Absolutely perfect demonstration. I’ve had Inkscape on my computer and use fusion all the time and have frequently wondered how to do this. NOW I KNOW!!! THANK YOU!
Angus you are a genius, this video is so old, I am watching you for so long and I still learn or relearn something new every time with you. Having all those videos uploaded is such a treasure.
Angus. This is exactly what I needed to be able to convert a drawing to an SVG. I have watched it 4 or 5 times and come back to it again and again. Many thanks.
For anyone seeing this obvious scam convo above. Never trust these scams, if some site claims it can "hack" instagram accounts its bullshit or you getting hacked.
I like to add a shape (same as the target face of your model) around the SVG artwork so it's easier to place/scale. That outer shape can then easily be deleted with the right click > unfix technique!
Been using it for over a year. Fantastic tool. Nice to see a video on it. The way I use it is with the Colors option. Because we can swap out filament during prints to get colors at different thicknesses, we can convert flat graphics with multiple colors into multiple, separate SVG files. Import in place into modeling software (such as TinkerCad) and simply adjust the heights. Works great.
So you mean to tell me I spent a few hours tracing out a green hornet logo from a jpeg in fusion 360 when I could have just used this beautiful magical program. You know what I'm not even mad I'm just happy I know this exists now.
I’ve been playing around with Inkscapes trace bit map feature for importing unto Fusion 360 and it isn’t perfect for tracing complex shapes (like painted lettering). I run in to issues with Inkscape creating too many nodes/indices or two overlapping nodes that aren’t closed/connected. When it is imported in to F360 the outline doesn’t form a closed area or F360 can’t compute the offset it to create a thinned walled object because the overlapping nodes/line open up forming a gap in the outline.
This Saved my world!!!! I was having so many issue's with a specific font. Fusion 360 would not let me extrude for the life of me, no matter what I did. So I appreciate the video.
OMG! Very helpful video in so many ways!! After having worked with Autodesk software for almost 30 years, I was boggled to see that Fusion doesn't support text around a curve! This will help so much with this! This video helps open up a ton of possibilities, and I just downloaded Inkscape last week, definitely not regretting it now!! Thanks so much!!
thank you so very much I have been struggling with this issue when I bring in jpeg file into fusion 360 now that I seen this video my tracing will be so much easer this is why I watch your videos you are the best thank a ton
Thanks Angus. This program would have saved me hours a few weeks back when I created a Freo Dockers emblem. I painstakingy traced out a JPEG in Fusion360 using lines. End result turned out OK, but I'll be using Inkscape for similar projects from now on 👍👍
Thank you so much for that, Angus. I can’t afford Illustrator so this looks a great free alternative. I’m getting to grips with Fusion slowly and enjoying using it.
haha i could hug you you nailed it for me what took me 5 days searching online sudden your vid pops up once again and exactly what i was looking for o/
Thanks so much for the tutorial. Was working on another tutorial to make a stamp. So haven't done much drawing for a long time. Was able to finish the stamp and just finished printing the stamp that has a neat handle todya. Almost three days to figure everything out. Without your tutorial it would ahve probably not been possible. New ot Fusion 360. New to Inkscape. On paper I can draw well. On computer , not. Just not able to get the mouse to move the way I want. I'm pencil based. Being able to draw on the computer is one hurdle, i havee absolutely no idea, how to resolve. Thanks again !
If we ever meet up, beers are on ME! Im a new Fusion user, and tracing things in Fusion is the bane of my existence. Im off to download inkscape. THANK YOU
What I mean is that other popular softwares are free, but they limit what you can do. And they can change everything the moment they like, so you are 'waving under their winds'.
Thanks for doing this tutorial, I figured this neat trick out by myself (Specifically using Inkscape to trace whatever you want and then exporting it out and pulling it back into CAD). I use Inkscape, but I use Solidworks for CAD, and I don't think it pulls in .svg's like Fusion360 does, but it will pull in .dxf's which work just as well. My favorite part about using this is your contours that it brings into CAD from a trace are "Watertight" which means so much less fussing. Thanks so much for posting this, I was seriously contemplating making a tutorial because I hadn't seen these tips elsewhere, but you did a much better job making a nice video!
Some tips I found help with this: 1) use a high resolution image. 600 dpi or higher for the image you trace. 2) reduce the number of colors if you can. I use the magic select in a free program called Paint.Net to select an area, then fill it with a color sampled from inside the area. This makes it easier for the color separation feature to work in image trace. If you are working with line art, you would just fill with black. 3) if you get pointy ends to you text, reduce your image brightness threshold. 4) be willing to tweak your control points to sharpen points and properly curve the bottom of your "u".
You can also use inkscape to create your own fonts. You just need fontforge to do some tweaks on the svg and generate the ttf, there are some good tutorials how to do that. But thats pretty helpful when working with a specific font in logos and you don't want to place letter by letter by hand. I make dice so I make fonts for my own numbers and then just need to type the numbers in, instead of importing svg files for every face.
The artboard in illustrator and inkscape has the coordinates of (0,0) in the top left corner. I believe when you are importing this into fusion it is placing the svg at that location. I wonder if you were to adjust that point in inkscape if that would fix the issue of it coming in upside down?
Thanks Angus, this is needed. I've played a bit with Inkscape, and it always been on the back of my mind I need to spend more time with it. Based on the comments. Looks like other people need something like this as well. Hope to see more. BTW. For those that are overwhelmed with Fusion360, TinkerCad can import .svg as well. And you can do the same with some clever tweaking.
You covered some good ground here, Angus! I've been watching Logos by Nick for Inkscape lessons and Lars Christensen for Fusion 360. Of course I'm still subscribed to you, Joel Telling and Thomas Sanladerer.
I wish I'd known about Inkscape a few weeks ago, trying to import a logo into my 3D editor I used an online service Selva3D to convert a bitmap into .stl, but because the free download is low detail I imported it in separate parts. I got there in the end.
Thank you I have been taking the image into fusion as a decal and actually tracing it using the line and arc tools to get an outline then giving it thickness. What a pain But I never thought about doing it this way you just saved me hours & hours of prep time. RIGHT
great video. been doing this for years. but never put text on a curve as i never had a reason. now i have a vinyl cutter and this is something that will work well. thx.
I saved all my layers from Illustrator into SVG, and they weren't upside down when I imported them into Fusion. I did the painstaking task of Save As and not Export for the layers. That might've helped. However, one of the SVG files had it's path messed up when I used Export, but I tried importing again another day with the Save As version and it worked perfectly. Not sure if it was an import issue, an issue with the design, or an issue with my method of saving, but don't care because it works now hahaha.
I have a design with several layers that I'd like to extrude to different heights. Would you recommend saving each layer as its own SVG or would saving everything in one SVG be ok too?
@@MakersMuse As a hobbyist, I'm pretty sure I fall in neither category :( - correction, I've looked, and it seems like I can get it free for a year...it isn't clear what happens then...
@@MakersMuse Hmm, well something to put on my todo list for the next breathing space work gives me xD At least I have experience (going from 123D to Blender to FreeCAD) in bouncing between programs lol Thanks Angus :)
Great tutorial. I used Affinity Designer (not free, but way cheaper than Illustrator) to do just that: text on a curve. Inserting the svg into Fusion was very annoying to me, the svg read no problem, but you have too little control over placement and precise scaling of your path. It took several iterations to get it right where I needed it. Hope it'll improve in future. BTW nice tutorial, thank you!
Someone further up mentioned a procedure in Inkscape you can use to set the base vector to a known length. With that trick you could draw a sketch line in Fusion to a known length, and a "control line" on you SVG. When the two overlap perfectly you are on your mark.
Thank you... Short (compare to others on youtube) and useful video. Really helped me. Just have one question. When I insert .svg into fusion, one of my letters (sketches) wasn't closed, and I couldn't find where, so I couldn't choose it and extrude it... Any idea how do I fix that issue?
@6:46 When I try to extrude it it builds out geometry from both sides of my object. If I select the operation for Cut it gives an error that says No Target Body to Cut or Intersect
I love Inkscape but have you ever tried Vector Magic?? For vectorizing images, I have never found anything that comes close to doing what it does so easily.
Hey MM, I have a question/Video Request. I've been creating my own RC parts but very recently I had a couple issues with my print setting I think. I created some RC tires that are hollow, I printed as low as 2% infill but the tires end up being to stiff on the other hand for the same RC car I printed a wing but its to floppy for my liking. so my question/video suggestion would be tweaking print settings for stiffer prints and on the other end more flexible prints. im printing with TPU for durability on both parts. THX !
Absolutely perfect demonstration. I’ve had Inkscape on my computer and use fusion all the time and have frequently wondered how to do this. NOW I KNOW!!!
THANK YOU!
Angus you are a genius, this video is so old, I am watching you for so long and I still learn or relearn something new every time with you. Having all those videos uploaded is such a treasure.
Angus. This is exactly what I needed to be able to convert a drawing to an SVG. I have watched it 4 or 5 times and come back to it again and again. Many thanks.
Inkscape has some nice plugins for gcode generation as well, I helped my old man use it to cut vinyl and route pcbs on a 3dprinter
For anyone seeing this obvious scam convo above. Never trust these scams, if some site claims it can "hack" instagram accounts its bullshit or you getting hacked.
I like to add a shape (same as the target face of your model) around the SVG artwork so it's easier to place/scale. That outer shape can then easily be deleted with the right click > unfix technique!
That's a great tip!
@@MakersMuse fantastic job.
If I wanted to scale the font to a set size could I do that in Inkscape prior to saving the SVG?
Been using it for over a year. Fantastic tool. Nice to see a video on it.
The way I use it is with the Colors option. Because we can swap out filament during prints to get colors at different thicknesses, we can convert flat graphics with multiple colors into multiple, separate SVG files. Import in place into modeling software (such as TinkerCad) and simply adjust the heights. Works great.
So you mean to tell me I spent a few hours tracing out a green hornet logo from a jpeg in fusion 360 when I could have just used this beautiful magical program. You know what I'm not even mad I'm just happy I know this exists now.
I’ve been playing around with Inkscapes trace bit map feature for importing unto Fusion 360 and it isn’t perfect for tracing complex shapes (like painted lettering). I run in to issues with Inkscape creating too many nodes/indices or two overlapping nodes that aren’t closed/connected. When it is imported in to F360 the outline doesn’t form a closed area or F360 can’t compute the offset it to create a thinned walled object because the overlapping nodes/line open up forming a gap in the outline.
I prefer to use the bezier tool to hand trace.
@@sueparks3488 I have no idea what that is
Inkscape has the best trace edges functionality I've come across - use it a lot!
When you were deciding the font I yelled “comic sans” at my computer and then you chose it my life is complete
I've been waiting for this video for years! Thank you!!!
This Saved my world!!!! I was having so many issue's with a specific font. Fusion 360 would not let me extrude for the life of me, no matter what I did. So I appreciate the video.
Thank you so much for sharing. I have come back several to watch this at times when things don't work out. It always helps.
Thanks for the feedback! Glad it helped.
Woow ! :D I was not expecting that "Put on path" thing :D
*Watching a Maker's muse Video* , Always pays back!
OMG! Very helpful video in so many ways!! After having worked with Autodesk software for almost 30 years, I was boggled to see that Fusion doesn't support text around a curve! This will help so much with this! This video helps open up a ton of possibilities, and I just downloaded Inkscape last week, definitely not regretting it now!! Thanks so much!!
thank you so very much I have been struggling with this issue when I bring in jpeg file into fusion 360 now that I seen this video my tracing will be so much easer this is why I watch your videos you are the best thank a ton
Thanks Angus. This program would have saved me hours a few weeks back when I created a Freo Dockers emblem. I painstakingy traced out a JPEG in Fusion360 using lines. End result turned out OK, but I'll be using Inkscape for similar projects from now on 👍👍
Thank you so much for that, Angus. I can’t afford Illustrator so this looks a great free alternative. I’m getting to grips with Fusion slowly and enjoying using it.
Thanks Angus for another great, easy tutorial. Now I can decorate my prints the way I want them.
haha i could hug you you nailed it for me what took me 5 days searching online sudden your vid pops up once again and exactly what i was looking for o/
Thanks so much for the tutorial. Was working on another tutorial to make a stamp. So haven't done much drawing for a long time. Was able to finish the stamp and just finished printing the stamp that has a neat handle todya. Almost three days to figure everything out. Without your tutorial it would ahve probably not been possible. New ot Fusion 360. New to Inkscape. On paper I can draw well. On computer , not. Just not able to get the mouse to move the way I want. I'm pencil based. Being able to draw on the computer is one hurdle, i havee absolutely no idea, how to resolve. Thanks again !
If we ever meet up, beers are on ME! Im a new Fusion user, and tracing things in Fusion is the bane of my existence. Im off to download inkscape. THANK YOU
Inkscape is not only free, it is also open source.
Is it free for commercial use? Thanks Owen.
@@owensparks5013 Of course! That's the point with open source, you own the rights, instead of you being limited by the rights.
What I mean is that other popular softwares are free, but they limit what you can do. And they can change everything the moment they like, so you are 'waving under their winds'.
@@yomboprime
Outstanding, thanks!
Not quite accurate. It depends what the rights owner allows you to do.
Yay! Another tool to add to the belt, this is going to come in very handy 😊
I can’t tell you how good the timing was on this. Thank you!
This is awesome! I needed this a few days ago trying to create svg's for my wife's vinyl cutter for one of her projects. Thank you!
Thanks for doing this tutorial, I figured this neat trick out by myself (Specifically using Inkscape to trace whatever you want and then exporting it out and pulling it back into CAD). I use Inkscape, but I use Solidworks for CAD, and I don't think it pulls in .svg's like Fusion360 does, but it will pull in .dxf's which work just as well.
My favorite part about using this is your contours that it brings into CAD from a trace are "Watertight" which means so much less fussing.
Thanks so much for posting this, I was seriously contemplating making a tutorial because I hadn't seen these tips elsewhere, but you did a much better job making a nice video!
Some tips I found help with this:
1) use a high resolution image. 600 dpi or higher for the image you trace.
2) reduce the number of colors if you can. I use the magic select in a free program called Paint.Net to select an area, then fill it with a color sampled from inside the area. This makes it easier for the color separation feature to work in image trace. If you are working with line art, you would just fill with black.
3) if you get pointy ends to you text, reduce your image brightness threshold.
4) be willing to tweak your control points to sharpen points and properly curve the bottom of your "u".
Great video Angus! Thank you so much for all you do!
Older video and the Inkscape I am using is a little different BUT I got this to work. Thank you very much for the tutorial!!
You can also use inkscape to create your own fonts. You just need fontforge to do some tweaks on the svg and generate the ttf, there are some good tutorials how to do that. But thats pretty helpful when working with a specific font in logos and you don't want to place letter by letter by hand. I make dice so I make fonts for my own numbers and then just need to type the numbers in, instead of importing svg files for every face.
Crisp advice right there! :D
Thanks Angus... another great vid! Really needed this advise regarding Inkscape to help update my work's logo. Cheers and all the best!
The artboard in illustrator and inkscape has the coordinates of (0,0) in the top left corner. I believe when you are importing this into fusion it is placing the svg at that location. I wonder if you were to adjust that point in inkscape if that would fix the issue of it coming in upside down?
Whatever the reason is, it looks like something that needs to be fixed
Very timely indeed, I've been looking for a particular font for a printer name Borg, but now I can just look for an image of it. Thanks Angus
Awesome! Keep up the great work!! Cake toppers now much easier to do.
Took me a bit to get around to this but I think it's going to be very handy on a project I'm fiddling around on for the tattoo shop I go to. Thanks!
So awesome Angus! This worked out perfect adding a custom logo to my ESK8 electric skateboard enclosures!! Beers on me m8!!!
Thanks alot, this opens a new world of possibilities for me..
Fantastic- vinyl cutters also have similar software for importing images and making them traceable SGV fines. Super handy! Great video
You are a mind reader. This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks!!
Was unaware of this programme! Thanks for the tip, keep up the great content man. Love your vids!
Thank you for this!
Oh wow ...thanks man 😊... just been struggling with some text in fusion... Perfect timing!
You're my hero!!!
Thanks Angus, this is needed. I've played a bit with Inkscape, and it always been on the back of my mind I need to spend more time with it.
Based on the comments. Looks like other people need something like this as well. Hope to see more.
BTW. For those that are overwhelmed with Fusion360, TinkerCad can import .svg as well. And you can do the same with some clever tweaking.
Great Topic Angus! Thanks!
This will be a fantastic resource as a 'how-to'. Thanks Angus!
You covered some good ground here, Angus! I've been watching Logos by Nick for Inkscape lessons and Lars Christensen for Fusion 360. Of course I'm still subscribed to you, Joel Telling and Thomas Sanladerer.
Excellent video and very informative. I hope to use it for CNC Plasma Cut.
I wish I'd known about Inkscape a few weeks ago, trying to import a logo into my 3D editor I used an online service Selva3D to convert a bitmap into .stl, but because the free download is low detail I imported it in separate parts. I got there in the end.
you are the best :) thank Youuu for the help :)
I just got what i was looking for. Thanks :)
Thank you I have been taking the image into fusion as a decal and actually tracing it using the line and arc tools to get an outline then giving it thickness. What a pain But I never thought about doing it this way you just saved me hours & hours of prep time. RIGHT
thank you! you helped me to save a lot of time
Flippin' Brilliant. many thanks indeed.
Thanks for this. I never realized that Inkscape had raster to vector conversion capabilities. It has been quite a while since I used it last.
brilliant as always ... big help thanks
This was a great video. Thanks very much. I spent a few hours trying to get text in fusion in a curve the other day. You Tha Man.
Angus Impaler of Creativity 💥 💟
Quick question- when you insert the svg into Fusion 360, will it be a 1 to 1 ratio (so long as the units are the same)?
Nice! I've found dxf is useful if you want precise dimensions as well!
I just did this last night !
👍
great tut mate
Sweet I've had inkscape for other stuff now I have another use for it
you did it... - comic sans - i don't know if i can watch it any much longer...
teehee :D
Comic Sans! Unsubscribe! 😜
@@MakersMuse brutal, my friend, brutal - if it were another channel, i would be out!
It could've been so much worse, imagine if he made a 3D shop sign in Comic Sans saying:
Fish And Chip's
@@licensetodrive9930 What if he did... i'm not sure what to think anymore :| !!!
Really helpful video! Thanks :)
great video. been doing this for years. but never put text on a curve as i never had a reason. now i have a vinyl cutter and this is something that will work well. thx.
I saved all my layers from Illustrator into SVG, and they weren't upside down when I imported them into Fusion. I did the painstaking task of Save As and not Export for the layers. That might've helped. However, one of the SVG files had it's path messed up when I used Export, but I tried importing again another day with the Save As version and it worked perfectly. Not sure if it was an import issue, an issue with the design, or an issue with my method of saving, but don't care because it works now hahaha.
I have a design with several layers that I'd like to extrude to different heights. Would you recommend saving each layer as its own SVG or would saving everything in one SVG be ok too?
Very cool!! I am still a newbie but have learned a lot from you. Many thanks!
This is an incredibly valuable tutorial!
Nice to see a free alternative to Illustrator, but I'd love to see you using a free alternative to Fusion 360 even more :(
F360 is free for education and startups! Just go through the process once the trial ends
@@MakersMuse As a hobbyist, I'm pretty sure I fall in neither category :( - correction, I've looked, and it seems like I can get it free for a year...it isn't clear what happens then...
Well unless they change their terms you just renew... But yes, things may change
@@MakersMuse Hmm, well something to put on my todo list for the next breathing space work gives me xD At least I have experience (going from 123D to Blender to FreeCAD) in bouncing between programs lol Thanks Angus :)
Awesome 😎 thank you for the info..
If I'm not mistaken, I believe there is a smoothing tool in the path tab that will clean up any strange edges
Very useful video!
Thank you, thank you, so much... For opening up so many possibilities!
Great video, thanks
Thank you .. Angus!!
Works in tinker cad too. For those of use who can't/don't use fusion360.
Yep! Really handy In tinkercad.
Good tutorial.
I needed this.. THANK YOU!
Perfect timing, thanks for the vid!
Super. Danke aus Germany.
I am still using this tutorial, I have a memory issue please never delete it. Many thanks
Very Nice. Thanks
Thanks Angus, this was really useful to me.
Thank you!
Now I can Brand everything I do ^^
The last time I needet this I did it in Fusion with hundreds of small lines 🤣
Great tutorial. I used Affinity Designer (not free, but way cheaper than Illustrator) to do just that: text on a curve. Inserting the svg into Fusion was very annoying to me, the svg read no problem, but you have too little control over placement and precise scaling of your path. It took several iterations to get it right where I needed it. Hope it'll improve in future. BTW nice tutorial, thank you!
Someone further up mentioned a procedure in Inkscape you can use to set the base vector to a known length. With that trick you could draw a sketch line in Fusion to a known length, and a "control line" on you SVG. When the two overlap perfectly you are on your mark.
Cool!
Good, thank you.
I always use DXF. I think it’s better for usage in Fusion. But great video!!
Thank you... Short (compare to others on youtube) and useful video. Really helped me.
Just have one question. When I insert .svg into fusion, one of my letters (sketches) wasn't closed, and I couldn't find where, so I couldn't choose it and extrude it... Any idea how do I fix that issue?
Thanks man.
Thanks!
I would have liked seeing you modify inkscape job (the inside circle is pretty bad), that would have been pretty exhaustive
@6:46 When I try to extrude it it builds out geometry from both sides of my object. If I select the operation for Cut it gives an error that says No Target Body to Cut or Intersect
I love Inkscape but have you ever tried Vector Magic?? For vectorizing images, I have never found anything that comes close to doing what it does so easily.
It would be nice to have a guide on getting an SVG from Fusion and Solidworks for laser cutting. As of now I just convert file types till it works.
Fixed my biggest problem yet. Wish that whould work as easy in Inventor though....
Hey MM, I have a question/Video Request. I've been creating my own RC parts but very recently I had a couple issues with my print setting I think. I created some RC tires that are hollow, I printed as low as 2% infill but the tires end up being to stiff on the other hand for the same RC car I printed a wing but its to floppy for my liking. so my question/video suggestion would be tweaking print settings for stiffer prints and on the other end more flexible prints. im printing with TPU for durability on both parts. THX !
Does fusion 360 have to have the same font for this to work the way you want? Say I wanted to use a font that Fusion doesn't have?
Can I use this to design pictures to cut out on my plasma table. These will be used to make inserts for my deck railings