Texas Lynx Logo DXF

[lance.swan]

I am one of the Ag Teachers at our school and we recently bought a new CNC machine. Being new to both PS and CNC working, I was needing help in designing a dxf file for our school logo. Is there anyone that can help me with this by chance? I would greatly appreciate it very much.

This was taken off a sign made years ago with this logo in the middle.

lynx.jpg

[acourtjester]

here you go, next time please no shinny finish or reflections in the image. I used Inkscape to trace the image and the reflections put a lot of extra junk in trace.

logo5.svg

logo5.dxf

[Joe Jones]

here you go, next time please no shinny finish or reflections in the image. I used Inkscape to trace the image and the reflections put a lot of extra junk in trace.
logo5.svg
logo5.dxf

A bit rough. It needs a little TLC before it is cut. It really isn't even close to the actual logo. Sorry. However, it is much closer to the Spearman Texas Lynx logo, which is distorted. Which one is the official logo? Who knows!

Inkscape isn't very good at tracing photos like this. It is better to draw it by hand.

Joe

JJ-LYNX LOGO DXF.dxf

[acourtjester]

this is what I had to correct

logo4 trace.JPG

[Joe Jones]

this is what I had to correct
logo4 trace.JPG

Yeah ... I see that! Ugh! So much easier to find the original logo on Google and trace that by hand. Strange ... they have TWO versions of it online. yours which is stretched vertically, and mine which is not stretched. Given the inconsistency of the font in your version, I am guessing that someone $%^&* it up by stretching it.

Joe

[Joe Jones]

It looks like the high school band uses the LYNX logo with the heavy 'X'

LYNX HIGH SCHOOL BAND LOGO HEAVY X JPG.jpg

[acourtjester]

If I have those I would have saved time and could have produced much better result with Inkscape, I'm done.

[lance.swan]

Thank you so much that is awesome. I appreciate the info on the picture and the gloss of it. Again thank you.

[Joe Jones]

If I have those I would have saved time and could have produced much better result with Inkscape, I'm done.

Yep. Whenever a sports logo or something like that is in question, the first thing I do is search the Net for a GOOD sample of it.

Joe

[adbuch]

I am one of the Ag Teachers at our school and we recently bought a new CNC machine. Being new to both PS and CNC working, I was needing help in designing a dxf file for our school logo. Is there anyone that can help me with this by chance? I would greatly appreciate it very much.

This was taken off a sign made years ago with this logo in the middle.

Lance - this one can be easily and quickly manually traced using Inkscape, which is a free program great for these sorts of artistic pieces. I will be back later to show you some simple steps to use so that next time you will be able to do something like this on your own. Working from your posted photo is fine for something like this - manually tracing. But as Tom pointed out, trying to do an auto trace on this particular image is problematic - regardless of the program used.

David

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[adbuch]

Here is a quick step-by-step.
David

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[adbuch]

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[lance.swan]

Thank y’all so much!! I really appreciate it and the knowledge shared here is amazing. Again Thank you

Lance

[adbuch]

Thank y’all so much!! I really appreciate it and the knowledge shared here is amazing. Again Thank you

Lance

You are quite welcome! I think that between the collective responses to your question you now have a better idea of what is involved in a conversion like this, and possibly how my might do it yourself in the future. As I mentioned - Inkscape is free, easy to use, and I think the right tool for your job. If you are interested in learning more about Inkscape, the Inkscape section of the forum has some great information.

viewforum.php?f=77

Here is a nice tutorial video explaining how to manually trace a design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwcL6TDnSM

[adbuch]

Thank y’all so much!! I really appreciate it and the knowledge shared here is amazing. Again Thank you

Lance

You are quite welcome! I think that between the collective responses to your question you now have a better idea of what is involved in a conversion like this, and possibly how you might do it yourself in the future. As I mentioned - Inkscape is free, easy to use, and I think the right tool for your job. If you are interested in learning more about Inkscape, the Inkscape section of the forum has some great information.

viewforum.php?f=77

Here is a nice tutorial video explaining how to manually trace a design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwcL6TDnSM

inkscape manual trace.jpg

David

[Unvevo]

If Lance would have reached out to his buddy that has been plasma cutting for 10+ years. I had this logo digitized many years ago. A bit late, but welcome to PlasmaSpider.

[adbuch]

If Lance would have reached out to his buddy that has been plasma cutting for 10+ years. I had this logo digitized many years ago. A bit late, but welcome to PlasmaSpider.

Thanks for your response! Please go ahead and post your file so we can see how ours compares to your original file.
David

[Unvevo]

Here it is.

[adbuch]

Here it is.

Thanks!!
David