Importing artwork into Carbide 3D

[mhill260 (Mike Hill)]

I’m looking to convert some of my illustrations into code I can run through the C and C. Here are some of the pieces I’m working with. Woodcuts

I’m pretty good with most of the graphics programs, but carbide 3d and c and c is new.

Any advice or direction welcome.

Thanks,

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

These images should import well using Image Tracing:

Carbide Create - Image Tracing

We just posted CC 520 to: https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/download/ 520 includes a big new feature for us, Image Tracing. [image] You should be able to load a JPG or PNG and get a reasonable set of curves from it very quickly. A few caveats: Right now, it’s mono only so color images will be converted to black and white using the thresholds in the window. We’re not optimizing for very small images so some will work well, others won’t. We’d recommend images larger than 500px on a side …

I took the liberty of grabbing one:

which when traced:

Imported well:

and with suitable toolpaths:

previews well for cutting:

If wished, you could reverse this by adding a surrounding rectangle:

[gdon_2003 (Guy Donham)]

Inkscape is very good at turning images into svg files. Plus it is free.

[mhill260 (Mike Hill)]

This is great, thanks so much.

[mhill260 (Mike Hill)]

Thanks for taking the time to do this and share it. I really appreciate it

[SDGuy (Anthony)]

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