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Art Trace

  Edit Bar controls: Origin, Scale, Rotate, About X, About Y, Detailed Cursor, Reset.

This tool converts a bitmap file or a graphic entity into vector geometry.

The Art Trace Wizard will prompt you for an image to convert, an intensity threshold for conversion to monochrome, the edge-detection method, conversion tolerance, output type, whether or not the resultant geometry should be placed within a block and position.

If the geometry is to be positioned manually once the wizard is closed, it will be placed in accordance with the following options:

Origin - controls the location of the image in relation to the cursor

Scale - specify the scale factor

Rotate - specify a rotation angle

About X - activate if you wish to mirror the geometry about the X axis

About Y - activate if you wish to mirror the geometry about the Y axis

Detailed Cursor - activate if you wish the new geometry to be shown as you are placing it, otherwise only a rectangle is shown.

Reset - sets the above options to their default values

Related topics: Graphics.

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