Getting SVG and other vector files into SolidWorks with no cost to you.

 

Good morning everybody,

I was working on some things for the Solidworks 2012 rollout and came across an ipad 2 cover in the what’s new files. It was used for the feature freeze vignette. I thought to myself it would be really cool to cut the logo’s for the local sports teams I would be visiting. So I looked on line for some logos I could use. I found, of all places, the Wikipedia was a great source of SVG (super vector graphics) files. The problem was SolidWorks doesn’t open them, but vector editing packages do. I found a nice free tool called inkscape that will not only open svg and other vector files but will save out a really clean dxf that I can open into SolidWorks. I hope you enjoy the movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://inkscape.org/

 

Here is an example rendering

Bob McGaughey, CSWE

CATI