paddynel0 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Hi all. I use solidworks 14 & autocad 07. I would like to learn how to trace / copy symbols & logos. I have tried importing an image and using the auto trace tool on solidworks however I find that this leaves a huge amount of work to repair the image. Is there any other way? A different program eg. Inkscape? Please not I am not trying to copy the coca cola or Harley Davidson logo or anything like that. Kind regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 One option would be to purchase a digitizer tablet with a puck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Inkscape can do a reasonable job depending on the image quality. Here's a decent description of how to go about it https://www.bigbluesaw.com/big-blue-saw-blog/general-updates/converting-png-and-other-raster-files-to-dxf-format.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Would help to know what exactly you are tracing? My guess would be these are Raster Image files. If so, cleaning them up and improving the Quality of the image in something like GIMP or Photoshop before Vectorizing them in Inkscape or Illustrator will help. Other than that, I would use AutoCAD to trace them if they still do not look right after converting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 https://vectormagic.com/ Online raster to vector tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 https://vectormagic.com/ Online raster to vector tool Damn, f700es, that looks very impressive, and reasonably priced too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 It is but there are several free ones as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Remember using AutoCAD's SKETCH command with Type set to Polyline to trace areas off of Quad maps about a quarter century ago. Not knowing what the image looks like it might be what you're looking for. Autodesk Impression is available as a free download for Autodesk Subscription customers which is supposed to be an upgraded version of SKETCH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Uh, Impression was never an upgrade to the sketch command in AutoCAD. It was a stand alone program to bring in 2D autocad work and add color, fills, patterns and linestyles. I had in installed for several years. Perhaps you are in error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Uh, Impression was never an upgrade to the sketch command in AutoCAD. It was a stand alone program to bring in 2D autocad work and add color, fills, patterns and linestyles. I had in installed for several years. Perhaps you are in error [ATTACH=CONFIG]61926[/ATTACH] Heard good things about it, but hadn't tried it. Even simple updates have to be installed by IT department now. Unless we really need it not worth the aggravation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 It was a good start but development stopped and issues were never fixed. Texture creation was a pain imho. Another could've been by Autodesk that became another never was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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