Creating Scroll saw patterns using CorelDraw X5

[sjwilson57]

I have CorelDraw X5. It does a great job creating vector drawing from bitmaps with just a button click, but what I want to do is make the open areas that one would cutout on a scroll saw as the carve region within Carvewright designer.

Example. I imported a scroll saw pattern into CorelDraw. I then select trace image (line art), it traces nicely, but I need the areas that get cut out as the traced segments so that when it is imported as a DFX into Designer, I can make a pierced cut out. Currently the parts that I don't want cut out are selected in Designer.

I hope this is clearer than mud.

Has anyone created scroll saw patterns using CorelDraw?

Thanks,

Steve

[zan29]

I have used scroll saw patterns, again today. Just open them in Inkscape and save them as DXF. Here's one of them.

[RogerB]

ok Zan29 when is class in for lessons think we should have a pattern making class. nice work.

[zan29]

Yeah Roger, we should get together with Henry and the other guy (can remember his name) and have a CW weekend pattern design brainstorming........hahaha