Raster to Vector conversion

[Tom Rock]

This is my first time here.

Does someone know of some conversion software that is suitable for generating machinable geometry from a scanned image that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? I'd like to be able to scan a customer logo and import it as a dxf or iges file without having to do a lot of clean up.

 

Adobe Stream Line is the only one I have tried, but it's pretty crude.

 

Thanks for any help on this.

 

Tom Rock

[MACHINEMASTERG]

there is an addon for mcam available from your reseller not sure how much$$$

[Keith Graydon]

Hi Tom

 

greets to the forum.

 

I kinda like Adobe Streamline. I get really good results and its just a little over $100 US last time i checked..

 

you really need to experiment with it. and less colors the better. IE: black and white.

 

HTH

-Keith

[Carl Vallance]

There are a lot of good programs that will convert raster images to vector images.

Adobe Streamliner

Trac Tric 2000

R2V

Corel Draw

Scan 2 Cad

Wintopo Pro

Just to name a few. All of these programs can import the vector image to Mastercam.As to what is the best it depends on what you want. If you want really good detail you will have to clean up the final results no mater which program you use. In my opinion the Raster to vector c-hook is the best. I think all of these programs have a demo version. Try them all and see what you like the best. Good Luck!

[Noel]

Welcome to the forum Tom.

 

I've tried a few raster to vector progs and find the result depends alot on the resolution of the original scan.There tends to be alot of clean up involved.Black and white is best for sure.There is a demo for wintopo on the web.

 

Noel

[Mark Lovelace]

Some of the raster-to-vector convertors do not have a scaling function, so they import a 100dpi image as 100-units-of-measure. I.e. a 1" square would convert to a 100" square. As long as you can do the math to scale it after converting, no problem.

[skeetboy25]

there is a C-hook avalable to do this, it uses a color based filter to generate lines and runs generaly like the create splines option in MC. call your dealer for more info.

 

P.S. called "rast2vect"

[Tom Rock]

Thanks for the responses to my question on the raster to vector conversions.

 

Tom Rock