Hi David,

Well you have the best tools for the job with both photoshop and inkscape. Either will allow you to trace a Bit map and turn it into vector graphics which you can export as a DXF file that you'll need for Plasma Cam software. I've never used Cut2D but I'm pretty sure it won't work for Plasma.

SheetCam is what I use for plasma. My process goes something like this.

If I need to trace a image like a photo then I'll use Inkscape which I then turn into a DXF, I then load this into SheetCam to create the toolpaths and G-code file.

If it's a part I need to cut which as been drawn in Cad package, in my case Solidworks I'll export the part or sketch out as DXF which then goes straight into Sheet Cam for toolpaths. . . . . Which I was actually doing before I got distracted with this...Lol