Gif/jpg to autocad?

I'm fairly new to autocad, although I've programmed CNC vertical mills with Smartcam for years, and I've gotta say, I'm picking up autocad
like a duck to water.
The only thing thats really stumped me so far is converting files over....if its even possible at all. I've got a black and white line-art .gif file, and I would like to convert it to a DXF or DWG file so that I can dimention it all out, program it and cut the shape into a chunk of aluminum as a decorative thing.
I've tried a couple online converters for gif to autocad, but haven't had any sucsess yet. Is there an easy way to do this?
Thanks in advance for your help Shawn
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There's no direct way to go from raster to vector in acad. You'll have to recreate the artwork with vectors, or find some nifty add-on that might do it.
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In alt.cad.autocad , ST wrote :

Hi The slickest way I've used to get a graphic to vector is by having a sign shop do it,
Their conversion program beats even what I've seen wintopo do !
Sorry couldn't tell you the name of the sign software though :-(
Ron
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Perhaps they were using the WinTopo Professional version rather than the Freeware version?
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See http://autotrace.sourceforge.net / or ttp://potrace.sourceforge.net/potrace.html it could help you.
and http://www.irfanview.com / to convert the gif into bmp
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try SCAN2CAD. It's not bad.
Softcover International Ltd 364 Milton Road Cambridge CB4 1LW England Tel: +44 (0)1223 42 43 42 Fax: +44 (0)1223 42 44 00 Email: snipped-for-privacy@softcover.com Web: www.rastertovector.com
If you have lots of $$ you can try Autodesk's Raster Design 2005. I had a chance to work with it recently and it works quite well.
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