I have been doing well at design lately and having lots of help from on here.
This image however is giving me issues. I cant seem to get all of this to trace properly 
You want to find a better quality original, or a vector version.
There is an SVG of the Eagle head at:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/c/c1/Logo_Philadelphia_Eagles_1996.svg
and here’s b/w DXF:
and here’s a vector version:
Hang on for a walk-through.
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We download and open the Adobe Illustrator file from the latter link in Serif’s Affinity Designer:
and export it as an SVG which can be imported into Carbide Create:
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We then download the original pixel image and place it on the background for reference:
Then we import the SVG:
and adjust its size and placement to match:
Then we edit and adjust things to remove what is not needed, duping where necessary and using Trim Vectors:
Where there isn’t geometry, we try tracing:
Delete what isn’t necessary:
and then drag it in place and re-size:
and then edit it to adjust:
delete what isn’t needed:
Then edit and adjust to join/line things up:
Note that the multiple colour representation results in some redundant/overlapping geometry and this will need to be taken into account when making toolpaths.
Attached as a v7 file.
philadelphia_eagles_logo_v7.c2d (352 KB)
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Wow that looks so good!
Thank you for the lesson. Learnt a lot yet again!
Hey @WillAdams,
Again, thanks for the perfect tutorial.
I had a mishap with the Philadelphia letters and had to re cut a couple. I didnt pay much attention but after it was done the letters had actually changed font.
I chose what i thought it was and did it over again, wrong.
Would you happen to know what font 'Philadelphia ’ is in?
TIA
I believe that text is set in Memphis Extra Bold EDIT or Museo Extra Bold.
Here it is separately:
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