Need a layout lesson

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

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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…

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Recreating an object from an image

As requested on support… Given an image: [image] It is straight-forward to recreate this using

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How to use multiple image traces to capture all details in an image

As requested on support… Given an image with a multiple light/dark colours, it may not be possible to capture all of the regions defined by colour in a single scan: [southside market logo] The solution is to make multiple scans, but one must be careful not to introduce duplicate geometry. Begin by making a suitable file and choosing the “Trace Image” command: [image] Select the image in the dialog: [image] try dragging the Threshold slider so as to capture the various regions: [imag…

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Figure-ground reversal and toolpath considerations

As requested on support… Given a traced image: [image] which has a pocket toolpath which previews as: [image] One can ungroup it: [image] [image] Select only the outer geometry: [image] and delete it (or move it to a different layer) to get a different appearance: [image] [image] [image] Ok Then associate the inner geometry with the toolpath: [image] [image] “Use current selection” Ok [image] Because the geometry has sharp corners, one can get more detail using an…

Basically, you need to create geometry which encompasses each set of grey/black/white regions so that each may be selected and assigned a different sort of toolpath.

This may be done using either Boolean operations, or the Trim Vectors command — we will do this using Trim Vectors, hang on.