How to crop a pdf line drawing

LightBurn Software Questions
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So my question is how do I crop a line drawing PDF that I have imported and do I have to doit before using the trace function

Thanks in advance

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Can you attach your pdf here to have a look at?

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You might try Adobe’s free online editor.

https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/pdf-editor.html

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That depends :neutral_face:

Pdf’s can contain lines, images or both. Lines can be edited in the normal fashion.
Images can have a mask applied to them.

Depending on what kind of cropping you need to do, you may have to run through the trace method first.

Screen shots would be very helpful to get you to your answer.

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Sorry it won’t let me upload a PDF

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Take a screen shot

Or try changing the extension to .txt along with a good description of what you’re trying achieve.

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Sorry, I had to go out to collect some stuff from an Amazon locker.

I always forget which file formats the forum allows (or doesn’t!). If you append ‘.txt’ to the end of the filename (i.e. after the .pdf part) it will let you upload it.

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image

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Can you please describe what you want to achieve?

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Some parts I need to cut are larger than the cutting area in length, I need to crop the shape so I can cut in 2 pieces and scarf them together after they are cut

Thanks

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Ah, I see now.
Here’s something that might help you

Also, check this out this video

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Is the PDF importing as vector shapes or as a raster image?

If vector shapes then you should be able to use either boolean tools or “cut shapes” to get you what you need.

If raster image then:

  1. trace image
  2. cleanup trace
  3. proceed the same as above using boolean tools or cut shapes to split the design
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Thanks so much, this is perfect for what I need to accomplish.

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