SVG files downloads

[Jroberts71 (John david roberts)]

so i just started cutting a couple days ago and while im learning w/some simple projects im also trying to find SVG files for quick designs. i went with a one month subscription to design bundles that seemed like it would fit the bill. However there are alot of jpegs and what sgv files i can find are fll of errors…suggestions?

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

We’ve discussed this sort of thing a bit:

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 …

Note for fixing clipart we have some notes on that as well:

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…

If you’ll let us know the specific problems you’re seeing we’ll do our best to assist.

[gdon_2003 (Guy Donham)]

Many retail sellers like etsy.com and so on sell svg files that are quite defective. In the case of getting an SVG that has open vectors return it and get your money back. If that is not possible you can edit the file in CC and eventually find and close all the open vectors.

What I did in the past was to find any image on google and the bring it in to the free open source Inkscape. I would convert a bit map image to an svg. That works well but you have to play around with the settings or you get open vectors or duplicate lines and vectors.

So you can pay for defective images or create your own defective images for free. I opt for free.

I still use Inkscape but I bought Affinity Photo and Design and create SVG images in those applications. You can create your own custom graphics and output them as SVG.

Lastly I hope you have security software on your computer. There are a hot of honey pot sites that offer free files that are in fact malicious sites. Everything you search for on google is not vetted and there are many sites I have clicked on that my Norton security software stopped me from going to.

[QCDvacuum (Jeff Cable)]

If you take care to pick simple designs, you can use .png files in Carbide Create (CC) to create your own .svg files. The conversion in CC is good at making clean .svg files.

Steps:

1. Find the .png bitmap that you want to use.
2. Open CC and select .png bitmap file using trace button
3. Press trace in the trace dialogue box
4. Transfer .svg file to CC work space
5. Create toolpath
6. Carve

Open CC and select trace tool (highlighted in red)

Selected PNG file to trace will appear inside trace dialogue box

Press button in Trace dialogue box

Traced file will be shown with red highlight around it

Press OK to transfer .svg file to work space

Toolpath creation

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