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

Usually SVG is best, but some post processing may be needed:

Converting line art for drawing

Often clip art is drawn as a series of stacked stroked and filled outline, e.g., http://clipartist.net/svg/minimalistic-ray-gun-logo-black-white-line-art-svg/ which looks line, but is a confusing mess when one views it in outline mode: [inkscape_1] The solution is to expand the strokes, and punch out the white fills. In Inkscape this is done by: Path | Object to Path [inkscape_2] Then break everything apart (it is important to work in View | Display Mode | Outline) using Path | Break Ap…

Pixel images may be traced:

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 …

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Where to source "free" files SVG/DXF

I’ve had my Shapeoko 3 for about a year now and am really enjoying it in my retirement. The process of finding images and prepping them to create “clean and legible” results after creating the toolpath can be arduous at times. Personalized items developed from scratch to conclusion have been very satisfying and the effort vs reward is well worth the time. However, there are times I would just like to find an image/file that is “ready to go” and allow me to jump pretty much right to creating the …