Re: Vector Tracer
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2011, 05:24:42 AM »
Hi, I have no problems drawing it. I'll see if I can trace it in Illustrator.

Cheers,
Dan
Re: Vector Tracer
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 05:34:37 AM »
Hi Rich, I opened the file in illustrator and converted it to a vector and exported it as DXF, however I still seem to have problems with LazyCam mutilating the image. Are there any other programs that work a bit better?





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Dan

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Re: Vector Tracer
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 11:25:17 AM »
Dan,
Try attached dxf. Like I said the "magic wands" usually leave something to be desired. Here is a dxf that was drawn in less than 10 minutes.
Pic of the file when in LC mill also attached.
RICH
« Last Edit: February 19, 2011, 11:38:15 AM by RICH »