[xanctum]

Hi everyone. Been reading these for a while now, so I thought I would finally post.

I am getting a sleeve done and I wanted to make a plaque for the shop with their logo on it. Problem is I can't find any freeware that will convert my jpg to a dxf. If someone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it.

[ger21]

Inkscape

[xanctum]

I opened the jpeg into Inkscape and saved as an R13 DXF and when I attempt to open it in Mastercam 9 it shuts it down. I also cannot see it in Mastercam 10. Don't know if I did something wrong.. but seems straight forward.

[ger21]

INkscape's native .dxf export isn't very good. There are several others available that should work better.
Try this one.

Big Blue Saw - Big Blue Saw's DXF Export For Inkscape

[urbnsr]

This attachment isn't perfect, but maybe something to start with...

[xanctum]

Thanks for the dxf. I am not much for drawing as you could probably tell. I at least have that dxf in mastercam now, but the line editing will take me a long long time..lol. Good start though. Is it possible to get me a cleaner copy of it? Also was hoping to get a bigger plaque out of it.. maybe around the 300mm long x 180mm wide?

[jalessi]

Xanctum,

Hope this works for your project, I replaced the small font with a clean rendition,

Jeff...

[sirkossorg]

If you have a pretty clean, high contrast image, HyCad works pretty well. And it's free. I use it a lot for converting jpg/png files to dxf for LazyCam to engrave or cut.

Another free one is WinTopo, but I haven't used it much.

[Fixittt]

there are many programs like corel draw that will allow you to import a photo and create a new layer and trace that photo and save the lines in DXF or EPS files.