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Offline tau

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Re: Auto-tracing a captured image
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2025, 21:02:47 pm »
Tunc,
I would be interested in seeing how a 'good' capture looks.  I have two .jpg files, one captured in 'document' format, and the other as a photo.  How can I get those to you?

Lloyd

Hello Lloyd,

since the board seems to be in operational mode again:

if it is nothing confidential you can post it here or just send it via upload to a free hoster and send me the link via private message. I can return the vectorized results shortly after.

There is also a quite good online service (which is paid now, but their fees are still acceptable IMO) by the company name (and website) called "vectorize.ai". I was quite pleased by their vecorization results as well.

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Re: Auto-tracing a captured image
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2025, 00:53:33 am »
Thanks, all.
I downloaded the McMaster drawing.  It was not an X-Acto blade, but an 'industry #11 blade', and NOT the same dimensions as the X-Acto.

Since every brand of 'industry #11 blade' I've purchased has been a different shape with a different lug hole position (or no lug hole, at all), I am forcing my customer to go with the authentic X-Acto #11 blades.  Even their #11-M (which only offers a slightly rounded tip, instead of a needle-sharp point) is a different shape from the #11!!!  The shape is different, and the 'lug hole' is in a different place in the shank.

I took the McMaster drawing into CB, and corrected the dimensions and various apexes' positions to exactly match the X-Acto measurements, then cut a recess in some Al stock that shape and 0.001" oversized to check fit.  The blades fit closely and well, with no discernible play.

Lloyd
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