as a newbe to inkscaoe could somebody tell me what to due i have created a pencil drawing in coreldraw and want ro send it to inkscapt to vectorise it for sending to my plotter to plot can any body help please tony

SInce you don't have a specific question, I recommend you read this documentation to get an idea of what you want to do - http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php

It might be that you only interested in this feature though - http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Trace.html