Scaning , conversion and editing?

[LAZINARJ@Salisbury.net]

Does anyone have any experience creating cutting files from scanned grayscale images, and have it assign cutting depths corresponding to light and dark?

[garlicking@charter.net]

Jill,
That's exactly what the tiff convertor in your shopbot software does. On a pixel by pixel basis. To answer your question, I think most of us have some experience creating cut files from scanned or otherwise. What do you need to know, or are you trying to do, exactly?
keith otero

[grasshopper]

does anyone know how i can scan a black and white line drawing into a cad format?

Is there anyone who contracts out file conversion with casmate pro to a shopbot friendly format in the area of washington or british columbia ?

[llarson@softdisk.com]

I regularly use casmate pro for developing my shopbot files. What is it you are trying to do?

Larry Larson

[grasshopper]

i am trying to cut impresions like this http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/Cyrion7/celtic/clipart/clp04701.gif into wood. however the one i am realy tring to do is much much more complex and needs alot of editing if i can get a price onwhat i would cost for some one to take a photo copy and create a tool path for shop bot that would be great or if i could find a way to get a scan into cad so i could edit it that would be even better

[pjldesigns@hotmail.com]

To Grasshopper. I have Casmate and live in Coquitlam, send me a message at pjldesigns@hotmail.com (mailto:pjldesigns@hotmail.com)

and I should be able to help you out.

[pjldesigns@hotmail.com]

Grasshopper. I've got your file ready but it keeps bouncing back. Is the e-mail address you sent me correct?

[giggalo@aol.com]

Grasshopper, I sent your file too and it came back, what is your email address? it looks like you have others trying to help you too

Ron

[grasshopper]

i have tried win topo and it works great for me but for the file i am trying to convert it is still very time consuming to edit but i am happy with the product. i am verey currious about what corell can do and i am trying to search in my town to find somone with corell so i can see for myself what it can do i have heard correl is alot better than cad because it it more drawing based anywho thanks for your help
grasshopper

[djhazeleger@mindspring.com]

Need some help. I imported A scanned image into turbocad. I then outlined it with closed bezier curve. I saved it as dxf file. Opened it into vector, and I created the offset toolpaths. The problem is the offset paths that were created are line sements not chains. I cannot get them to chain together so I can go to the following steps to offset to z depth and creat the chain connection to connect the toolpaths and the pullups. I even copied drawing and deleted original lines (they are still chained) to isolate my tool path. I did not have this trouble when I worked the tutorial on shopbots cd. What am I doing wrong?

[birdsofplay]

use Corel Draw Graphics Utilities OCR-Trace

The file must be a black and white raster file

Or try to find a program on the net called WinTOPO

Here the file must be bmp file

I'll be in Washington in 2 weeks at Long Beach
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[giggalo]

Send me the file you want to convert. it will only take a second to do

Ron

[r_rohmeyer]

I have a file in part wizard that I need for other uses. How do you copy this file and change it into a different extension like a .jpeg? We are new to the shop bot so maybe this question has been asked before.

[Brady Watson]

Ray,
I'm not sure exactly what you want to do with the file, but you can take a screenshot of it with PaintShopPro or a similar program.

Unfortunately there are no provisions in PW to export a file or to save screenshots or toolpath renderings.

-Brady