"DaveS" <3crows@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "SteveB" <deserttraveler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> (off topic, but on)
>>
>> I need to scan some photos and convert them to dxf files. I have been
>> steered to Corel Draw 12. I want to enter them into a CNC robotic
plasma
>> cutter, and that needs a dxf file that it can convert. Has anyone had
>> any experience with this, or Corel Draw 12?
>
> I don't think you can get where you need to be from photos. DXF is
vector
> based, and photos are raster, or like raster. I usually trace over
photos
> in AutoCAD for things like that, then scale to match a real world
> dimension on the part. That's a very innacurate way to work though.
You
> really need the part in front of you where you can measure it and draw
it
> accurately.
>
> Have fun,
> dave
>
Try this :
http://www.rastervect.com/home.htm
Lots of hits in Google if you enter 'Raster to Vector"
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