AutoTrace -How to get it to pick the lines inside a label

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Hi,

I have a group of labels and I want to get a 2d geometry from the image, I looked at the autotrace which seems only to do the outline of the image and not the lettering and or different colored areas.

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so is there a way to automatically do this or do I need to actually trace everything as I have a sheet with like 30 labels of various colors and shapes to do.

Regards,

Jim

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Clip art is one of the only images that Know of that auto trace works ok with. The rest of the time I go with tracing images to trying to match the fonts and use text sketch.
There are some online alternatives that may be able to convert your sheet of signs into a dxf file that you could bring into a part file.

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Have a look at my reply here:

The image and attachment links are broken, but the links to how I did it are still good.

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How do you plan to use this label in SolidWorks?

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here are some I use

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1016924278/danger-sign-svg-warning-sign-svg-danger?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=warning+label+svg&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&sr_prefetch=0&pf_from=market&pro=1&dd=1&content_source=bc7d3276-fd5d-4273-98a5-71a12d86fc40%253ALT0382b20c788f6ed5ab5662d9bc8e93256a924d5e&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=bc7d3276-fd5d-4273-98a5-71a12d86fc40%3ALT0382b20c788f6ed5ab5662d9bc8e93256a924d5e

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Hi,

Tring to create drawings so we can have something to go back and forth with the supplier/quote from other suppliers.

I was putting them on a solid as a decal and thinking it would be nice to have them as a engrave version as well so if the company wants to dictate width of lines/placement of information they could as well.

Regards,

Jim

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I use a web converter to convert them to DXF/DWG and then cut and paste into a sketch. Convertio is usually the one I use.

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