I feel I need to explain more than I probably need because I am fairly new to Sketchup and CNC, sort of. I have an 8’ x 4’ Barracuda CNC router and it’s primarily been used with DeskEngrave for text on signs. I have recently been using it with the PhlatBoyz extension to cut small things like knobs a…

When it rains, it pours. I’m not sure what’s going on now but I cannot seem to import images into Sketchup. Correction, I can import them, I just can’t place them. I have tried every file format allowable, different templates, rebooted Sketchup, rebooted the computer (I did that just for you tech su…

If you have illustrator, then the ‘best way’ is to convert the logo to paths and then import it into Sketchup as dwg or dxf. Then you can directly manipulate it etc. If you import an image into Sketchup, either png or jpg, then you are going to have to manually trace the whole shape that while poss…

Change the second dropdown on the import dialog from Use as Texture to Use as Image.

Perfect, that got me started. I have successfully created a DWG file from the logo image and moved it into Sketchup. Not sure what to do now (explode it, make it a component, resize so that it fits my safe cut area, etc. but I’ll figure it out as I go. Thanks a million. And yes, I own the full Adobe…

Yes thats pretty much it, explode it and modify it how you see fit etc. Good luck!

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JPG/2D Image to Lines

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