Puzzle remake after Image trace

[ruma995 (Mario Rumisek)]

Hello guys,
I’m making puzzles from picture and it bothers me that when I trace image I got that two lines and gap between them. Is there any way how can I have only one line?

I tried to draw line but is there any option how can I remove the remaining part? It will be great if there would be an erase option
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Cheers,
Mario

[bernd.dk (Bernd)]

No, unfortunately it is not (yet) possible in LightBurn to centerline-trace.
But you can easily “convert to path” your object and then process points and lines, including deleting them.

[ruma995 (Mario Rumisek)]

Did you mean on this? If it is, unfortunately I didn’t find it so helpful because after trace there is to many points so it’s easier to draw a line in the middle of a gap.

[bernd.dk (Bernd)]

I usually remove one whole line at a time but with a complicated puzzle with a lot of lines it is almost impossible.
How big is your puzzle ?, number of pieces?

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@ruma995

Is there any way how can I have only one line?

What you are asking for is not unreasonable…it’s just really difficult to do well. It is on our list of goals, but will take a significant effort.

Double Lines created

Center-line tracing is hard to do correctly. In fact, no software has developed a good solution for this requirement, at any price. Take a look at InkScape (free), as they have this feature, but the results are not what one might expect because it is very difficult to do correctly. We do plan on attacking this challenge, and try to provide a center-line trace in LightBurn, but that is going to take so time, if at all possible.

Need to center-trace and then separate objects for acrylic "stained glass"

You are correct, At present, LightBurn will produce boundary tracing and does not currently support center-line trace results. I also point your attention to the upper-right header of the forum where you will find a link to our feature addition voting system. You can add your support for center-line tracing support there. [image] Center-Line Trace is already gaining votes so add yours via this link: https://lightburn.fider.io/posts/371/trace-center-line-option

[ruma995 (Mario Rumisek)]

@bernd.dk

How big is your puzzle ?, number of pieces?

This one has about 40 pieces, but it’s just a test… I have in plan to do some with about 300-400…

@Rick

it’s just really difficult to do well. It is on our list of goals, but will take a significant effort.

I’m glad to see that is on list of goals and I wish you all the best in resolving that