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I am trying to convert a portion of my logo (which I have as a *.aphoto file) to an SVG usable with Autodesk Fusion. End goal is to be able to engrave the logo using a CNC machine, typically onto another part created in Fusion. In order to be able to do this, if I understand it correctly, I need to import an SVG file of the image to be engraved into an existing Fusion file.

Problem is, I don't have the image as a usable SVG file, and simply exporting it from Affinity Photo isn't working; when I try to import the resulting SVG file into Fusion, I get an error. Based on a little Googling, the error is because the exported SVG file contains an image of my artwork instead of the actual curves/geometry of my artwork.

So what I need to do is 1) Crop my logo (which contains some text and a graphic element) to just the graphic element (don't want to engrave the text portion), then 2) Convert that graphic element from an image into curves/geometry, then 3) Export that geometry as an SVG file I can then import into Fusion.

Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm a complete novice when it comes to Affinity Photo and Designer - I own both but rarely use them as they're just massive overkill for the light image editing I normally do. I really don't even know where to start.

Thanks in advance!

(In the attached file, the *only* portion I want to keep/export/SVG-ize is the starfish in the middle. I've cropped it but the rest of the logo is still there, outside the crop box. That's another thing I don't understand. I want an actual honest-to-god destructive crop when I crop.)

Starfish.afphoto

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Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Andy7771. :)

I see that what you have there is not just a starfish, but a Texan starfish! :D

7 hours ago, Andy7771 said:

So what I need to do is 1) Crop my logo (which contains some text and a graphic element) to just the graphic element (don't want to engrave the text portion), then 2) Convert that graphic element from an image into curves/geometry, then 3) Export that geometry as an SVG file I can then import into Fusion.

You can’t perform step 2 in the current version of Affinity Designer or Photo. If you don’t want to redraw the entire starfish from scratch, you’ll need to use a third-party vectorizer.

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Hi @Andy7771 and another warm welcome to the forums,

See how you get on with the attached files...

You will likely need to adjust them to suit the requirements of Autodesk Fusion but hopefully, they provide you with a good starting point...

Starfish.afdesign

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@Andy7771,

Np problem at all, glad it worked for you...

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