The process I’m using to convert my drawings into toolpaths for the ShopBot are as follows:
- Draw my illustration in Procreate
- Export the drawing as a PNG
- Import the PNG to Adobe Illustrator
- Image trace to convert to vector points
- Clean up and reduce the number of points.
- Export vector art as a SVG
- Import SVG to VCarve
- Program CNC toolpaths with material thickness, endmills, feeds and speeds
- Save the toolpath as a SBP
- Run the SBP file on the ShopBot