Raster To Vector Mastercam

[Shawana Messerli]

isthere a tutorial somewhere on how to get good results using this? i find very detailed fine line clipart to use but im getting horrible results. i see there is now spline parameters and i think im just not getting it.

this is not what im trying to do but it is a good example of what i an trying to convert.this looks very well defined with the black against the white.im really just looking for some help with the spline settings. maybe i am wrong and this is still a difficult design to convert from a raster to a vector.i have not used this in a long time but i remember using it back in ver 9 and i converted a very detaild picture of my jeep outside and it did a very good job even with the horrible color contrasts (i had to convert to b+w 1st of course) i would think something like this pic would be easy and come out very well.

Raster is a pixel based image (.jpg, .bmp) and vector is based on mathematical formulas that are scalable (scale them up 1000% and lose NO quality). Illustrator, while it has some raster tools, is a vector creating/editing software. Perhaps that's why it does a better job in this case? I doesn't sound like it's converting anything...just giving you the outlines. Maybe it also does a nice job at converting raster images since it possesses some of the magic of Photoshop (raster creator/editor with some vector tools)?

that is about the same result i got in mc 10.6. the adobe one you did looked very good.i dont think i could have played around with the settings to get it as defined in mc. this is exactly what i wanted to know! although that dragon pic can be purchased as a vector the screenshot i captured is bust a bitmap and pixelated. i will try to dig up that old pic and file i did of my jeep years ago and post them.

ok so i was ready to buy one of these other programs to do my tracing.i figured let me try it the old way i used to do it in ver 9 which was not using splines and i got very good results! the reason i was using splines was because i read an art tutorial which stated the best method was to use the "new" spline function. maybe i just dont get the spline way but ive tried adjusting just about everything. im pretty happy with the results im getting in mc the "old" way now.

that looks really good! when you said you used 70 dpi ,is that what it defaulted to when it came in? isnt the best resolution the actual size of the jpeg as it came in? what i mean is if the pic is very small say 1 x 2 the dpi would be very low and if the pic was say 14 x 16 the dpi would be much higher? im just trying to understand this a little better. also the art tutorial i looked at said to use the spline function because it would produce closed chains not necesarily the best conversion.

I just downloaded the 30 day trial version of the raster to vector chook. The help file is complete except for the "how to use the program" section. I am trying to bring in a .bmp and when I get to the second screen, where you pick centerline or outline, I get no preview. I have tried scrolling around with the slides but nothing. It pretty much ends there, nothing comes into Mastercam. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

the package is an automatic detection of sharp corners and a smart smoothing method. This can both create centerlines AND outlines from a bitmap image. If the bitmap is not black and white, RAST2VEC will automatically convert colors into black and white images.

Also With the Raster Vector Converter pixel pictures become vectorized, which were digitized with a commercial scanner or loaded into PCX, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPG format. But there are limits that are set to operating with the scanner. The templates should be clean and black/white, i.e. all edge outlines should be clearly recognizable. Xeroxed copies worsen the quality (Photocopying machines let the edge outlines blur). Good results can be achieved with templates with approximately 3 to 5-fold enlargment.

You'll need to adjust the threshold on the linear Black/White Conversion. Also, one note, BMP's are pixels. You'll not get straight lines except in X and Y, any angled lines will look jagged so adjust the threshold to get the smoothest looking picture, then try the smoothing begfore you create geometry. You'll almost always have to do some clean up depending on the quality of the image.

I wonder if anyone could help me out, i am kind of a beginner at QGIS.Ive built a DEM for a project that i am developing than ive made the slope raster with the terrain analysis,it seemed that worked everything fine. But for further development of my work i ll need to vectorize some slope classes,but unfortunately every time i go Raster>Conversion>Polygonize; i get a error message (image with the error attached to this question).I thought that could be something wrong with the DEM that i ve produced.Just to check it i downloaded a DEM from ASTER DEM and i tried to do same with these and the same error occurs!Could be a software bug? Or am i doing something wrong?Or there is another way of doing this?

The problem is due to the presence of non-ascii characters in the path of the output file, so you just change the path name to something else that contains ordinary characters (e.g. UTF-8) and try again.

Built on the same intuitive interface as Cut2D, VCarve gives you the power to produce 2.5D toolpaths including; v-carving, chamfer, fluting, prism and moulding toolpaths as well as the ability to import and machine a 3D model.

The software has a comprehensive set of drawing tools to let you easily create vectors from scratch or add to imported data. These include options for creating standard shapes (circle, ellipse, rectangle, polygon and star) along with line, curve and arc drawing tools.

There is also a powerful tool to create vector textures for panels and backgrounds. These tools can be controlled using typed input to create exact sized objects or can be used dynamically with the mouse to sketch your artwork. The tools also take advantage of the 'snapping' to let you use points on existing objects to 'snap' onto when you are drawing vectors.

With the ability to import bitmaps into the software, you can further edit imported images using the 'Edit Picture' tool, this allows you to adjust the visual properties of a selected bitmap, enabling you to adjust the contrast, brightness and gamma of any selected image.

Borders of different sizes and radii can also be added to bitmaps for aesthetic purposes. Bitmaps can also be made black and white. The software also has the ability to crop images to any given vector allowing you to remove parts of the image you are not interested in.

Image tracing also known as vectorization allows you to take an imported image such as a scanned drawing, graphic design or photo and to convert colors in that to vector outlines. These outlines can then be used as part of your design to create toolpaths or to generate 3D shapes using the modeling tools.

The 'advanced text' tools let you access true type or open type fonts on your PC to create text outlines for your design. In addition, the software comes with a selection of specialist single stroke / stick engraving fonts for efficient machining when making things like badges or small signs.

There are also editing tools for fitting text to a curve and interactive text arcing and spacing (kerning) where the text maintains formatting, allowing you to easily make edits after the text has been created. This text can be dragged dynamically along a curve so you can perfect the placement of your text.

Data can be imported from a huge range of other design programs using a variety of industry standard file formats. These include DXF, EPS, AI, SVG and SKP (SketchUp) as well as PDF files. Once imported, the program has a wide range of tools to make working with this data as efficient as possible.

A very important set of tools are those used to identify duplicate vectors and identify and re-join open vectors. These tools can save an great deal of time when working with poor quality data to get it ready to machine. As well as importing vectors from other programs the software also offers the ability to export your data in either DXF, EPS or AI file formats. This feature is very important if you need to share data with a customer in order that they can use it to plan a layout or installation.

The dimensioning tools allows you to create a variety of different types of measurements on your drawing. These can be oriented in any direction or fixed horizontally or vertically. There are also options to add angular and arc dimensions. You can control the text height, font number of decimal places and position for each one.

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