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01-19-2007, 04:03 PM
Specifically, I know if I import an image I'll get something that is carved in passes and will most likely need touching up and sanding to be smooth and polished looking. I know if I use a font, or most line tools the router will be moving along the path and will most likely produce a better quality line.
What I'm not sure about is when people are creating designs in vector based programs, does it still carve the piece in a boatload of passes across the board, producing the roughness of a design created from an image heightmap? Or does it somehow use those vector based lines to move the workpiece around making smoother passes as it traces around the lines of the design?
Basically, is there any advantage to using vector based source art as opposed to image based source art, assuming you have the image quality and resolution to produce a high quality heightmap?
Love to have info on that, thanks so much in advance.
What I'm not sure about is when people are creating designs in vector based programs, does it still carve the piece in a boatload of passes across the board, producing the roughness of a design created from an image heightmap? Or does it somehow use those vector based lines to move the workpiece around making smoother passes as it traces around the lines of the design?
Basically, is there any advantage to using vector based source art as opposed to image based source art, assuming you have the image quality and resolution to produce a high quality heightmap?
Love to have info on that, thanks so much in advance.