And with help from your favorite AI, its sometimes cryptic command line becomes manageable. On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM Jon Bondy via Discuss < discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > Todd: > > Thanks. ImageMagik does most of this with a command line interface which > allows for batch processing; it also is free. > > Jon > On 8/27/2026 2:41 PM, Todd Allen via Discuss wrote: > > GIMP is a free photoshop type app with many tools one can use to > "simplify" a photo. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:34 PM William F. Adams via Discuss < > discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > >> I've always found it best to just re-draw: >> >> https://community.carbide3d.com/t/drawing-a-weber-gasket/104998 >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.carbide3d.com_t_drawing-2Da-2Dweber-2Dgasket_104998&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=AsrE-c7ZR7B2Kyr3qgfvvppkCEBVsNmwEMndcrRSuOI&m=v74Zgd6D2TjRt5ES8CHWOa2YICrVP4XpuEKJGcslvkU0TswF8cNQkvZ9CuYK7yhf&s=sewdCNqqFYHvBYHrVOMYJpSYrWP-I4uP1kHr4NoloNk&e=> >> >> William >> >> -- >> Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. >> https://designinto3d.com/ >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__designinto3d.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=AsrE-c7ZR7B2Kyr3qgfvvppkCEBVsNmwEMndcrRSuOI&m=v74Zgd6D2TjRt5ES8CHWOa2YICrVP4XpuEKJGcslvkU0TswF8cNQkvZ9CuYK7yhf&s=2vI6lgdp76VcnWVcWbCTz2sHgrI26Gv1ajwUZ-1YIcQ&e=> >> >> >> On Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 07:31:22 AM EDT, OpenSCAD general >> discussion Mailing-list <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: >> >> >> There are tutorials about how to take a photo and convert it into a line >> drawing using ImageMagik and there are also some online tools to do >> similar. They take one bitmap and turn it into another bitmap. Does >> anyone know of a way to take a bitmap (photo) and turn it into a series >> of line segments in SVG (or similar) format outlining the boundaries of >> similar gray scale or color? >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. >> www.avg.com >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.avg.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=AsrE-c7ZR7B2Kyr3qgfvvppkCEBVsNmwEMndcrRSuOI&m=v74Zgd6D2TjRt5ES8CHWOa2YICrVP4XpuEKJGcslvkU0TswF8cNQkvZ9CuYK7yhf&s=YAoQkdvzLXlTaQfuwd6dpSKrEQQqZF4ep-FAIDdAmUk&e=> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free.www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_7283667590220055894_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org