When finished you will (hopefully ) end up with something like this Select the outer circle path and the "spokes" path.ĭraw the remaining two paths and fill with black as well. Make sure the path is a closed path - if it's open at any point the next steps will fail. When you have worked your way all around the inner circle and spokes will be one path ( Minus the two S shaped curves which has to be done separately.) Join the drawn curves with the circle segments as you go along. (Some places you have to insert a node or two to get the path to match.)
(Near center of circle.)ĭrag the curves to match the background image. When done - select all nodes on the inner circle and break path at selected nodes.ĭelete all line segments that covers a "spoke".ĭraw straight lines from remaining segments to end of spokes. Insert nodes at the corner of each "swirl spokes". Here are the steps I took to create the SVG below: if you can't use the "basic" hand-tools you will never be a good wood-worker - but you might be an excellent "tool-collector"! ) ( I compare this to woodworking - no matter how many "power-tools" you got in your tool collection Tracing this will give you some "hands-on" experience working with nodes. This should give you exactly what we need without any extra lines.This is a relatively simple image that's easy to "hand-trace" Double-check that everything looks right, click save, and you’re all set! If that looks right, click the green check mark. We just need the top-down “outline” view, exactly as you want the laser to cut it.
Confirm that only the face of the part is selected, not the whole body. Select “Export to DXF/DWG.”Ī save dialogue will pop up name your part and select “DXF” as the suffix. When you’re in “Feature” mode looking at the part, right click on the face of the part. Let’s begin!įirst, check your export setting and make sure they look like this:Įxporting all splines and splines will be ideal. But never fear! You can export the outlined face of the part exactly as it should cut by following this tutorial. DXF will flatten all the outlines for the whole part and complicate the cut. SolidWorks is a preferred modeling software for 3D designs, but we need 2D vector files to cut your parts.
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