How to convert image to 3d model using solidworks.

Open a sketch on the plane, insert "Sketch picture". Then you must scale your pictrure and add new picture on the another plane.
If you have this, Now you have to use a line or spline to trace the outline. This is the same method used to create the car body.

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Answered with a tutorial: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/how-to-convert-image-to-3d-model-using-solidworks

Can a Cad file be created from a photo like this? The PTO Side (4) Bolt Holes are 8mm.

What about the same question in CATIA V5...what is the method?

I think, you can't "convert" direct to have fully "converted" image. You can use your picture as the base to modeling it what Lukasz Siwiec said. J.J. has half - method.

In CATIA V5, you can not convert directly like SolidWorks.