How do you make Vector patterns?

[Rob Mulgrew]

Hello,
I am ok with creating raster patterns but was wondering how you create vector patterns. For example if I wanted to carve this accent in the picture with a V bit, how would you make the pattern so the v bit goes deeper for the wider spots and shallower for the thinner lines?
I'm not looking for anyone to do a pattern for me, this is only an example that I am trying to figure out how to do this on. Is it a software needed or can it be done with free editing programs such as gimp?
Thanks

[peep]

I would like to know also

[liquidguitars]

"Select depth profile"

[Rob Mulgrew]

The depth profile option is not available. It's there but you cant click it. Is that an add on or am I just not doing something else right?

"Select depth profile"

[fwharris]

The depth profile option is not available. It's there but you cant click it. Is that an add on or am I just not doing something else right?

It will not show up until you select the vector and assign a bit to the vector.

[dbfletcher]

A lot of ppl on here would convert that to a font character, then you can just use centerline to carve it. If you search the forum you will find several threads that discuss that technique.

[peep]

ok I am playing with it now

[Chip]

And I was going to start searching the same subject this weekend. Thanks guys.

[mtylerfl]

Hello,
I am ok with creating raster patterns but was wondering how you create vector patterns. For example if I wanted to carve this accent in the picture with a V bit, how would you make the pattern so the v bit goes deeper for the wider spots and shallower for the thinner lines?
I'm not looking for anyone to do a pattern for me, this is only an example that I am trying to figure out how to do this on. Is it a software needed or can it be done with free editing programs such as gimp?
Thanks

You are mentioning two different things...first: How to create the vectors...second: how to v-carve those vectors

1) I do the majority of vector designs like that in CorelDraw, but any vector drawing program will do the job (Adobe Illustrator or the FREE InkScape - NOT Gimp)

2) Currently, you would then need to make those vectors a FONT, as already mentioned, for the CarveWright to be able to do a TRUE v-carving. However, you may see sometime in the not-so-distant future, converting to a font may no longer be a necessary step. However, the way you would get the vectors into Designer, would be via the DXF Importer which is an optional software I have used for many years - I could not do without it!

[FWMiller]

I was trying to do what I thought was turning a vector drawing into a pattern and could not figure it out. I created a curved shape in another software and exported it to dxf. I used DXF importer to bring it into carvewright designer where I created a carve region based on the imported curves. I'd like to save as a pattern so I can re-use it without doing the import DXF step every time I want to use it. Clicking on the extract patterns button only creates a category with nothing in it. The create pattern button is greyed out. If I import an image file then I can create a pattern.

Frederick