find a picture that you want cut into some object
The picture should be line art, not made of shades of gray, and relatively simple in its design.
Save the picture to your hard drive
If the picture is online, save a copy of its link so you can come back to it.
If you need to modify the picture, you can do that in paint, gimp, photoshop or whatever you like.
convert the picture to a vector image
You can use several different programs to do this.
One program that works is Raster to Vector www.raster-vector.com
Save the vector in .dxf format to your hard drive
Open the vector image in Shopbot Part Wizard
Choose Create new Model
set the table size to 96" x 48"
Set your thickness to the thickness of your workpiece
Choose top of block
Hit enter
Choose the import vectors button
Find your dxf file on the hard drive
check the intersection settings, make sure they are reasonable.
When you hit enter, you should see your image in the bottom left corner of the workplane.
Zoom in to see what your image looks like.
Create a toolpath
The button is way down on the panel on the left
Choose either an outside or inside profile
select a profiling tool
name and calculate your toolpath
Your toolpath should show up in red along with your image
Save your file.
Save your toolpath
At the bottom left of the part wizard window, there are three tabs.
The middle tab is toolpaths
When you click on it, there will be three buttons
Save toolpath should be on the left.
click on save toolpath, choose shopbot router inch
choose save, name your file.
close the save dialog window.
Open the Shopbot software
Save your toolpath
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This page should help you get started
http://snowball.pbwiki.com/StephenMc
http://www.europeafloat.com/images/germany_map_waterways.gif
http://z.about.com/d/geography/1/0/K/J/mexico.jpg
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