Converting to upload into EZCad2

[Ross San]

Frankly your DXF file looked pretty good out of Inkscape. Have you actually tried to Engrave with your machine a B&W image? Its still 50 degrees in my shop even with the heat on or I would try with mine. It Imported into my co2 laser software and just ignored the white in a Simulated run. I converted into a 1 bit B&W image in Corel X6 and will post the image here. I guess not, too large a file. If you PM me with your email address I will try to send directly.

PM Sent. I have tried engraving B&W images using the image upload function in EZcad but it has always engraved the background.

[Bill George]

PM Sent. I have tried engraving B&W images using the image upload function in EZcad but it has always engraved the background.

Well I was Wrong, Kev was right I tried just now and it does the Background. So before I must removed the white in some way for it to work 😂 . Sorry.

[Kev Williams]

I have yet to get a workable .dxf from Corel X6. I use Corel & trace bitmap as line art, then export as .ai. That works almost every time.

I use X3 and X4, my BIL uses X4 and X6-- He LOVES working within X6, but for output, he has issues with it, and almost always engraves using X4... For one, my old ULS (now his) engraves virually ANYthing sent from X6 as if all res settings are cut by 75%. It's almost like full-on black/white newspaper halftone. Neither we nor Corel can figure out why this is. I have photos of identical jobs engraved sent from X4 and X6, now if I could just find them ... But virtually every setting in his X6 is identical to our settings in X4. I'm not sure about how his X6 does DXF output because his laser use is pretty one dimensional (he has one customer) and he's never used a DXF file in any way, and I've never tried his X6 to make a DXF, maybe I'll give it a try...

[Kev Williams]

Well I was Wrong, Kev was right I tried just now and it does the Background. So before I must removed the white in some way for it to work  . Sorry.

Certain power and bitmap settings can help reduce it, but I don't think I found any that eliminate the background engraving. I've even tried resetting the power settings in my 'power map' to 0% power from 10% to 0% entered power, didn't help.

I honestly don't know why any laser would engrave anything that's pure white anyway. I've saved photos as transparent-background gifs, and even though the 'new' background is absolute white, the laser still dithers it... it's frustrating.

[John Lifer]

The simple answer is that white background is a color..... Laser will laser any color. It isn't smart enough to know white is the same as nothing......

[Jacob John]

Certain power and bitmap settings can help reduce it, but I don't think I found any that eliminate the background engraving. I've even tried resetting the power settings in my 'power map' to 0% power from 10% to 0% entered power, didn't help.

I honestly don't know why any laser would engrave anything that's pure white anyway. I've saved photos as transparent-background gifs, and even though the 'new' background is absolute white, the laser still dithers it... it's frustrating.

I'm wondering if this is my one opportunity to actually provide advice here rather than asking for it. Most images have some sort of ghosting when the white background is removed. I can usually grag it in pieces by ungrouping the object, and it works almost every single time I've this very issue being discussed.