Cutting and engraving questions

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Trace Outline

Hey smart cats, help me out! I’ve got an SVG of a mushroom with complex details inside, but I want to trace just the outside to create a cut line in inkscape. Any ideas? Thanks!

This is one of many that goes through the steps.

How do I outline a clipart image like this to engrave and cut

Sometimes when you are beginning, it’s hard to know what terms to search for in the forum for the techniques and workflow required. You would want to look at “cut outline” or “trace outline” in the forum posts. There are several tutorials in the Tips & Tricks that walk you through using a trace feature in design software to get an outline of the bitmap shape. You have run against a fundamental distinction in digital design: rasters/bitmaps versus vectors/paths. As @Jules would note by asking…

Here’s another one.