Hi i'm currently trying to have objects layered over a tessellation. However, because plotters and cutters cannot see fills all of my paths cross over each other. An example can be found in the attachment. How can I make inkscape remove the lines underneath the black object? I tried all path options...

I did some digging last night and I found that potrace is just not fit for the job. It's something with the algorithms it uses so that's a no go. Autotrace, which is also implemented in that website you provided, is one of the few libraries that is capable of center lining. That, and CorelDraw below...

Yes, although it was not the satisfaction I was looking for unfortunately
but thank you for the help. Hopefully we can get centerline tracing to a new level soon.

Hi David, have you had any luck getting these single lines for tracing? I'm looking for the same solution as I want to trace sketches and put them in the milling machine. But because a single line of a sketch gets converted into 2 lines the machine will go over that area twice. I have some programmi...

Hello, I'm a designer currently using Inkscape as a tool to prepare sketches for a CNC router. To do this, I'm working with the G-code extension from the guys of cnc-club.ru However, every time I'm trying to trace a sketch, potrace defines 2 paths instead, each one at the edge of the line that was d...