Generate editable SVG paths and a DXF export for your CAM workflow. Inspect closed profiles, dimensions, colors, and units before creating toolpaths.
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Clean, high-contrast art is what cuts well — logos, line art, silhouettes, lettering. One clean vector becomes signs, metal art, plaques, and more on a router or plasma table.
A backlit logo sign
Plasma-cut metal wall art
An engraved metal name plaque
A laser-cut leather tag
A reusable cut stencil
A cut acrylic bracket
Each design went in as a raster image and came out as closed, low-node vector paths — the kind that hold a toolpath instead of breaking it, ready to export as DXF or SVG.
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SVGUnedited feedback from the designers and makers who put PerfectVector to work.
I'd tried everything and been let down every time — I'd given up, figuring today's tech just couldn't do this. And you actually built it. If this is real, it's genuinely incredible.
Left is a PNG I drew in Procreate; right is the SVG this made, opened in Illustrator. The quality is unreal.
Tried it — it's accurate. Simple images actually expose detail differences more than complex ones do, and this nails them.
I model for 3D printing — I needed exactly this.
Gave it a try — really nice.
It converts at even better quality than I expected — it preserves the character of the original better than anything else I've tried.
Way more detailed than I expected. Opening Illustrator to convert every single time was such a chore — bookmarked.
I genuinely need this. Doing it by hand in Illustrator took forever.
Oh wow, this is genuinely good. You're going to do well.
PerfectVector is impressively fast, and the output quality is already very good. With a bit more refinement it could easily compete with the leading tools.
You found a logo, ran it through a free auto-tracer, and loaded the file into your CAM. The toolpath came out broken — open gaps, double lines, a corner that never closes.
So you opened Fusion. “No closed profiles.” You zoomed in and found one logo had become hundreds of tiny segments — enough to bog the sketch down and still not cut clean.
It’s not your machine. It’s the file — built from pixels, stuffed with open paths and stray nodes no CAM wants to chew through. A blown corner on a sheet of aluminium costs real money.
The fix isn’t a better machine — it’s a better file.
An auto-tracer transcribes every pixel edge into anchor points and leaves paths open. That’s exactly what your CAM rejects — broken profiles, jagged curves, sluggish sketches.
We rebuild your image as closed, low-node vector paths with real curves — then export them as DXF or SVG, with your colors kept separate so you control cut vs engrave.
Same image. Same image. One holds a toolpath the first time; the other breaks at the first corner.
Closed outlines keep your toolpath whole — no open gaps, no double lines, no Fusion “no closed profiles” wall.
Fewer anchor points and true arcs and splines mean responsive sketches and smooth cuts — not the faceted, jagged edges of a pixel-by-pixel trace.
Keep your colors distinct in the editor, then export — assign each color to cut, pocket, or engrave in your CAM. (Color separation, not auto-named layers.)
| PerfectVector | Hand-trace + sort layers | A generic free DXF | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whose design | Your own logo, art, or photo | Your own — if you can trace it | Generic art everyone else sells |
| Paths | Generated profiles; inspect and repair as needed | As good as your tracing | Varies — often messy |
| Curves | Editable curves, not dimensioned CAD geometry | Manual node cleanup | Whatever the file has |
| Cut vs engrave | Color regions to map in CAM | Sort paths by hand | Rarely separated |
| Export | DXF + SVG (and PDF/EPS) | Depends on your tool | DXF only, fixed |
| Time | Automatic first result; CAM setup remains manual | Tracing + cleanup time | Search, then settle for generic |
| Price | Vectorizing and preview are always free and unlimited — you only spend a credit when you download a finished file. | Free (Inkscape) + your hours | Free, but not yours |
Drop, vectorize, simplify, export — a raster image becomes closed vector paths you can download as DXF or SVG and load into your CAM, in seconds.
An illustration of the convert-and-export flow.
PerfectVector supports PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF, HEIC/HEIF, and TIFF images. Compatible files are prepared automatically in your browser.
PerfectVector generates editable paths, but it does not create dimensioned CAD geometry or guarantee a complete toolpath. Inspect and repair profiles, set real dimensions and units in CAM, choose tools and operations, and simulate or test before cutting.
Use the built-in editor to merge near-duplicate colors and keep cut, pocket, and engrave regions distinct.
Download a DXF for plasma, SheetCAM, or Fusion — or an SVG for Carbide Create, Easel, or VCarve — then let your CAM build the toolpaths.
Ready to cut something from your own design?
Vectorizing and preview are always free and unlimited — you only spend a credit when you download a finished file.
Vectorize and previewA clean vector imports cleanly everywhere — your CAM turns it into toolpaths. Here are the specifics per tool.
Imports both SVG and DXF. Bring in your file, set your stock and tool, and assign each color region to a contour, pocket, or V-carve toolpath. Closed paths are what keep those toolpaths from breaking.
Vectorization interprets the source image instead of reproducing every pixel exactly. Inspect the protected preview, including edges, colors, and anchor nodes, and refine the result when exact geometry or typography matters. Test the downloaded file in your target software and machine workflow before production.
Imports SVG and DXF as vectors you can toolpath directly. Note: a flat vector isn’t a 3D relief — VCarve’s 3D carving needs a separate greyscale heightmap.
Insert the SVG or DXF into a sketch, then make your CAM toolpaths. Closed profiles matter most here — open paths trigger Fusion’s “no closed profiles” error. Low node counts keep the sketch fast.
Vectorization interprets the source image instead of reproducing every pixel exactly. Inspect the protected preview, including edges, colors, and anchor nodes, and refine the result when exact geometry or typography matters. Test the downloaded file in your target software and machine workflow before production.
Vectorization interprets the source image instead of reproducing every pixel exactly. Inspect the protected preview, including edges, colors, and anchor nodes, and refine the result when exact geometry or typography matters. Test the downloaded file in your target software and machine workflow before production.
I'd tried everything and been let down every time — I'd given up, figuring today's tech just couldn't do this. And you actually built it. If this is real, it's genuinely incredible.
It converts at even better quality than I expected — it preserves the character of the original better than anything else I've tried.
PerfectVector is impressively fast, and the output quality is already very good. With a bit more refinement it could easily compete with the leading tools.
Way more detailed than I expected. Opening Illustrator to convert every single time was such a chore — bookmarked.
Tried it — it's accurate. Simple images actually expose detail differences more than complex ones do, and this nails them.
No — your CNC reads G-code. Your CAM software (Carbide Create, Easel, VCarve, Fusion, or SheetCAM for plasma) turns the vector into toolpaths and posts the G-code. PerfectVector gives you the clean SVG or DXF those tools need as their starting point.
Both work; it depends on your software. DXF is the lingua franca for plasma, SheetCAM, Fusion, and AutoCAD interop, and it keeps your curves as real arcs and splines. SVG is perfect for Carbide Create, Easel, and VCarve and stays editable. PerfectVector exports both from one conversion, so you’re covered either way.
PerfectVector aims to create closed vector regions, but source noise and complex artwork can still require repair. Inspect every profile in your CAM software and run its open-geometry checks before generating toolpaths.
It’s craft- and sign-grade — a faithful reproduction of your shape for cutting wood, acrylic, and metal signs. It is not a dimensioned engineering drawing. Choose the final artwork width in millimetres or inches during DXF export, then verify it in CAM. For tight-tolerance mating parts, draw those in CAD.
Each source color is exported to a separate named layer, so regions remain easy to distinguish in CAM. The layers are not automatically labeled CUT or ENGRAVE; assign every manufacturing operation yourself before creating toolpaths.
Clean, high-contrast art — logos, line drawings, silhouettes, stencils, and lettering. Busy photographs need simplifying first. The clearer the shapes, the cleaner the cut.
Not directly. A photo’s smooth gradients don’t become clean cuttable paths — you’d vectorize and simplify it into a silhouette or line art first. PerfectVector is built for flat, graphic art, not photographic detail. A flat outline also isn’t a 3D relief — V-carve relief needs a separate heightmap.
Vectorizing and preview are always free and unlimited — you only spend a credit when you download a finished file.
