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Thanks for the quick reply Clive, much appreciated. I think I'm beginning to get an idea. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I import my bmp file in the first layer, then place dots over the bmp in the second layer, then join the dots with arcs I could get my copy. Again, being new to CAD, the layer...

Hello Clive, First of all, my apologies to all the regulars here who give freely of their time trying to help us raw CAD beginners. Your input here makes life for the "newbies" much easier, and we thank you for that. I can assure you that it was not my intention to be rude and abrupt, and I am truly...

Thank yoyuAndrew, now we are getting somewhere. As I mentioned in my first post, I am trying to cut some foam pieces with my CNC cutter. Attached is a bitmap of a turtledeck that I am trying to cut. This is the front piece, and it will be mated to a second piece. In order for the CNC cutter to work,...

Well thank you Panchdara. That's the first helpful response I got since I asked the question. I'll give that a try.

I guess the rest of these guys aren't interested in helping out a new CAD user.

We're obviously not on their level. I guess this is an old boys club here.

Well thank you for the reply, Mr. Husky. As I mentioned in the opening post, "I have absolutely no CAD experience at all", so I would require step by step instructions to, as you say, "insert a bitmap in your drawing area and trace it manually with all available tools in QCAD" I'm not trying to be a...

Hi there, I'm very new to QCad and have absolutely no CAD experience at all. I am planning on using QCAD to assist me in making DXF files that can be converted into .DAT files to be used in a CNC foamcutter. I need to be able to load a .BMP file into QCAD, trace the image outline with a polyline and...