Mark,
Whooo! Whoo! I think you need to check your ego on this as I was just making a general statement, If I were fishing I would have hooked a whopper by the way you responded.
The title of the thread is quite clear "Converting Plans for templates for laser cutters or CNC wood cutter". Positive reinforcement on how to do this is what I was hoping for.
A guy asks "hey can you dumb this down for me" and you startyour post post with
Simply put, there is no easy way to import a RASTER file,, (scanned image)
I do appreciate your two cents worth, as in the following
My two cents worth, I draw all my plans in autocad, typically traced from an imported PDF or TIF file depending on the situation. I trace the outlines,, bulkheads and rib LOCATIONS, then turn off the imported drawing and basically draw from the traced sketch I created in order to develope the fits and accuracy that is needed.
But,startingoff your postthat way IMHO didn't enhance or help him. IMO it seemed a little negative to me. So I elaborated. Most people, making another general statement here, are going to have some type of graphics file that will need to be converted whether it's a PDGor TIF.
What are the nesting andcut file requirements for your laser cutting source?
AK Models wants RED lines for cut parts and green lines for text or number on top of the individual cut part.
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