With all the lines still selected (they should be selected after ungrouping), choose the вЂњSimplifyвЂќ menu option from the вЂњPathвЂќ menu. Note that it takes the name of the frame you are working on, so most likely вЂњ0001.svgвЂќ if you are working on a single frame.ДЇrom here I take the SVG into Inkscape, ungroup all of the lines until they are individual lines. ThatвЂ™s it! Next time you render your image, youвЂ™ll have a SVG file in the path you specified. Click the little folder icon to the right and select a folder youвЂ™d like to save your SVG to. Scrolling up in the Render panel, find the вЂњOutputвЂќ section, and note that there is a folder in the textfield, something like вЂњ/tmpвЂќ. LetвЂ™s change that to something more accessible. Again, youвЂ™ll need to enable the Freestyle SVG Export add-on to see this.Д®asy! Now, however, youвЂ™ll want the exported SVG file to go somewhere you can actually get to it! By default the exporter uses BlenderвЂ™s temporary file path, which is normally a temp folder deep in the bowels of your computer. This is as easy as checking a checkbox, but also a little more convoluted than it needs to be, as youвЂ™ll see.ДЇirst, the checkbox to check is in the Render panel way at the bottom. In the Freestyle Line Style вЂњThicknessвЂќ tab, set the Base Thickness to вЂњ1вЂќ. So letвЂ™s change the line thickness to be thinner. This looks good, but a little heavy to me. I picked вЂњ20вЂќ for Guidelines, and вЂњ50вЂќ for Backbone Stretch. WeвЂ™re going to add вЂњGuidelinesвЂќ and вЂњBackbone StretchвЂќ via the Add Modifier dropdown.ДЇrom here itвЂ™s a matter of tweaking some numbers, though the exact values are up to your aesthetic preferences. These are done in the Freestyle Line Style вЂњGeometryвЂќ tab. We now need to add a few modifiers to the lines. Rendering now already takes things up a notch. The model now looks like millions of tiny cubes. WeвЂ™re going to a вЂњRemeshвЂќ modifer to our model, setting the Mode to вЂњBlocksвЂќ and the Octree Depth to вЂњ8вЂќ.

So letвЂ™s make the model a bit more interesting. If thereвЂ™s a way to get a white background or something, IвЂ™d love to hear it)ДЄs it stands, the rendering may not look all that thrilling itвЂ™s still cool, and thereвЂ™s a lot you can do as-is, but itвЂ™s not what weвЂ™re going for. (I couldnвЂ™t find a way to get a non-black background, thus the changing the color. Render and youвЂ™ll see a black background with your colored lines. We really just want to render the lines, not the model itself, so expand the вЂњLayerвЂќ group in the same panel, and turn OFF вЂњUse EnvironmentвЂќ, вЂњUse AOвЂќ, вЂњUse SurfacesвЂќ, and вЂњUse HairвЂќ. So in the Freestyle Line Set you created, expand the вЂњFreestyle Line StyleвЂќ group, then select вЂњColorвЂќ and set the color from black to something not black. YouвЂ™ll need to change the color of the stroke to be able to see it after the next step. If you render now, youвЂ™ll see an outline around your model, as well as a few internal lines. Really, you can use any model for this, as each will result in interesting output.Д®nable вЂњFreestyleвЂќ in BlenderвЂ™s Render panel.Д®xpand the вЂњFreestyle Line SetвЂќ in the Render Layers tab, then create a new line set by clicking the little вЂњ+вЂќ icon next to the empty. This came from my Occipital Structure Sensor. Here IвЂ™m using a scan of my head IвЂ™ve had laying around for a few years. Note IвЂ™m using Blender 2.78b with the built-in вЂњRender: Freestyle SVG ExporterвЂќ add-on enabled. Here are the very simple steps to recreate this technique. It looks super cool both on-screen and on-board. In the example above, I used the output from this technique to scratch the image into a scratchboard using a swiveling craft blade. In the course of playing with different models and the myriad options in the Blender Freestyle panel, I found some cool settings that create a very abstract, exaggerated style that looks great plotted.

I recently learned that Blender has built-in SVG output capabilities using the Freestyle line rendering tool, which is awesome since I can now combine my love of 3D with my awesome AxiDraw plotter.

Blender 3d scan