creating a usable svg for use in fusion

[harveypolglase]

Hi guys, 

My 1st post so please be gentle....
ok so i'm trying to convert an image into a svg, so i can import it into fusion and extrude parts for 3d printing..
ive tried the usual png to svg sites and ive even painstakingly traced the image in affinity designer and exported as svg...
i can seem to find the best solution..
i either get a failed to generate profile as, curves do not precisely overlap error 
or i does import but cant select parts of the image

[davebYYPCU]

Fusion does allow imports, however is not great at giving results as expected.

To extrude for 3d printing - can you explain?  
No Fusion will not know any depth detail, meaning you won’t get from the SVG / DXF, any height values.

You can trace the text, with good results.

Might help…..

[Drewpan]

Hi,

Fusion is notorious for not coping well with imported SVG and DXF files.

I think that you might be best to import the image as a Canvas and trace

over it with lines. Might be the quickest method.

The Traced version you have "might" import ok with a little repair work

to be done to it. Try that first.

Cheers

Andrew

[jeff_strater]

it might also be worth experimenting with Project Salvador with that image.  While the main stated purpose of Salvador is integration with DALL-E, the real value, IMO, is the included "image outlining" part.  Generating a sketch from an image is super valuable, and because that capability generates native Fusion sketch geometry, it usually does not suffer from the problems that more generic image to SVG tools do:  lots of tiny line segments, gaps, degenerate curves, self-intersecting curves, etc.  Remember, SVG is really intended for display purposes, where those kinds of conditions are not a problem.  For a precise CAD system, they are.

[harveypolglase]

brilliant, thanks for the the replies... much appreciated... i did start to re-trace the image but using distorted shapes instead of pen tool.. produces far less vector points and so far im good importing to fusion, but haven't finished yet... i might try Project Salvador and see if that speeds things up 🙂

[harveypolglase]

I tried Project Salvador, and it did a great job on the lighter colours.. but the darker colours all blender into one shape... i was reading up about it and it mentions about contrast, so i upped the contrast but no luck as yet..... but think it will only get better