Re: Digitizing

For small items I found just scanning with a flatbed scanner and
importing the picture into a cad program and fitting curves to it can
produce good results on profiles.
Jeff

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "nelap2002" <npalen@c...>
wrote:

> Hello--Wondering if anyone would know of software or procedure that
> would allow digitizing a grid within a defined profile rather than

an

> XY rectangle? There is a lot of wasted time/motion in scanning into
> the unneeded corner areas of the rectangle.
> Perhaps a polyline of the profile could be exported DXF format and
> then use Excel to merge the profile into the XY rectangle

coordinates

> and throwing out any XY coordinate that is outside the bounding
> profile? This is over my head but thinking that a formula could be
> used to examine each coordinate?
> Or perhaps there is some software availabe to do this?
> I'm digitizing archtop guitar plates which are highly contoured.
> Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks
> Nelson