Ras2vec

[sir Camalot]

This is more curiousity than need, but is there a way to set tolerances for ras2vec or is this more of a pixel/video card issue. I have read the other threads about drawing lines coming out too distorted or jagged and wondered if there was a better way to dial in how close the software reads the picture. Is there anything that could give better results or perhaps a work around to tighten things up?

[cadcam]

Preferably a black and white image and the higher the resolution the better along with tight pixels.

 

This is all prior to MC.

[Chris Parish]

I have found that the black / white image is the best... However, using 72 instead of 9600 or even higher, you will get a better outline. However it is still usually poor quality... I have used this atleast 100 times and still have to clean up the geometry. If you go higher you you get a mess load of more gaps an very jagged geometry...

[Scott Bond]

Hi all

 

I have used several Rasper to Vector softwares, I usually edit them after they are Mc files. But once I had a lot of them to do and this is what I did. I started with the picture as large as possible, R2V , convert to M C , then scaled it to size. The --- Contour / window files were still really Jagged(when zoomed)and the files were quite large, But I had room in the control and didn't have to edit. I don't care how much work the P C has to do , as long as I don't have to do it. This method works ok for a photo or a logo.

[barbill]

g/day do any of you guys know of any freeware ras2vec programs as i like the sound of converting graphics 2 toolpaths thanx billo

[McRae]

There are some available out there, use google and see what you can find. I haven't looked for this for about 2years so I can't recommend anything firsthand.

[Roger Peterson]

Most of the stuff that I have brought in as a bitmap have been logos. By using the create spline curves and playing with the tolerance you can get fairly smooth geometry. And since it is just a logo you don't have to worry to much about tolerances as long as it looks good.