Converting Cardboard to DXF

[Vic66]

Hi , first post here. Im building a set of expansion chambers for a racebike, it involves guessing angles lengths etc so everything fits and points inthe right direction. I enter the lengths angles etc into a program which prints out the shape of the part, i make a cardboard cutout of it and build a cardboard exhaust, when Im finished I can dissasemble the pipe and scan the parts , is there a way I can scan the parts and convert to dxf so I can send it off to the laser cutters to have the segments cut . there could be 15 or 20 per pipe x 2



Any suggestions appreciated.
It is kinda cnc related !!

Mike

Off on a tangent, just thinking out loud......

You say your entering data into software which prints out a shape that you then cut out, could you use some free pdf software to print to pdf rather than your printer (i think theres one called something like bulldog pdf, this replicates a printer on your system) then use some free pdf to dxf software (I think inkscape does this but not certain) this would give you the shapes as a dxf, you would have to check the scaling of it though.

Thats assuming that the original software prints out the shape correctly and the cardboard doesnt need trimming to fit your bike which I suspect might bugger up my suggestion

Is that an RD350 YPVS motor by the way?