How to export a Photoshop (Mac) file that can be opened with a PC version of the CAD software

Hi all

I'm trying to deliver a photoshop graphic to my friend w / a PC and a CNC machine it will use to cut out my chart.  Unfortunately, he has trouble opening the graphics that I send him, even though I tried all the standard formats (.pdf, .png, .tif, bpm).  What he needs is a .dxf or .dwg file that I think... And there are tons of ".". "PDF to DWG converters" out there (I've downloaded several).  Problem is, when I try to open my .pdf and then export and/or registered as a .dwg file, it saves in an empty file!  When I reopen the .dwg file to check it out, there is nothing there.

For anyone who is interested to help me, here is a link to my photoshop file (it is reduced to 24 "tall and 48" wide):

Dropbox - TheSpaceCastle_Logo2.psd

And here is the PDF:

Dropbox - TheSpaceCastle_Logo2.pdf

Here I am pasting a .jpg image file: (the widget download told me that .pdf files are 'prohibited'... lol? It is a Forum of ADOBE.  Why a .pdf file could not?)

TheSpaceCastle_Logo2.jpg

Found the solution:

I had my friend vectorize my original FIRST file in Illustrator and created a .ai file.  It was not a type of simple file conversion.  Then, she saved the vector, that she created as a .dxf file.  It is necessary to first vectorization.

I don't know the exact process, she used to vectorize the file, but I'm sure that it involved the tracing of the image and the creation of a new vector ('path' in Photoshop?).

I confirmed this morning with the designer CNC he managed to extract the file in the CAD software for its CNC machine, and it seems good.

Tags: Photoshop

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