vector centre lines

[Ian Bell]

I convert line art bitmaps to vector format which results in perimeter vectors, a very simplistic example being the letter "O" which is generated as 2 circles.

Anyone know an application/software that can create a centreline between these vectors so that I can use "cut" rather than scan, as using cut creates nice fine lines and processes much faster.

From this:

vector sample.png

To this :

centreline sample.png

[Dave Vigness]

In CorelDraw, that's the difference between outline tracing and center line tracing. Seems there's something in there on line size and type that can do that as well. I know Doug Green has dome some Corel videos on it as well.

[Ian Bell]

Cheers Dave, I don't have coreldraw, but i'll have a wee look to see if it's viable. I did checkout lightburn, but from what I read it's a pretty complex algorithm. TBH it's a nice to have based on my level of requirement.

[Pete Cyr]

The older versions are usually much less expensive

[Ian Bell]

Cheers Pete, for my level of use i'm sure the older version would suffice

[Dave Vigness]

I have an old copy of version 12, it's what every Top Wisdom ships with. I'll upload it to my Google Mod Page later. I only used it for a few months, so i can't say if it has that feature or not. If it's just a few drawings, make a google page or a Dropbox and I can run them for you.

[Pete Cyr]

I have version 7....it has the center line trace

[Dave Vigness]

Loaded both the rar and the expanded directory.

[Ian Bell]

Cheers, i'll give 12 a shot shortly.

[Pete Cyr]

Cheers, i'll give 12 a shot shortly.

https://vectormagic.com/

Take a look at this - there is an online version or you can purchase -I use it a lot and like it