rast2vec ?

[Longbow]

I wanted to convert a couple of pictures to machine onto a rifle I've built but found out that the rast2vec part of MasterCam cost 500.00. Is there another way to do this? I know the company wont buy it just for me to have as a toy to play with on my personal projects.

[Salahuddin]

if you have corel draw, you can use the coreltrace, or you can make a search at this forum for rasr2vec, it was coverd a lot of time, and you will find a lot of info about this issue

[Shady]

Longbow, I use Autocad and insert my picture as a raster image, then using mostly 3 pt arcs I trace the part that I am after. Once that is done I delete my original raster image and save the drawing that remains as a .dxf which I can then convert over to a Mastercam file to do any final touch-ups and set my toolpaths. Its not the best way to do things and definately not the fastest way to do it.....but it works, and assuming you already have Autocad, it is free. HTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shady

[Kannon]

Longbow

if you do a search for raster to vector you should find info on this.

[Longbow]

Thanks guys... Ill search over it as soon as I get home this evening.