Hi all! I can get through ACAD well enough to create simple 2D drawings so my knowledge is limited. We are trying to take a simple component that was made out of 16 ga sheetmetal and importing a pdf of it into ACAD for the purposes of creating a .dwg/.dxf file to send to a waterjet shop to reproduce this for us hundreds of times over. So far this is what we've done:
1. Scanned actual part into scanner. Painted it black with a piece of paper on top of it for good contrast.
2. Attempted to import into ACAD. I found a post here advising to import via XR command.
3. I have the pdf in the new .dwg file....black object with a white rectangular (page-sized background).
4. What I need to do now is to somehow 'trace' the outline of this component (outline is all arcs of varying lengths and radii - looks like an irregularly-shaped teardrop). I'M STUCK. I think I can trace it with a polyline but is there a 'smarter' way to do this?