[sdiy] CAD conversion freeware proggies

[Rob B]

Yeah, this is what I am finding out.. I have gotten somewhat decent results
with KVEC, but its very hard to fine tune it properly.. It seems to add
squiggles in otherwise straight lines and such, but I got it into dxf and
loaded it into Bobcad, and am trying to clean up the lines and straighten
them out..

I thought that was what vectoring was good for, or? Didn't seem to do a
really good job on this one, and I am afraid that with all those squiggles
my CNC program is going to have a fit! Some huge, unneeded billion line CNC
program will prlly be generated, unfortunately..

I guess KVEC has many switches that need to be used to fine tune the
conversion, so I will mess with the switches until i am satisfied, sad, or
both! :)

For very simple things it seems okay, but its just too damn squiggly..

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Magnuson <resfreq at hoohahrecords.com>
To: Rob B <cyborgzero at home.com>; synth DIY <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] CAD conversion freeware proggies


> At 10:07 PM 10/20/01 -0500, Rob B wrote:
> >   Just wondering if anyone has any format conversion  proggies that are
> >freeware/shareware..   I need one to be able to convert the scanned image
> >of a tr606 front panel so that I can mill the labeling into the front
> >panel..   I need to convert a bmp or jpeg or whatever into  some *decent*
> >vector format such as DXF..    with bmp and  then converted to vector
> >format so I can mill some new boards and perhaps do a  clone... I also
> >would be willing to post the CNC program for posterity if anyone  feels
> >like they want to give the cnc mill engraving a try or whatever...  ;)
> >Thanks in advance,    Rob
>
> I do architectural drawing for a living... and I use AutoCAD every day.  I
> have looked everywhere for good vectorizing software, and have found
> nothing that works well.  I often have hand drawn things from interior
> designers, etc that I tried to vectorize and import into AutoCAD...
nothing
> I've tried gives good results.  In the end, I usually just import a BMP
and
> overlay it onto my drawings.
>
> I called several local architects, and none of them could recommend
> anything either.  They said that all of the software they tried worked
> rather poorly (including expensive commercial programs).
>
> Hate to rain on your parade.
>
> Dave Magnuson
>
> Resonant Frequency:
> resfreq at hoohahrecords.com
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