wpgdan Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Not sure if this is a "beginner" question or not, but I was curious to see if anyone has any tips on importing logos. I would like to import logos in to my cad drawings that i send out for laser cutting. Is there an easy (easier) way to produce a laser ready dxf of complex logos? I have done a couple in teh past and faught with it the entire way. Thanks in advance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuccaro Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Welcome in the forum! What is the file format you wish to import? If you can import it in a vector format you are done. For a raster format you have basically two options: convert it to vector and adjust the result, or import it as it is and trace over. Oh, and there is a third way: ask someone to do it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Neff Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The old fashioned way is to photocopy the logo on to a transparency and tape it over the screen. You can then draw it with your CAD system. This is very time consuming. Arbor Image makes software that takes the scanned image and turns it into a file you can use. Check it out at http://www.arborimage.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Tape it over your screen? How "old fashioned" are we talking here? I've been using Autocad for close to 25 years and I've never seen anyone tape a transparency to their screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brands Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 No, never seen THAT happening, I did have classmates that tried to measure stuff on the screen... Wpgdan, don't ever put stuff on your screen unless it's a touchscreen or a drawingtablet... (you zoom+pan a view times and you're screwd(as I did to my classmates to prove my point. )) Follow Fuccaro's advice, he's right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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