[Therion] xtherion trace line, convert to curve
Thomas Holder
thomas at thomas-holder.de
Thu Jun 7 21:15:39 CEST 2012
wow, that's a cool feature! I didn't know XTherion can do that.
It's true that Inkscape can't do line tracing. It has a "trace bitmap"
feature (based on potrace) which does trace filled shapes, but this is
pretty useless for tracing cave drawings.
Cheers,
Thomas
Stacho Mudrak wrote, On 06/07/12 12:54:
> I am afraid, there are no instructions :(
>
> I needed it to convert raster surface contours to vector data, to be
> able to generate 3D model.
>
> You need to load a background image. Then - on a raster line - add firt
> two points of line, their distance defines tracing step. Like this:
>
> Inline images 2
>
> Then click continue tracing and this is the result.
> Inline images 3
>
> You can then convert this line to bezier curve.
>
> Inline images 4
>
> HTH, S.
>
> P.S. Ad Inkscape - I have been playing a lot with raster -> vector
> features of Inkscape, but ended with programming my own digitalization
> tool in xtherion. Inkscape was not designed to be used this way.
>
> On 7 June 2012 02:42, Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz <mailto:bruce at tomo.co.nz>>
> wrote:
>
> Are there any instructions regarding Xtherion’s ‘trace line’ and
> ‘convert to curve’ line editing features?
>
> I expect there are – just cannot find them.
>
>
>
> The ‘convert to curve’ seems to take a line with straight segments
> and converts it to a smooth curve, so perhaps not so complicated.
>
> I have not been able to get any useful insights after playing with
> ‘trace line’, except that it adds two buttons to the interface.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
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