BatmanCookieCutter

Creating a cookie cutter with Inkscape and Tinkercad

Preparations in Inkscape

You can start with an image from the interweb or make one yourself in Inkscape. In this case I started with an existing image of the Batman logo

Choose Menu > File > Import in Inkscape. Make sure to "embed" the image and not "link" it.

Embed an image in Inkscape

A path can be created from the image with Path > Trace bitmap. Tweak the settings untill you have the path you would like to use as a basis for your model. In this case the "brightness cutoff" was good, in other cases you might want to try the "edge detection" setting.

Create path from an image

A new object has been created over the original image. The original can be removed. Give the path the dimensions you want the model to have.

Resize object with fixed xy-ratio (the small lock button)

I wanted to use the elipse as a base and the logo as cutter. Therefore the path was divided into two paths by choosing Path > Break apart.

Make distinct paths from the path with "Break apart"

Now save the elipse in a separate document "elipse.svg" and the batman sign in another "batman.svg". The logo needs a certain thickness to function as a cutter. With Path > Linked offset you can create a similar shape inside or outside your current path. For a cookie cutter it works best if the edges are sharp, thus I created the linked offset path outside of the original. Drag the diamond to make the new path bigger/smaller. Give it another color to see what you are actually doing.

Make a second path that matches the original with "linked offset"

... to be continued