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Old 05-12-2010, 03:39 PM   #1
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Anyone know of a good program for vectorizing jpegs into an AutoCAD .dxf? I have found a ton on google but looking for one someone recommends. This is the img:


trying to get it into AutoCAD so I can cut it out on a plasma cutter so I need to clean it up so it's not trying to cut all the little specs and whatnot out.
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Old 05-12-2010, 04:22 PM   #2
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I can vectorize it, but I am not sure if I can get it into a .dxf. I can get it into a .eps and that should let you open it up in autocad maybe. I use adobe illustrator to do all my vector work for vinyl stickers and t-shirts for TWFix.
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Easier to trace it in AutoCAD - 30 minutes tops.
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Old 05-12-2010, 04:26 PM   #4
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Easier to trace it in AutoCAD - 30 minutes tops.
Vectorizing a jpeg of something like this is like a 30 second job. Tracing is outdated. I am not at home, so I can't do it now though.
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ah - ok - I'm out of practice on that stuff....
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It's not a matter of not being able to get it done via tracing just a matter of making my life easier in the future lol. From what I have read you can export .eps files in Illustrator as .DXFs. I'll have to fire it up this weekend and play around and see.

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That image is not clean enough for a vector job to take 30 seconds. You'd spend more time cleaning it up than you would just drawing it in the first place. I can do it for you tomorrow night if nobody else gets to it before then. It'll only take a few minutes.
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That image is not clean enough for a vector job to take 30 seconds. You'd spend more time cleaning it up than you would just drawing it in the first place. I can do it for you tomorrow night if nobody else gets to it before then. It'll only take a few minutes.
yeah, didn't realize that it was so rough, first time I looked at it, it was on my phone in a very small size.

Yeah, it will take longer to clean it up, but not much.
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How big do you want it? Give me the OD dimension you want for the biggest circle.
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