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Hello

i wanted to ask if anyone could help me get the attached to a cut ready dxf/dwg file please? i am having trouble with my software and waiting for tech to call but had a customer wanting the attached cut. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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Just learning how to trace in my Coreldraw and gave it a go on this one. Turned out pretty decent I think but depending on how fussy you want to be with it there may be some cleanup and/or smoothing to do.
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i greatly appreciate the quick response. Have a blessed week
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DieselFumes - nice effort to trace that image! I went another way and used Inkscape. I will come back later and see what I can come up with using CorelDraw.
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I opened your dxf to have a look.
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When I tried to import the original image file at 9000 x 9000 to CorelDraw, it hung up and I had to abort. So I resized to 50% and it works ok.
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DieselFumes wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:30 am Just learning how to trace in my Coreldraw and gave it a go on this one. Turned out pretty decent I think but depending on how fussy you want to be with it there may be some cleanup and/or smoothing to do.
PineCityOutdorrsLLC.dxf
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What image size did you import to CorelDraw and what settings did you use for your autotrace?
Thanks,
David
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My favorite thing about CorelDraw is the B-Spline tool - much easier to use than the Inkscape Bezier tool for manual tracing of complex images. Here is an example.

For creating mechanical drawings, I find both QCad and Solid Edge 2D much easier and more intuitive to use than CorelDraw.


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adbuch wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 1:44 am
DieselFumes wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:30 am Just learning how to trace in my Coreldraw and gave it a go on this one. Turned out pretty decent I think but depending on how fussy you want to be with it there may be some cleanup and/or smoothing to do.
PineCityOutdorrsLLC.dxf
PineCityOutdorrsLLC.svg
What image size did you import to CorelDraw and what settings did you use for your autotrace?
Thanks,
David
I started with the original image size and when Corel started the trace it informed me it had to reduce the image size prior to tracing and did that automatically so I am unsure what size it chose to use. Auto trace almost always require cleanup I have found but I thought this might help to get him started.
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adbuch wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 2:48 am My favorite thing about CorelDraw is the B-Spline tool - much easier to use than the Inkscape Bezier tool for manual tracing of complex images. Here is an example.

For creating mechanical drawings, I find both QCad and Solid Edge 2D much easier and more intuitive to use than CorelDraw.

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I have never used the b-spline tool but will check it out today. Thanks David :Like
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DieselFumes wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 10:22 am
adbuch wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 1:44 am
DieselFumes wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:30 am Just learning how to trace in my Coreldraw and gave it a go on this one. Turned out pretty decent I think but depending on how fussy you want to be with it there may be some cleanup and/or smoothing to do.
PineCityOutdorrsLLC.dxf
PineCityOutdorrsLLC.svg
What image size did you import to CorelDraw and what settings did you use for your autotrace?
Thanks,
David
I started with the original image size and when Corel started the trace it informed me it had to reduce the image size prior to tracing and did that automatically so I am unsure what size it chose to use. Auto trace almost always require cleanup I have found but I thought this might help to get him started.
I am using CorelDraw 2020. Maybe you are using a newer version. My version did not inform me about resizing the image. In any case, it has been my personal experience that much more clean-up is required with a CorelDraw auto trace than an Inkscape auto trace. See the example I showed above.

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I have not yet tried autotrace in Inkscape, I feel so comfortable with Corel. Maybe I should give it a go because your trace does look better David.
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DieselFumes wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 11:10 am I have not yet tried autotrace in Inkscape, I feel so comfortable with Corel. Maybe I should give it a go because your trace does look better David.
Here is a quick example of doing and auto trace with Inkscape. Click on the link to see the screen shots.
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And here is another example.
David

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