Hello everyone! Been working with cad a while now, very old school and those familiar with me will know scan/trace isn't my style, I'm a node by node guy, but I wanted to mention a way I have used Inkscape to scan simple images of good resolution in order to pull into Torchmate cad and produce a quality .dxf without the broken lines and accompanying nightmare. I see where a lot of people report issues with Inkscape generating a nice clean .dxf, my way around this is after I perform the scan I "save as" .eps (encapsulated post script) and pull into Torchmate cad (or possibly other cad programs?), open the .eps using the .pdf filter and bam...nice clean file. As stated, old school here...just my way to do something certainly doesn't mean it's the best nor fastest just never seen this method mentioned previously.
Also unsure whether to post in TM or Inkscape forum, so General it is
Have a great one guys!
Inkscape and...Torchmate?
- ben de lappe
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Inkscape and...Torchmate?
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- acourtjester
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Re: Inkscape and...Torchmate?
The important thing is you sharing a way that has been successful getting to a useable result. Half the battle is where to start, I'm sure this info will help many. Seeing the work you have posted shows it works very well for you.
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