SolidWorks Tutorial - How to Import Images Quick and Easy

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  creaate co about 1 year ago

  http://creaate.co/importing-images/

  Answered with a tutorial: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/solidworks-tutorial-how-to-import-images-quick-and-easy

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     creaate co about 1 year ago

     Hi Stephen! I have used auto trace in the past, but it really only seems to work well in limited scenarios, and the results are usually not very clean and accurate. I mostly only use it if a rough outline is acceptable; have you found it possible to get highly accurate results?
     Your point on the splines is excellent, thanks so much for that, I'll do that going forward (:

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     Stephen Nyberg about 1 year ago

     Nice video, I do have few additional pointers for you. for an image such as this batman logo you could also use the auto trace option: https://grabcad.com/questions/tutorial-tip-using-autotrace-in-solidworks and when making your splines with hand tracing, you should try and only use 2 points and adjust it with the controll arms to match your desired profile, you will get a much nicer surface as a result.

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  Bojan Maksimovic about 1 year ago

  This is great, i also found out that the program called inkscape can actually trace that type of images and you can save them as .dxf files for importing in SW, here is a link to a video that explains the basics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzge6yZJV0I

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     FredSWUG about 1 year ago

     SolidWorks has the Auto-Trace add-on to trace the outline of an image. It often does a terrible job when compared to Inkscape, Wintopo, or Vector Magic. Check it out if you get a chance.

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     Bojan Maksimovic about 1 year ago

     I will, thank you.